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No, what I mean is that in China, anyone who comes up to me, especially if they are speaking English, intends to lie to me and maybe lead me to some place to be
by b6 9y ago
No, what I mean is that in China, anyone who comes up to me, especially if they are speaking English, intends to lie to me and maybe lead me to some place to be defrauded, and this is their job. It's not the same in the US or many other places at all.
- yorwba 9y agoStrange. In my experience, when someone comes up to me, they are either trying to hand me a leaflet or they are some old dude who's amazed that he gets to see a real foreigner in his lifetime and wants to make some small talk. The one time someone spoke English, it was a student who wanted to practice. Obviously I'm not spending enough time in the right places to be targeted for a scam.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago> Obviously I'm not spending enough time in the right places to be targeted for a scam. Or you don't look like an easy mark.
- b6 9y agoSorry, when I look back at my comment, it was overly broad. China is very diverse and every city is different. Part of my time in China was spent in probably one of the worst areas for that kind of behavior, at least towards foreigners: Shanghai.
- yorwba 9y agoWell, I've been living in Shanghai for more than a year now ...