When I first started posting a couple of years back, I was almost turned away permanently by the amount of jokers on this very board coming on here and telling lies. First it was Silverboy who was consistent in standing up for others who he didn't know, then it was Turnoi who came on here. I was encouraged by these individuals that on the internet there is an actual place for the have nots and the deprived to come and vent the truth of what really goes on behind all the "development" and "glamour" that the world tries to promote. Unfortunately people will constantly come on here and try to make us go away. It is a neverending battle but one that I choose to fight because I am sick of seeing only good, filtered news about china in esl.