Chinese eccentricities!

1. You probably remember in mathematics, negative and negative becomes positive. Have you ever seen that concept in dishes? Here it is… how does a dish with a name that contains the words "Chicken" and "Meat" become a vegetarian dish?!!! (But my Chinese friends here swear it is pure vegetarian!)

2. Who said we are not democratic? We are way more democratic than almost everyone of the countries out there!!! Proof? Here it is… see anything interesting in this picture? Where else can you sell these fridge magnets?! We don’t care if you are considered evil by the whole world, as long as you are (in)famous and we can make money out of you, we don’t have a problem!

3. Some elevators have floor call buttons outside, not on the inside!
Some of the interesting scenarios this brings about:
- You hit the wrong floor, the elevator comes to pick you up. You get in and realize you hit the wrong button. What do you do? Yes, get off on the wrong floor, call the elevator again using the outside keypad and wait for it again!
- I found that you cant act like a gentleman and impress a girl by jumping to catch the door from closing when you see her walk towards the elevator. Because, once the door starts closing, even if someone calls for an elevator on that same floor, a different elevator is sent. So you holding the door for her is pretty foolish, she still cant take your elevator; which I found the hard, humiliating way! :(
2. Chopstick skills can regress any time, any where, without any warning whatsoever!
3. Soup comes at the end of the meal not at the start!
4. You can have a full lunch for 10RMB but Starbucks still costs 30RMB for a cup of coffee!
5. McD and KFC are ultra famous, so is Buick! Yeah, I have no clue too.
6. Calls from China to US costs 0.37$, but from US to China it is 0.02$!!
7. "ma" in Chinese has 5 different meanings based on the tone you use! So does every other word! You might think you are calling your mom, but you are probably calling your horse if you get the tone wrong! How much more interesting a language can get?!
8. Aptmt comes with a safe box. Two key-locks, one electonic lock, but, here is the kicker, the box weighs only 20 pounds or so and not bolted to anything!