it's like they took china to a nice place

also chinatown are chinese military base

The "Original Chinese" still exist and they are living on an island called Taiwan

t. Every taxi driver and farmer on the Taiwanese countryside

might be a selection bias towards mainlanders who come to taiwan, but mainlanders i've met say something similar

"original chinese culture is dead in the mainland and the island is where it's still left"

My Chinese teacher (Beijing) says that, too

But then, that means nothing, because she also started political discussions with my girlfriend and now they don't talk to each other anymore

Ask mainlanders about Chinese stuff in museums outside of China

They are insistent that the country stole it from China and should return it

Read reviews of the museums from Chinese ... "I saw all the Chinese stuff and am really sad"

@kaetaa Explains why actual Chinese antique stuff is highly sought after by them

They're all buying it back at auction houses

If they have the money why not

i thought "ancient Chinese crime family obsessed with priceless artifact/heirloom and will kill to get it back" thing was an action movie trope

@johnfrum#8811 right? I didn't say it as a negative

Ah, was looking at knockoff chink pistols from the warlord period and damn the fuckers go high in price

They arent even safe to fire most times.

https://jingdaily.com/chinese-collectors-price-out-western-bidders-at-asian-art-auctions/

@johnfrum#8811 they want their fancy ricebowls back

in turn they flood ebay with fake antiques

Anyone buying antiques on ebay for anything other than aesteic reasons deserve to get scammed

True that

There's nice ones on there, but if you think they're real you deserve to get scammed

saw a nice Chinese ""antique"" pen/quill holder

didn't end up going for it but it doesn't cost a lot either

@johnfrum http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-natural-Hand-carved-black-green-jade-pendant-amulet-Dragon-phoenix/202247350297?

"jade"

Jade isnt that rare.

its Chinese propaganda

Peices of a particular quality or age are rare but the vast majority arent.

Jade isn't that expensive. There's a really cool jade market in Taipei. I wanted jade chopsticks but nobody there had jade chopsticks...

I have a jade artifact from the 1850s

That's actually rare <:italianthink:327934554126155776> due to it being made by the kingdom of that time

and it has their marks on it etc

Constructing new campus

@Droidbot it's probably glass

Are you constructing a new one because the old one was destroyed during the earthquakes <:alismirk:230784726615588865>

It was school shooting

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