I had a similar experience in Beijing some years ago, where I was treated as "the rich white guy" or "movie star" (but surprisingly not in Shanghai). It was an

I had a similar experience in Beijing some years ago, where I was treated as "the rich white guy" or "movie star" (but surprisingly not in Shanghai). It was annoying because I was a poor grad student at the time and the expectation to open my wallet for everything was frustrating. It's nowhere near what the author of this story has had to live with on a normal basis though, so racial biases do manifest all over the place, but in different ways with different levels of prejudice.