im a first-gen chinese, parents immigrated in 87. I can speak mandarin fluently but i cant read/write very well. i wish and everyone keeps telling me i should learn to be literate too, but i always lose interest. too many goddamn words to memorize.

as far as i know, they're extremely strict about pot (and drugs in general besides alcohol/tobacco) in china. dealing can get you the death penalty. apparently it's hard to get good bud, but my friend who was in beijing last summer said he was able to find some decent hash. i dont really know how you'd go about getting some though; i go back to china pretty much every year but always with my family so i've never tried to smoke while im there.