Excuse and Problem Matching Game
Below is everything you need to play the gou-rou.com Excuse and Problem Matching Game! Simply print out the problems and excuses below, stick them to some pieces of card and you're ready to play. The game requires 2-4 players. Shuffle the cards and divide them evenly amongst all the players. The goal is to get rid of all your cards - the first player must play a Problem card, then the next replies with an Excuse or chooses to ignore the Problem (the "Bank of China Gambit") and play their own Problem.
An Excuse can only be played on a Problem, and when an Excuse is played, the next player must play a Problem. If you cannot go, you must forfeit your turn. The winner is the first player to get rid of all of his or her cards. If at any point someone plays an Excuse that actually makes sense for the Problem, they are automatically deemed the loser (known as "Chairman Hua").
Play goes anti-clockwise. The player who owns the most gou-rou.com merchandise gets to go first. Use the merchandise's dollar value in the case of a tie-break.
Problems
China is poor
The traffic is bad
Sandstorms
The gap between rich and poor
Official corruption
Coal mine death toll
China executes more "criminals" than the rest of the world
Increasingly common incidents of rural unrest
Ongoing disputes over Super Voice Girl contestants
One of the world's biggest centres for slave labour
Lack of freedom of speech despite constitutional guarantee
High levels of pollution
Three Gorges Dam debacle
Rigged village elections
Excuses
Chinese people are better, it's just like that because of The Japanese
The U.S.
There are too many people in China
It is simply a dangerous occupation, other countries are just luckier
There are too many people in China
The Taiwanese
Wai di ren are bad
Imperialist crimes in the 19th century
China is still a developing country
Someone else somewhere once did it too
Development must come first
Chinese people are not ready for democracy