How to Be Single in China Part 3/8

Liz Tuccillo’s How to be Single The World Wide Webisodes Chapter 3 Da show everyone’s watching Liz Tuccillo: I’ve heard sex and da city was popular in China but I really had no idea, unbelievable. Bilji Yi: Unbelievable. Liz Tuccillo: We have the international influence people came back to the sex and da city. Now we’re able to see and talk about sex and you’re able to talk about sex and it’s a good thing. Bilji Yi: Of course wonderful thing. We love sex and da city. Liz Tuccillo: What made you decide to have this club and to call it sex and da city? Terresa: This movie I mean sex and da city is very popular here in China. Liz Tuccillo: Do you think it reflects life in Beijing or do you think it’s a fantasy? Terresa: I think it’s different, but independent these things is the same, The Chinese girl now is also looking for the life. Eva: I’ve been watching “Sex and the City” and being five years ago and they give me lot of influence and it’s kind of another lifestyle it’s opening. Male: Before I left you know most women were conservative. Usually, I try to avoid the eye contacts with men it came back to China like the end of year 2004. I felt like, wow! Chinese women are more aggressive you know like whatever you go and it’s just — Liz Tuccillo: What happened a couple of years ago, was it sex in the city, was it — Male: It’s one of the factors. Liz Tuccillo: Sex in the city. Male: Yeah they want to be Samantha they want to be Carrie. Female: I thought it was a just a reflection of my life. Liz Tuccillo: Really. Well. Female: Especially Mr. Big. Liz Tuccillo: You had a Mr. Big in your life. Female: Yeah. Liz Tuccillo: Is Mr. Big still in your life. Female: Oh yeah. Liz Tuccillo: Okay, all right, how is it going? Female: I’m still single. Liz Tuccillo: Okay then did you change the “the” because you want it to be not exactly or because that’s how it sounds when it’s spoken. Female: Actually we’ve heard it from our neighbors. He said “Da” instead of “The” is very popular in New York. That’s why we name it. Liz Tuccillo: Is there a little like street to top it like Sex in the City. Female: Yeah and also, the copyright. Liz Tuccillo: Tina that’s true. I’m here with Jian Wei Li associate actress in Beijing. She started a TV show here called I Really Really Want to fall in Love, which is very similar to Sex in the City. I was noticing because this is any words for. Is it interesting to be a lot of sex in the show? Jian Wei Li: Your teasers are a lot to have about the sex but in China we couldn’t have so much. Liz Tuccillo: Do you even showed kissing? Jian Wei Li: Yeah. Liz Tuccillo: You do you showed kissing? Jian Wei Li: Yeah a lot. Liz Tuccillo: Kissing in bed? Jian Wei Li: Yeah. Liz Tuccillo: Okay. Is this a place where there’s a lot of one night stand? Female: We didn’t check it out. But I’m sure. Jian Wei Li: A lot of single girl can do bar also, lots of single male. Female: And they went home together. Bilji Yi: They don’t want to sleep alone. They can find someone and they’re not lonely. That’s why I think, that’s why they stay in single situation longer so they have things to help you with. Liz Tuccillo: What do you mean by things to help them? Bilji Yi: The things in the “goody drawer.” Women are going to change China not men, women definitely. Liz Tuccillo: In what way? Bilji Yi: Women and Sex in da city have changed China. Liz Tuccillo: Even the women might have transformed China. What are they going to do about the men?