Happy Chinese National Day! Everyone Buy Something From China!

[helmuth_hubener]

Happy Belated National Day!

October 1st was National Day for China, and that means: it's time to celebrate!

http://images2.sina.com/english/china/p/2008/1002/U102P200T1D189565F10DT20081002061842.jpg

http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200709/21/F200709211615132696134441.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/china60_10_01/c02_20571437.jpg

In celebration of the wonderful, warm, polite, and dignified Chinese people, please everyone try to find something made in China sometime this week and buy it!

Share your purchases below.

Gānbēi!

[heavenlyboy34]

I beat ya to it! I got one of these a few days ago, 100% made in China:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61hk-kw-YhL._SL1024_.jpg
Easier than dizi, but more challenging than Western flutes. :cool:

[heavenlyboy34]

Thanks kindly for the +rep, helmuth. I will also leave some hulusi music here for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lBIaVxaPKE
Bawu:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ9EGTuevtw
dizi (pronounced "deetsa"):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNcMOzfDesI
hulusi, erhu, and pipa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzML0ET3Qeg

[helmuth_hubener]

Today, I went to the Chinese buffet. I think that if you can't find some product you need to buy that is Mad in China, attending such a buffet may be an acceptable substitute. Thoughts?

Has anyone else bought any Chinese items, or is HB the only "hip" and "with it" homeboy here? Wha?

[heavenlyboy34]

Today, I went to the Chinese buffet. I think that if you can't find some product you need to buy that is Mad in China, attending such a buffet may be an acceptable substitute. Thoughts?

Has anyone else bought any Chinese items, or is HB the only "hip" and "with it" homeboy here? Wha?
Certainly wouldn't be the first time. :cool: :D ;)

[mrsat_98]

So I went to Wal Mart and returned something for kicks.

[helmuth_hubener]

The other day, I bought a portable closet. I have purchased and used many portable closets over the years, of all different types. This thing is hands-down the best portable closet I have ever experienced. If there were a top ten list of the best portable closets ever made, this thing would blow them all out of the water. As far as I'm concerned, they are all total junk in my eyes now. If the furnishings director for the Taj Mahal were in the market for a portable closet, this would be the one he would buy. This product was a revelation -- I never knew a portable closet could be so good. It is a revolution -- I will never be able to think about portable closets the same again.

I cannot wax ebullient enough to do this product justice. The design is brilliant. The construction is flawless. The quality and the strength of the materials is astounding. The assembly process was perfection -- simplicity itself. The end result is beautiful. Simple. Elegant. Indestructible.

Obviously, it was Made In China! Home of the best manufacturers on this world.

http://www.neatfreak.com/images/uploads/bigs/a45148adc6750bb7e3d33837e7abbf28.jpg (http://www.neatfreak.com/index.php/site/products/a_frame_double_hanging_rack/)

[DamianTV]

If I could give everyone in China a Present for their Happy Chinese National Day, I'd give them all the Courage to stand up to their own Oppressive Regime! I'd give them the Wisdom that Fiat Currencies are dangerous to everyone in the world! I'd give them the True Gift of Freedom, and all the Responsibilities that come along with it. Maybe some entrepeneur would be smart enough to take what they've been given, package it up, and sell it back to us at a discounted rate!

[jllundqu]

I, for one, welcome our new Chinese overlords!

欢迎来美国
Huānyíng lái měiguó

[JK/SEA]

is it OK if i eat Chinese Food instead?....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J9X9VvYQXU

thanks...

[RonPaulFanInGA]

October 1st was National Day for China, and that means: it's time to celebrate!

In celebration of the wonderful, warm, polite, and dignified Chinese people, please everyone try to find something made in China sometime this week and buy it!

您冷静

[amy31416]

Can I just make chicken & broccoli instead? The sesame oil has Chinese lettering on it, so does the soy sauce and my chopsticks.

[helmuth_hubener]

If I could give everyone in China a Present for their Happy Chinese National Day, I'd give them all the Courage to stand up to their own Oppressive Regime! I'd give them the Wisdom that Fiat Currencies are dangerous to everyone in the world! I'd give them the True Gift of Freedom, and all the Responsibilities that come along with it. Maybe some entrepeneur would be smart enough to take what they've been given, package it up, and sell it back to us at a discounted rate!
Amen and AMEN!

[helmuth_hubener]

is it OK if i eat Chinese Food instead?....


Can I just make chicken & broccoli instead? The sesame oil has Chinese lettering on it, so does the soy sauce and my chopsticks.

Yes and yes! Chinese food is good for you! And it is the best food!

[libertariantexas]

National Day is the rough Chinese equivalent of the 4th of July.

Why is it relevant here?

[heavenlyboy34]

National Day is the rough Chinese equivalent of the 4th of July.

Why is it relevant here?
Why is St Patrick's day? Oktoberfest?

[BuddyRey]

Y'know those heavy, little metal balls that you can spin around in your hand clockwise or counterclockwise just using the muscles inside your palm? I think they're called Baoding Balls. Those are awesome! Great therapy, and they also help your coordination.

[mad cow]

Y'know those heavy, little metal balls that you can spin around in your hand clockwise or counterclockwise just using the muscles inside your palm? I think they're called Baoding Balls. Those are awesome! Great therapy, and they also help your coordination.

"Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with... geometric logic..."

[Mani]

Well I bought something supporting both countries!!


http://www.elephantjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/picture-325.png

[fr33]

I ordered some e-cig tanks a few days ago that were made in China. The e-liquid was made in the US though.

[oyarde]

I ordered some e-cig tanks a few days ago that were made in China. The e-liquid was made in the US though.

I may have made that stuff in the back yard while I was drinking, I get confused , I have made in everywhere stickers , lol

[helmuth_hubener]

I may have made that stuff in the back yard while I was drinking, I get confused , I have made in everywhere stickers , lolOh, man! Counterfeit "Made in China" stuff that's really made in your back yard (aka The Land where All the Sane Fear to Tread?)? You're messing everything up! If we can't trust the Made In labels, who can we trust?

[tod evans]

I had lunch at a Thai joint a few weeks ago does that count?

[BuddyRey]

I had lunch at a Thai joint a few weeks ago does that count?

Oh man, I've been awake too long. At first, I thought you wrote "I had a Thai joint at lunch a few weeks ago."

[tod evans]

Oh man, I've been awake too long. At first, I thought you wrote "I had a Thai joint at lunch a few weeks ago."

I haven't even heard of Thai-sticks for decades.....