Greentext Stories - Don't learn Mandarin

Christ.

Every single new thing I learn about China only makes me think, "Man, I sure am glad I don't live in China."

I can't confirm or deny most of it specifically, but one thing I have heard often from people in passing, is the whole "buy what you pay for thing" and the related skeeziness of that, i.e. straight up not meeting standards, even if it's not legal.