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I am not saying a lot of these things are unique. Someone asked more information on why she was traumatized so I gave the information. I highly doubt I alone will really change anyone’s perception of anything.
As someone whose family is from south america, this is not a typical thing to do to foreign tourists. People don’t point and ridicule. If anything they engage with them more, because they want money. I am sure this happens in other countries as well, but right now we’re talking about China.
Her friend has been living there for years and speaks the language. Some of this happened while they were both together and she relayed what was said (which were also things said to her friend for the time she lived in China). If I wanted to make far fetched stories I could have actually spent time coming up with something creative.
She’s not upset about these things. This is mostly commenting on the overall thought that China is great everywhere. It has homeless people and poverty just like the rest of the world. Hell I even originally left out the fact that she saw people eating food off the ground and some sleeping in trash.
If you know another phrase for going to other gyms, recording classes, in secret, trying to not getting caught and emailing this information to another country to steal their information, by all means tell me and I will use it.
There are bad parts everywhere in the world. I also have friends in Japan, and it wouldn’t be work related.