"Will a foreigner get shot on the street in China?"https://www.quora.com/
Written on Sep 28, 2018
Clive
Green, lives in China (2007-present)
Yes, I am afraid there is a very high chance indeed of
getting shot — especially if you are a western foreigner.
Perhaps somewhat unusually, the shooter will actually ask
your permission, and even ask their own children to stand next to you before
they shoot you!
Also, gangs of TV reporters sometimes roam the streets,
looking for interesting foreigners to shoot.
(Scroll down if you feel upset …)
I am quoting off a Quora posting for today! You do understand that it
is a joke, a play on the words “shoot”. A
photo is shot. I laughed because it is absolutely true. At times permission is
asked. Other times you just become aware that the person ahead of you in a line
is taking you as part of a selfie. At one point a group of us as foreigners were
waiting together at the subway and a lady came by, stood there, and took a few
minutes to pan us in a video. Funny.
It happened even more often last year when we lived in Taian,
where it was estimated that there were only about 300 expats in a city of 4
million. There it was almost a daily occurrence. At one point a man stopped us
as we were walking down the street. He looked a lot rougher than most Chinese,
with a sagging “wife beater “, and dirty pants. He asked if he could take a
video. We said yes. He handed his camera to a friend with him, and came over and put his arm around both of
us. He then let loose with an extensive rather loud rant. I have no idea what
he was saying into the camera. He then traded one camera for another camera and
did the same thing over again. I have absolutely no idea what we were being
used as a prop for. We never checked Chinese social media to see if our pictures
were posted. But it was definitely a strange and different situation.
When we hosted a Japanese student, she flew into SFO, San Francisco. She was amazed that people come in so many shapes, sizes, and colors. It was the first time I considered what a homogeneous society would look like.
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