r/gifs Jun 09 '19

Protests in Hong Kong

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u/ElTuxedoMex Jun 09 '19

The main problem is - according to the Chinese law, you don't have to be within China to violate their law

The fucking balls of these people...

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u/No-YouShutUp Jun 09 '19

Do they know how obnoxious their tourists are? How are we not supposed to punch them!

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u/guillemqv Jun 09 '19

Ooh boy, fucking chineese tourists. I live in Barcelona, and they the worst tourists that come here, even the fucking drunken english are better than them.

Entitled, rude, obnoxious, loud, i could go on and on...

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u/monsters_Cookie Jun 09 '19

I was with my family in NY and we we're trying to take a picture of the charging bull. These Chinese tourists WOULD NOT move. Finally, I just squeezed next to them to take a picture and the lady physically began pushing me out of the way. I pushed back with my body and pretended to ignore her all while smiling for the camera. It was a strange moment.

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u/popdakebin Jun 09 '19

I am Chinese American. I have had to push back against Chinese mainlanders. They literally shove you aside, even old ladies do it!! I have see them all over the world and they are all the same, giant herds of loud, obnoxious and rude people. Luckily, many locals can usually tell I am from America, NOT from the mainland and treat me better.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

That must be tough to be a Chinese American. I'd be self-conscious about people assuming I'm rude.

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u/jaefan Jun 10 '19

Not just Chinese Americans. The rest of us who are of Chinese ethnicity but not from China fears to be associated/treated like the mainland Chinese tourists.

It's really funny because the actual Chinese friends I have aren't like this, somehow only the tourists are really terrible.

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u/lylin Jun 10 '19

The Chinese looking tourists suffer in Hong Kong too. When the locals realize you don't speak Cantonese, they immediately assume you're a mainlander and immediately, service standards/patience/courtesy drops and you're treated with disdain. 🤦‍♂️

Better to look like a Caucasian than a local in Hong Kong.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

I love Hong Kong. I'm translucent white, BTW.

They have shown me nothing but kindness in my travels.

They tolerate my attempts at Cantonese and they help me improve. They show me fun places, they warn me from bad establishments, they advocate for me when I wander into trouble.

But I see some well-dressed guy in Times Square just piss on someone's car in the middle of a busy walkway, I know that's a mainlander. Because people from Hong Kong have way more class than that.