Here are a few of the most interesting things you may experience in China!
9 - Body doubles The practice of hiring "body doubles"
or "stand-ins" is well-documented by official Chinese media.
This essentially means that people in China can actually hire other people to serve a
prison sentence for them instead of actually doing it themselves!
If you have enough money that is.
There are enough desperate people out there who're willing to do the time to do whatever
it takes to support their family.
The ability to hire so-called substitute criminals is just one way in which China's super rich
citizens are able to live by their own set of rules.
The top one-tenth of 1 percent in China controls close to half of the country's wealth and
it's not uncommon for them to hire a "body double" to serve time.
Interestingly enough, family members cover for each other as well.
This is especially true in cases of traffic accidents, where the police may be able to
identify the vehicle involved in the crime but not the driver.
When photographs or video of the criminal at the scene of the crime have been widely
circulated however, it's necessary to use a body double.
"Replacement convicts" aren't anything new.
For centuries, the use of criminal substitutes was among the first things Westerners would
mention when discussing China's legal system.
Supposedly, the going rate in 1848 for a replacement convict was roughly $2,000 in present-day
dollars.
Incredibly, substitutes could be hired even for death penalties!
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8 - Super Uber You may think we have it bad with traffic
over here, but imagine sitting in traffic in a sea of cars that's essentially a parking
lot!
Imagine being stuck in traffic in a FIFTY lane highway, with congestion that brings
traffic to a standstill for hours on end.
Yeah, this is a thing, especially with Golden Week, which you'll be finding out more about
in a little bit, where hundreds of millions of travelers are on the roads!
We're talking traffic jams that can last for days, or even weeks!
Well, when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade right?
Chinese entrepreneurs have realized that their country's legendary traffic jams are actually
a great opportunity.
Whenever drivers get stuck in a traffic jam and they reallllllly need to get somewhere,
they just call up a stand-in driver and provide them with their location.
So how does it work?
Two people arrive on a motorcycle.
The first guy is there to sit in the car and wait in the traffic jam.
He's the guy who safely drives the car to its destination.
The other guy?
Well, the driver rides with him sitting in the back splitting lanes on a motorcycle or
scooter getting places!
I wonder how much this service costs?!
7 - Ghost Marriage What exactly is a ghost marriage?
Well, it's pretty much a marriage where one or both the bride and groom has already
passed on.
Soooo why exactly would people wanna get married in this situation?!
For centuries in China, it's been believed that a man who dies a bachelor will be unsatisfied
and he's gonna haunt his living relatives by raising havoc and causing mischief.
To make sure THAT doesn't happen, a bride will be found for the bachelor so he would
have company in the afterlife.
However, that's not the only reason.
Chinese ghost marriages are performed for a number of other reasons, such as to to ensure
the family line is continued or to maintain that no younger brother is married before
an older brother.
Traditionally, unmarried daughters were also an embarrassment and a burden on Chinese families,
and ghost weddings provided another way of marrying them off into another family.
Alternatively, an unmarried woman may be brought into a family through a ghost marriage, simply
to serve as a caregiver for other family members.
Ghost matchmakers have been in business for a long time, orchestrating the best matches
possible.
In a ghost marriage, many of the typical marriage rites are performed.
However, since at least one person is deceased, they're represented, most often by effigies
made of paper, bamboo, or cloth!
6 - Golden Week How does a mandatory 2 week vacation sound?!
The Chinese Golden Week are two separate week-long holidays in China that was implemented in
China beginning in 2000.
While you might be used to picking when to have your holidays, in China, most factory,
warehouse and office workers are given their vacation at the same time so that the factory
or office can close down completely.
This happens twice a year and are known as golden weeks.
These weeks make headlines because of the huge movement of people that it affects.
It sees millions of migrant workers traveling back home in China and more affluent Chinese
heading abroad for vacation.
This combination results in more than 100 million people hitting the roads, railways,
and airports in just a few days!
The first Golden Week in China is the Lunar New Year golden week, and is the busier of
the two Golden Weeks.
This is celebrated in either January or February and is set around Chinese New Year.
The date moves each year because it's linked to the lunar calendar.
The second one, known as National Day Golden Week, begins around October 1st.
Avoiding China and other popular chinese tourist destinations during Golden Week is probably
a good idea!
By 2016, the estimated number of travelers during Golden Week had gone up to 589 million
people!
5 - Options Open Too drunk to drive, but still want to get
your car home?
Don't worry, there's an app for that!
But really though, why not just uber out in the first place?!
Services like Uber have launched in China, and the country is home to plenty of taxi
apps, but one Chinese startup has figured out a different way of helping you get a ride.
This Beijing-based startup is called Edaijia, which literally translates to e take home.
The Edaijia service operates all day and night, with different pricing for different times
of course.
What Edaijia offers that makes it different from all other rideshare services is its option
for rescuing you if you've had too much to drink and you're in no condition to drive.
In that case, the designated driver arrives on a foldable bike that can be put in the
trunk, and then drives you and your car home.
After you're safely resting in your bed and getting ready for that hangover in the
morning, the designated driver rides his or her foldable bike back home.
Again…...why not just uber out in the first place?!
I guess it's for those people who always say "I'm only gonna have one" and then
they go ahead and have 10…...
4 - Baijiu culture Baijiu, which literally means "clear liquor,"
has yet to become popular in the Western world.
To people unfamiliar with the taste, baijiu can smell and taste so strong that it's
often described as drinking "liquid razor blades."
Who wants shots right now?!
Many businessmen who travel to China for business all know too well the distinct taste of baijiu.
It's consumed in high quantity during business dinners and banquets all as a part of doing
business in China.
Baijiu is typically made by mixing steamed sorghum grains, water, and a special fermentation
agent called jiuqu.
It's then aged in an underground pit or buried jar for anywhere from a month to 30
years.
Drinking culture is very important in China, and the ritual of drinking baijiu is an important
part of building and maintaining relationships.
If you're gonna be doing business in China, it might be a good idea to just go ahead and
start drinking rubbing alcohol to get used to the taste!
Okay that's a joke, please don't do that.
But really though, be prepared to drink it with partners, colleagues, or friends.
It's a complex drink that takes time for an unfamiliar palette to adjust to.
But if you can learn to appreciate its distinct savory flavor, it can make your experience
at such occasions much more enjoyable and help you appreciate something of Chinese culture.
3 - Refusing Gifts If you think that the act of gift-giving is
something that doesn't require putting much thought into, think again!
Giving gifts in China follows a strict set of etiquette.
Rules apply when giving and receiving gifts.
Lavish gift-giving was once an important part of the Chinese culture, but today, much like
companies in the US, official policy forbids lavish gift giving as it can be considered
bribery.
Smaller, less expensive items aren't seen as a bribe, but in any case, gift-giving is
still given with discretion.
In Chinese culture, for anyone when they're given a gift or favor, they won't accept
the gift when it's first presented even though you know they totally want it!
They'll politely refuse two or three times to reflect modesty and humility.
The gift giver will have to insist, and eventually the gift will be accepted.
Accepting something quickly makes a person look aggressive and greedy.
This goes for opening a gift in front of the giver as well.
Don't be surprised if your gift to a chinese person is simply put aside to be opened later.
Gifts are opened in private in most cases to avoid any potential embarrassment and loss
of face for either party!
2 - Bodily fluids The first thing many people notice after arriving
in China is that a ton of people spit in public.
It's mainly older people, but some members of the younger generation have no shame about
spitting onto the pavement in public either.
Clearly, the fact that there are many polluted areas in China and the fact that many people
smoke is linked to why many people spit.
In chinese culture it's believed that getting rid of excess fluids is a healthy act.
This belief has been around for hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands, of years in China.
They pretty believe that not expelling fluids will make them sick.
It's that whole explanation of "Better out than in"!
And this goes for other bodily uhhhhh stuff as well, except this is more for kids.
Maybe the next time you're in China you'll be lucky enough to see a kid doing a number
1 or even a number 2 with the supervision of his or her parent on the sidewalk…..or
maybe even in a building!
Have you ever been to China before?
Have you experienced anything we've discussed so far?
Let us know in the comments section about what you think even if you haven't!
1 - Nail Houses If you see a single house by itself in the
middle of a huge construction site, you may think that it's some sort of protected historical
landmark or something.
Actually, that couldn't be further from the truth, as these houses are actually a
symbol of resistance.
These houses are known as "dingzihu" in Chinese, which can be literally translated
to "nail house".
Buildings like this represent owners who are like stubborn nails that stick up, defying
state-ordered evictions and demolitions by refusing to vacate their properties.
Nail houses have come to be common in a country that perceives urbanization as a vital political,
economic and ideological project.
The major problem that leads to the emergence of these houses is the fact that the compensation
for families whose homes are on the brink of demolition is lower than what the owner
believes is deserved.
Offers are usually based on pre-development valuations of properties, which is usually
far lower than the property that replaces them.
So instead settling for what they're offered, nail householders endure power cuts, limited
services and threats of forced eviction and demolition.
Some people stay in order to gain as much compensation from the government or developers
as possible, while other people do it to make statements.
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