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One time I went to register at the local police station in a tier 3 city (foreigners must do this). My chinese was quite poor at the time (still kinda is, but is better now) and there were 4 cops smoking cigarettes playing majiang. The first thing I heard was "Laowai"
, which is a semi-impolite term in China for white foreigner. That set off a very interesting set of events requiring me to flee the country the next day. I learned a lot about life that day.
I'll explain briefly what happened. 1. I didn't get about being called Laowai. That doesn't bother me. 2. I ended up getting shaken down by corrupt cops for a very significant amount of money. 3. I also lost my lease. https://twitter.com/JohnMoneySucks/status/1179782225757446145 …
4. The cops attempted to shake down my landlord. Who used connections to make the problem go away. The landlord with the cops then invalidated my lease and kept my 3 months of security deposit 5. I got interrogated for about 4 hours in the police station. Then I was made to wait.
6. This happened in the same city as where this guy was detained for 2 years and happened 1 week after he was detained. So, I repeated in Chinese about 100x "I am not a spy".https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/world/canada/canadian-couple-china-detention.html …
7. Anyways, the cops finally let me go home after I paid them 4000 RMB for "not registering with the local police bureau on time". I had 24 hours to vacate my apartment. 8. I thought about it and I realized that I was in a bit of trouble so I took a black car to Shenyang.
9. I bought a plain ticket in cash to the first country I could that would take Americans without a visa. That was South Korea and I proceeded to spend 2 weeks in Incheon. In summary, I could definitely have handled it better, but I never got pissed about being called laowai.
By handling it better, what I needed to do was have a "friend" (and I had friends) basically bribe the cops to leave me alone but I thought in the American way. That was stupid. After I left, the cops came looking for me. Not only going to the apartment I vacated by hassling
but* hassling my friends and employees. I did go back to China after goign to the embassy in US to make sure I wouldn't get detained if I went back. I haven't been back to Dandong since though.
Anyways, I guess I'll say a few words about China. I have a love-hate relationship with it. I feel the same way about the United States. I try to be objective.
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