Here, on the Seven Castles blogsite, is a list similar to one posted some time ago on this blog but more comprehensive with 130 criteria to help you sort out whether or not you have been in China for too long. Many of the conditions are old hat but some are quite delicious and raised a smile for me. Here are a few that applied to me before I finally made my escape . . .
4. You would rather wait on the street for an extra ten minutes for a small cab, than pay the extra for a big cab
7. You have absolutely no sense of traffic rules.
10. You no longer need tissues to blow your nose.
13. Other foreigners seem foreign to you.
21. You start cutting off large vehicles on your bicycle.
60. There are more things strapped to your cycle than you ever put in a car.
75. Forks feel funny.
76. The shortest distance between two points involves going through an alley.
119. You get offended when people admire your chopsticks skills.
Read the full list here.
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