{"id":54633,"date":"2022-05-14T23:06:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T04:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=54633"},"modified":"2022-05-15T06:29:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T11:29:10","slug":"please-wait-patiently-for-the-failure-of-the-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=54633","title":{"rendered":"\"Please wait patiently for the failure of the system\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Andrea Mazzucchi:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/~bgzimmer\/failure.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Click to embiggen\" src=\"http:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/~bgzimmer\/failure.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">W\u00e0igu\u00f3 r\u00e9n l\u00e1i Hu\u00e1 g\u014dngzu\u00f2 x\u01d4k\u011b x\u00ect\u01d2ng g\u00f9zh\u00e0ng, q\u01d0ng n\u00e0ix\u012bn d\u011bngd\u00e0i<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u6765\u534e\u5de5\u4f5c\u8bb8\u53ef\u7cfb\u7edf\u6545\u969c\uff0c\u8bf7\u8010\u5fc3\u7b49\u5f85<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\"<span lang=\"en\">The work permit system for foreigners in China is malfunctioning, please wait patiently\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lots of things are malfunctioning in China nowadays.<\/p>\n<p><b>Selected readings<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\"<a title=\"Permanent link to Foreign devil froth and foam\" href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=53562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p%3D53562&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1652554286537000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2uWVx6I04XOAy6-rlz0d34\">Foreign devil froth and foam<\/a>\" (2\/13\/22)<\/li>\n<li>\"<a title=\"Permanent link to Fake foreigner\" href=\"http:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=3470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p%3D3470&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1652554286537000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1XHn0TU67d3TVrOD8LgaAr\">Fake foreigner<\/a>\" (19\/3\/11)<\/li>\n<li>\"<a title=\"Permanent link to \" href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=39947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p%3D39947&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1652554286537000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1J9I01cfVMJM1kHqkcNCpk\">'Gweilo' as a racially charged term<\/a>\" (9\/10\/18)<\/li>\n<li>\"<a title=\"Permanent link to Laowai: the old furriner\" href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=11626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p%3D11626&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1652554286537000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0WThWKTKYBsDHt5g1Se7Um\">Laowai: the old furriner<\/a>\" (4\/9\/14)<\/li>\n<li>\"<a title=\"Permanent link to English Tattoos All the Rage in China\" href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=1352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p%3D1352&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1652554286537000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1paGnUE6-QRBE8-K-kfHLx\">English Tattoos All the Rage in China<\/a>\" (4\/20\/09) &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=1352#comment-30114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p%3D1352%23comment-30114&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1652554286537000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3y_w0WBYaoU77xTD4G9NNX\">this comment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Andrea 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