A pretty self-centured and unrealistic view on all changes Traveler, sorry to say it this blunt as a fellow-laowai. Laowai are important, but I don't think the word 'essential' is applicable anymore, if it ever has been. The situation is getting more difficult yes. Visa are more difficult to obtain, control measures are increasing and same goes for competition. Wow! the times that visa were available to buy on every corner of the street are over, more laowai are stepping in the Chinese market for personal (often shortterm) gain and those precious moments of being heavenly admired for just being a laowai are getting scarce because some of 'us' have been causing problems... All true, but isn't that called development?
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