Maxx,
Not taking anything away from what your saying to Josh here, but i think you'll find that Chinese women are not quite as pure as your suggesting here, not from my experience anyway. I'm not saying that they are anything like as liberated as our western women, but they will exercise their own mind these days....
China, and it's population has moved tremendous strides in the last 15 to 20 years. So it's not just the alcohol that is changing attitudes amongst it's women. I dare say, that the biggest changes are going to be in the bigger cities, ...slowly but surely those changes are spreading out of those cities and into the outlying suburbs and beyond.
During my unattached years in China, i really didn't have that much trouble finding female companionship, and i didn't find them in bars. In fact I rarely drink, ...when i do it's normally a just a small lager with a dash of lime. I would say that most of the ladies i met, didn't drink either. Looking back, i met these ladies mostly in cafes and other non-alcoholic places of leisure. I will definitely agree with you, in that these women DO give a shit what others think about them. So nothing is ever seen in public as a general rule, but it is a different story, when doors to the outside world are closed behind you....
Another thing worth mentioning here, I'm not talking about one night stands, I'm talking about normal everyday relationships, they may have been of a short term nature but, these women always demanded respect from male companions, you rarely succeeded in any sort of relationship without having that respect.
I'm sure if you ask others amongst us here on the Forum, that are now resident in China, they will give you a similar picture of what i've outlined above too....
David....
