Going Out in Beijing

       I'll attempt to keep my thoughts on going out brief in China. The vast majority of people who are out at bars and clubs in China are westerners living or visiting in China. Chinese culture is a drinking culture, however they drink with dinner, and view going out as a bad thing. The only people who go out are bad people. That being said, they take no issue with Westerners going out; they recognize our culture. The Chinese that do go out, I have found, are delightful either way. In one bar I was speaking with a young lady named Grace (I won't attempt to butcher her real name), who was simply out with her friends trying to have a good time. She didn't drink, or rather drank very little. She refused to drink a screw-driver which I ordered for her and her friends. Elaborating on the language barrier. Her spoken English is bad. We struggled to communicate. However, at one point I found pencil and paper, and we started writing. Her sentence structure and grammatical proficiency was excellent. Over the course of or conversation, I only found one mistake. It was complex, accurate, and utilized a well developed vocabulary.

        Otherwise, the vast majority of people out in China are westerners of some sort. The bars reflect this attitude. I can honestly say that I played beer pong in China, in a bar, in a tournament, which I took no part in organizing. I visited a bar called Pyros which had beer pong tables and a tournament while I was there. Interesting nee?