Topic: news Things Travellers Don’t Know About China, but Should

Great article. One that first time visitors should read, although i stayed in some "No Star hotels". Having a Chinese wife of course avoids many of the problems referred to, but I concur with most of the article.
The amount of police and army [ exercising] isn't just to keep a benign, friendly, orderly presence, they are there to watch out for the slightess hint of unrest.
Dont mention the Square, talk to street artists in Shenzhen criticising the communist[?] government [ as i did], falang gong, Tiawan and especially not TIBET. Anyone heard about the Tibetan crackdown in Chengdu, no I thought not?
I love China and its people but be very careful if you are interested in politics. I always laugh when I see so much iconography surrounding Che Guevara[ my hero] Let me sum up by saying that if Che tried to visit China now he would never get a visa! You see he was a true communist, not like the present dictatorship masquerading under that name.