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This was really frustrating to me, because it felt like treating the Chinese visitors not as people, but a natural phenomenon (locusts) or some such. It's natur
by houshuang 10y ago
This was really frustrating to me, because it felt like treating the Chinese visitors not as people, but a natural phenomenon (locusts) or some such. It's natural that the locals would be baffled, and if this had been a short notice in a local newspaper, then fine. But I read it in a Norwegian newspaper, and later saw it on Metafilter, Hacker News etc. By that time, surely someone must be able to talk to the visitors in Chinese, do a little bit of research with tourist agencies from China etc?
I decided to see if I could find any Chinese sources writing about this, since they might be more clued in. Sohu.com's article (http://news.sohu.com/20160708/n458318443.shtml http://news.sohu.com/20160708/n458318443.shtml) says that the rumor was spread that this is where parts of Harry Potter (the Dursleys) was filmed.
- sjclemmy 10y agoThat would make more sense. So it's actually much more sinister. The Dursley abode is symbolic of all that is bad with the modern world. Bitter people, living in a soulless landscape obsessed with meaningless possessions and social status, devoid of compassion and love. Is that what Kidlington is like? ;)