Comments on: What is an LBX? http://www.portraitofanlbx.com/2009/03/what-is-an-lbx/ 老百姓記 -- a search for humanity in China (by bicycle) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:24:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Shuang http://www.portraitofanlbx.com/2009/03/what-is-an-lbx/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Shuang Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:40:17 +0000 http://www.portraitofanlbx.com/?p=47#comment-303 From your blog, I got the impression that the LBX is offering the peasants or the peasants come to the cities for low-wage jobs (民工). In my opinion, LBX is a word for the grass-root, opposite to the elite. Anybody without a proper "title" can be a LBX. They are not a "professor", not a "doctor", not a "manager", not an "officer" of any government branches. They can be poor citizens too. Actually I think most of the taxi driver in Beijing should be Beijingers. My uncle is one of them. He fits in the group of LBX for sure. And I think the Lao in LBX doesn't mean old. 老 can be a meaningless prefix, used to show a close mood. From your blog, I got the impression that the LBX is offering the peasants or the peasants come to the cities for low-wage jobs (民工). In my opinion, LBX is a word for the grass-root, opposite to the elite. Anybody without a proper “title” can be a LBX. They are not a “professor”, not a “doctor”, not a “manager”, not an “officer” of any government branches. They can be poor citizens too. Actually I think most of the taxi driver in Beijing should be Beijingers. My uncle is one of them. He fits in the group of LBX for sure.

And I think the Lao in LBX doesn’t mean old. 老 can be a meaningless prefix, used to show a close mood.

]]> By: Devi http://www.portraitofanlbx.com/2009/03/what-is-an-lbx/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Devi Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:04:33 +0000 http://www.portraitofanlbx.com/?p=47#comment-2 I know that you just got started with this and there are many stories to tell, but in the future I would love a portrait of the nouveau riche LBX, specifically concerning tackiness. There's Western tacky and Chinese tacky. I've seen a bit of the difference, but it would be fun to get the complete picture. I know that you just got started with this and there are many stories to tell, but in the future I would love a portrait of the nouveau riche LBX, specifically concerning tackiness. There’s Western tacky and Chinese tacky. I’ve seen a bit of the difference, but it would be fun to get the complete picture.

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