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TITLE: Stereotypes between Provinces within China

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This is a ETC of regional stereotypes for

TODO: Regions, provinces, cities.

Northeastern

 * Aggressive, talking habits, "gangsterdom". Lazy speech, slurred, "er" ying. Profanity. Alcoholism.

Shanghai

 * Sly ("as a fox"? source), money money, dangerous wives. Old wives tales, urban myths regarding angry abusive wives. Apparent tend to ... foreigners.
 * General dislike by Cantonese. Rivalry?
 * Shanghainese women are stereotypically powerful, strong, well-educated, successful (careers, jobs), independent
 * Highest levels of DIVORCE
 * http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/citylife/2006-07/24/content_647664.htm
 * http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2002/1205/cu18-1.html
 * http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-04/05/content_320669.htm
 * http://www.cyber-courier.com/cer/china/forum/viewtopic.php?t=181
 * http://www.8asians.com/2007/12/31/the-strong-bold-women-of-shanghai/
 * http://www.haibao.cn/article/34041.htm
 * divorce http://news.51room.net/News/23410_1.html
 * people web http://fashion.people.com.cn/GB/5749807.html
 * "the number of divorce new record this year" http://news.tom.com/1006/20031114-453381.html
 * "divorce rate in Shanghai surged 20fold" http://news.chinesewings.com/cgi-bin/site/c.cgi?id=20040705041215146
 * http://gb.news.sina.com/ch/mingpao/102-101-101-106/2008-11-21/20013442830.html
 * http://news.sohu.com/2004/04/03/18/news219721876.shtml
 * http://www.cpirc.org.cn/news/rkxw_gn_detail.asp?id=5019

Fujian

 * Cheats, scammers, etc. Give SMS spam/threat call example.
 * Fujianese typically labelled as cheats and scammers. Common perception that they are behind large-scale telephone and SMS scams. Send SMS with content similar to "your child has been kidnapped", many claim that callers voices have Fujian accent. (Find sources)
 * http://www.chahaoba.com/%E7%A6%8F%E5%BB%BA%E9%AA%97%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%B5%E8%AF%9D%E5%8F%B7%E7%A0%81%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8
 * http://www.315ok.com/leftview_mod.php?id=8564&vclass=%BD%FC%C6%DA%CD%B6%CB%DF
 * http://www.liaocheng.gov.cn/tabid/124/InfoID/103341/frtid/40/Default.aspx
 * http://www.66163.com/Fujian_w/news/smrb/040609/1_21.html - Bejing Morning Post
 * NEWS REGARDING FUJIAN SWINDLERS http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2009-05-19/063915646336s.shtml
 * http://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/news/2009/05-13/1690326.shtml
 * http://news.eastday.com/eastday/news/news/node4938/node28383/userobject1ai425538.html
 * Fake child kidnapping http://www.qz123.com/News/html/wbxx/sh/200511%5C2005113010131.htm
 * as above http://bwc.buaa.edu.cn/dispnews.php?ntype=25&nid=205
 * as above http://www.fj.xinhuanet.com/nnews/2009-03/26/content_16064110.htm
 * duplicate http://www.yougood.cn/news/2006-10-11/26315.htm http://news.163.com/06/1010/17/2T3D66CI000120GU.html http://www.police.com.cn/Article/anquan/anquanff/200610/8734.html
 * http://ganj.bjfsh.gov.cn/ReadNews.asp?NewsID=597
 * http://www.qzweb.com.cn/gb/content/2009-05/16/content_3070427.htm

Yunan

 * Prostitution, AIDS.
 * detail sources from HIV/AIDS in Yunnan page, find stereotype sources.
 * There is stereotype in YN regarding ETC (source), this is due to ETC (source)

Beijing

 * Typical "commie" stereotype. Beijing University "nerds", similar to Otaku stereotype. 80's style large square glasses (coke bottle?)
 * Beijing dialect
 * pompous, arrogant?

Guangdong

 * Capitalism.

Sichuan
Mahjong. Mahjong. Mahjong. Lazy. Chilli and pepper.

Henan
Sly, cunning.

SORT

 * South difang (-zhou?), play, live slowly, while Beijing hard work, based on job and career. Stress.

TODO

 * http://kaiserkuo.typepad.com/ich_bin_ein_beijinger/2007/11/provincial-poet.html
 * http://tomwolters.web-log.nl/china_blog/2008/11/prejudice-and-4.html