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  • WHATODO's Avatar
    359 posts since Aug '05
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      In 1942 the US War Department produced a Pocket Guide to China, which includes a comic book-like section titled How to Spot a Jap. The goal of the section is to teach American soldiers how to differentiate the Chinese from the Japanese. It covers differences in the face, feet, stride, and pronunciation of English. (Do any veterans out there remember this thing Rolling Eyes )

      I found How to Spot a Jap a fascinating little piece of wartime memorabilia. Go on and “nostalge” about the US’s racist wartime policies. (It sure is a good thing that’s all a thing of the past, right?)

      Edited by WHATODO 25 May `07, 11:40AM
  • Fatum's Avatar
    23,215 posts since Aug '05

    • if you dig out national geographic from the WWII years, you'll notice that they actually used terms like "japs" etc .... and they talk so casually about racial characteristics of the "coloreds" (sic) ...... how the negros are like this, the japs are like this, etc .....

      Laughing

  • Slipshade's Avatar
    1,430 posts since Feb '07
    • I do notice that some Chinese nationals have very beautiful hazel eyes.

      Edited by Slipshade 25 May `07, 11:51AM
  • curryman's Avatar
    885 posts since May '07
    • prcs talk loudly, dress in an old fashioned way, walked in an ‘apek’ way, wear big rimmed glasses.

  • Slipshade's Avatar
    1,430 posts since Feb '07
    • Originally posted by curryman:
      prcs talk loudly, dress in an old fashioned way, walked in an 'apek' way, wear big rimmed glasses.

      Dress in old-fashioned ways?

      You have not seen alot of PRCs yet. If you go to those big cities in China, you can see they dress much better than we do. I've seen a fair share of PRCs in Singapore, and usually they looks more trendy than we do. Rolling Eyes

  • SGpork's Avatar
    68,093 posts since Feb '04
  • curryman's Avatar
    885 posts since May '07
    • Originally posted by Slipshade:
      Dress in old-fashioned ways?

      You have not seen alot of PRCs yet. If you go to those big cities in China, you can see they dress much better than we do. I've seen a fair share of PRCs in Singapore, and usually they looks more trendy than we do. Rolling Eyes

      sorry...i guess in uni there are only nerds prcs

  • curryman's Avatar
    885 posts since May '07
  • LazerLordz's Avatar
    34,790 posts since Apr '03
    • It depends on what you define as trendy. I don’t consider those loud, HK + Taiwanese style of dress trendy at all.

  • Trump_Card's Avatar
    4,257 posts since Apr '07
    • Originally posted by LazerLordz:
      It depends on what you define as trendy. I don't consider those loud, HK + Taiwanese style of dress trendy at all.

      They're influenced by japan...

  • Fatum's Avatar
    23,215 posts since Aug '05
  • Fatum's Avatar
    23,215 posts since Aug '05
    • Originally posted by Trump_Card:
      They're influenced by japan...

      to me the japanese are the only trend setters in the region ... everyone else is one sort of fashion victim or another ... Laughing

  • Hamiltonian1125's Avatar
    524 posts since Dec '06
    • Of course we can tell the diff betw a PRC and a chinese in SEA
      Just like we can tell the diff betw a dead ferret and an alive ferret...
      image

      This one is dead

  • Nadare's Avatar
    1,920 posts since Sep '02
  • WHATODO's Avatar
    359 posts since Aug '05
    • Originally posted by curryman:
      prcs talk loudly, dress in an old fashioned way, walked in an 'apek' way, wear big rimmed glasses.

      Wow, is this stereotyping image of PRC Chinese?

  • Hogzilla's Avatar
    2,827 posts since Oct '06
    • Originally posted by SGpork:
      when they talk
      Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes

      *nods nods

      Yup, sometimes when they open their mouth, and u noe.

  • jondizzle foshizzle's Avatar
    2,280 posts since Apr '07
  • banzie's Avatar
    4,157 posts since Jul '03
    • Frankly I couldn't and how they can using just a comic?

      The northern Chinese had quite a similarity with Jap.... and Korean,..

  • banzie's Avatar
    4,157 posts since Jul '03
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  • Wanda's Avatar
    17,796 posts since Jun '05
    • Yes, PRCs people talk too loudly, regardless of where they are. Surprised

      Whenever you have 2 or more of them together, you can be sure there won't be any peace, be it in the library or a bookshop. Confused

  • hellomotosxq's Avatar
    2,345 posts since Apr '06
  • valentinoo's Avatar
    2,455 posts since Apr '03
    • Originally posted by hellomotosxq:
      the dress style in china more learn from koreans . korean fashion very hot here .

      Korean's fashions lean towards Ah lian's style.
      From the drama that I have seen, the posh bad girl usually dress better than the main girl whose fashion is being copied by the girls here

  • banzie's Avatar
    4,157 posts since Jul '03
    • Originally posted by hellomotosxq:
      the dress style in china more learn from koreans . korean fashion very hot here .

      You are a clone.

  • Cool-gal's Avatar
    8,113 posts since Jul '06
    • PRC gal- just lift up their arms to see if any "bushes". Mr. Green
      Local young gal- hairless in the armpit area.

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