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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: Are Chinese people suspicious over Westerner?
I don't know if anybody is living the same experience as I do, but I noticed people here look at me like I'm a criminal of some sort. When i go do my groceries, people look at me like i'm about to steal something. When on the bus Chinese women either get up to stand as far as possible while holding their purse like i'm about to mug them.
I may be exagerating a bit, but you get the picture. Are we suspicious to them?
I think it depends on you and what city you're in. As a female, people stare at me because I'm a foreigner. But I haven't noticed them looking suspiciously at me. My male friends have had some of the same experiences as you. I think it's because they're tall and they kind of stand out.
Some old people are, but most of them are just like "Look at that foreigner." "I wonder if he's a teacher." "You speak English practice your English say hello!" or "A foreigner is coming we should say hello - omg yes what a good idea, oh wait I wont" And the grocery store it's like "What's he eating?" "Do they sell hamburgers here?" "I thought foreigners like McDonalds."
Usually it's followed by "hey he can hear" and "no no he can't understand what I'm saying"
Occasionally they'll talk about how Obama did some anti-chinese thing hundreds of years ago or something but mostly just idle chatter.
The women being afraid thing is because they all think we are crazy sex monkey rapists, so that one is genuine suspicion. But as for stealing, no. They think we are all Bill Gates rich, so that's the last thing on their mind.
They give you the dead eyes a lot, but that's just because they tend to be less expressive in general. Cultural thing or something I dunno what's up with the dead eyes.
I get a few looks as there are not too many foreigners in the area I live, but in general I just feel I am treated quite normally.
If you'd stop making that face in your profile pic, they might stare less
You'll always be a foreign devil until proven otherwise. Just conduct yourself properly and you'll get a good reputation in your area.
As a girl, yeah, people tend to stare at me. It's never been a bad type of stare though. My Chinese friends say it's because they like my pale skin and "big eyes." Back home I'm just average looking though, seems kind of silly.
What do you think the commies were teaching them all those years?? Westerners are stand up people, make friends with them?!?
well ofcourse people do stare at you all over china if you are a foreigner but not with bad Ambitions or you can also say that they sometimes are in Inferiority complex such as foreigners are more pretty and we are not and in china if u can speak english u considered to be an educated person hehehehhe....
so do not worry chinese really respect foreigners.