The rural Chinese in Henan Province mixed alcohol and business like you wouldn’t believe. Perhaps as a result, they also had a charming nationalistic blind spot: they honestly believed they could out-drink everyone else on the planet. As an Irish-American… — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
“[...] it doesn't take much courage to fight when you still believe you can win. What takes real courage is to keep fighting when… — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
“When you are the only laowai in a village of 10,000 Chinese martial artists and you've sat through several dozen films where a white… — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
It is only when a person gets into difficulty that one can truly see his heart. — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
“It is difficult for my fellow countrymen who have never lived abroad to understand that until a foreign man is about sixty-five, he still… — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
“[...] The monks sped up the process up for us laowai who have less time, less patience for basics, and a greater need for… — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
The rural Chinese in Henan Province mixed alcohol and business like you wouldn’t believe. Perhaps as a result, they also had a charming nationalistic… — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
“A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone. -Traditional Chinese Proverb” — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
“This was not uncommon in government-run operations, where a request that someone do their job often induced a catatonic state that might last anywhere… — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
“Only those who have tasted the bitterest of the bitter can become people who stand out among others. -Guanchang Xianxing Ji” — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
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