@nappy what if they do have bad breath,, I prefer that to the filth and bile that comes out of your mouth in almost every post.

it is anno7ying when they ( the ones with bad breath) cought in your face

Seeing as how I started this POS thread, I thought I'd ought to finish it, hopefully without offending anyone else. There are two issues that I see. First, is, for lack of a better word, dental decom, that is rotting teeth. That is always bad. Second is intestinal flora. That can be good or bad. I have heard that Asian have more intestinal fortitude than Westerners generally, because they eat spicier food, which has many health benefits, as anyone from New Orleans will tell you. However, here it may come from hotpots, and that could be good or bad with regard to the quality of oils and ingredients. The best I can say is two bad reasons and one good reason for dragon breath, but no numbers or empirical evidence available to examine the issue beyond that.

Mr. Pink, what makes you think that 'Asians' eat spicier food than 'westerners'? Perhaps a few definitions of who is 'Asian' and who is a 'westerner' might help.
PS I'm pretty much what you'd probably label as a 'westerner'; a big fan of western onions, garlic; a lot of my American friends are into Mexican food; Shanghai, Cantonese and Japanese food is pretty non-spicey; Indian food is very varied, north-south, east-west, more into numerous herbs all lumped together in much of 'western' language and culture as 'curry' than into hot spices; Afghans can't take spicey food, nor can Iranis; dental care is pretty good in Singapore, I think; meat-eaters (e.g., Mongols) all over geography and history have better teeth than those whose bottom line is cereal grains (wheat, rice, etc.)
Now: maybe tooth-brushing might be practiced more in many places, and cigarette smoking in feewer ones, but you are way oversensitive. And if you eat cheese and drink milk, as I do, then it's probably noticeable to others who don't do so.
Chill out, man, I don't know where your home is but you're not there, and you can't go home again.

Thanks, Alienew. I don't think I am overly sensitive and I do not chill, whatever the fuck that mean. I know what my nose and watery eyes are telling me. I wretch. Perhaps there is also an issue with personal space. Asians seems to want to get closer than do Westerners, whether it be having a conversation over a drink, or standing in line. Consequently, they are easier to smell. As I said, it may be cultural, however, I will say, I can't stand relativist arguments. I am subjective, biased, if you will. For that matter, anyone who tells me they are not subjective scares me.

ok until the subjective bias is viewed us closet racism. we all have subjective bias and some of us learn how to filter

MrPinK: Your generalizations about 'Asians' and 'westerners' are over-generalizations.
I am a subject; subjects are subjective, by definition. That doesn't mean we can't get our facts right.

Sorry you have such a

hard time adapting. Try to imagine what it would be like to be a Chinese, or any 'Asian' person, in the country you come from, who doesn't speak the language of your country very well and perhaps doesn't read it at all, and try to imagine a subjectivity that is not your own.
Better yet, just learn what chill means. There are serious problems in the world, try to find one. And eat lots of onions, they're really good!

I think I heard an elephant enter the room. Is his name racism or hypocrisy? China is a developing nation; Japan and probably Taiwan are developed, as is HK, SGP, whatever. So thank you GoKunming writers who wish to politicize everything you hear like some drunken brawl.

Anyway, here goes. You see it everywhere in the US and most western countries: fresh breath. You see it in million dollar advertisements for the Super Bowl. You see it at the grocery stores, the pharmacies, on billboards as you drive by. The famed English mint Altoids were not originally candy and date back to the 1790s. You can call it advertising or a marketing ploy, but for 300 years or more, one can only be left with acceptance that there is demand for some level of awareness about what we smell both to ourselves and to others. You can add more dimensions than smell if you wish.

So, for my dear boy, alienew, why don't you go back to your job as a 2nd grade social studies teacher, and while you are at it, lay off the booze.