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Originally Posted by AnonymousStranger
This is the kind of language that makes me think that westerners are inherently racist towards Chinese people and just try their best to hide it. Infested? Are you serious? All that type of language does is propagate the dehumanization of Chinese people and paint them with the whole locusts/yellow peril stigmatizing stereotype. Do you really think that every single of Chinese people that were vacationing in Hong Kong is in some way inferior to yourself? Would you ever call a large group of western tourists an infestation? Language matters and it’s very revealing of people’s inherent biases...
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This was around 5 years ago and yes a lot of them were "inferior". You can't really blame them. They were mostly stuck in communist China for decades and never got to see the outside world.
I'm sure they are better now that they are travelling more. They better be. I know a few hotel managers in Richmond/Vancouver and when they first starting getting Mainland Chinese tourists, they would take everything from the hotel room. Pillow cases, desk lamps, coathangers, hair dryers, and yes even shower curtains. It was like a pack of "locusts" went by....
Anyways back to my last experience there. 40 year old grown men knocked my 6 year old over running to the line for the Toy Story ride. Saw 3 fights started at Ocean Park for i think budging in line.. where 2 of them had to get security to escort them out. Waiting in line at Disney some little kid needed to pee so his mom pulls down his pants and he starts pissing into bushes while we were waiting in line.
I mean some HK people are rude too. This 80 year old hk lady poked me in the calf a few times with her umbrella because i was walking to slow. Prob deserved it as i was carrying a huge backpack and it was +35c.