There’s been a bit of speculation about how Chinese would react to the scenario that was described by Romeo. Purely out of coincidence a Chinese friend of mine sent me a page on QQ (the Chinese social networking tool) containing 100 pictures that are said to represent modern day Chinese society. Here is link to the original file if anyone is interested.

http://forum.book.sina.com.cn/thread-2936143-1-1.html

As I was looking down this page what should I happen to see but an elderly Western gent and a young Chinese girl. The man in question is 71 years old and the woman is a 25year old post graduate student at Fudan. The couple have a child together. When I used baidu to find some more info the first page of results were all forums (Chinese language only). The below is a brief selection of comments left on the first page of the first site that came up on baidu. I've done my best to translate them accurately. This is the original site that contains many and more comments on the topic.

http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=547388472

恶心.色老头 Disgusting, perverse old man

不知此女怎么想的 I don’t know what she’s thinking

如过那个老头有钱的话,我就知道那个女的是怎么想的了 If that old man has money, then I know precisely what that girl is thinking

看到她的长相我就没什么想法了，外国人品味果然不同 Just take a look at her appearance, foreigners don’t have the same taste in women

此女心知肚明~~其相令宇宙颤抖 We all know this girls purpose, her true purpose makes the universe shudder!

个人选择 It’s an individual's choice

我� 语。不发表评论 I’m speechless. Unable to comment.

唉 真单纯� 这说明这孩子不是他干出来的 是别人给干出来的 也就是戴帽子吧 Oh dear, As you thought (referring to an earlier post) the child isn’t his (the foreigner’s) it’s someone else’s. The man is wearing a (green) hat (Chinese idiom for your wife cheating on you)

也不一定是贪图钱财 有一种情结叫恋老 很正常 大家口味不一� �而已 我一个女同事只找中老年 只对年纪大的有性趣 It’s not certain that she’s only interested in the money. Some girls like older guys, it’s common, and everyone’s tastes are different. I have a colleague who only looks for old Chinese men, she’s only wants sex with them.

晕，这女的也不漂亮啊，腿太粗了，也不知道老外怎么想的 That girl isn’t beautiful, her legs are fat. I don’t know what that old guy is thinking

An interesting range of views and in many ways some of the comments mirror those that us laowai have made on this board. The fact that this should also be choosen as an image that represents modern China is also worth noting in regards some of the arguments and counter arguments that people have made in refrence to Chinese culture.