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Topic: news An Anxious Beijing to Departing Expats: “Please Stay, Guests from Far Away.”

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Alex66
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Hi, What I can't understand is why someone will call out the word Laowai (say, when you walk into a shop)and everyone else hangs their head down as if they are embarrassed.Worst of all some students say it when you aren't looking directly at them Fine to say (maybe) "Laowai hello!". Why not say "Weiguo ren"...foreigner not "Old foreigner!" I just don't get the way that it is used that eggs me.It just sounds dodgy to me. BTW, an old lady in a village shop said weiguo ren to the shopkeeper, I even heard two young boys say weiguoren to each other. Why do foreigners say it, particularly when they don't even know you? Maybe I should dye my hair or get a wig!

Dec 09, 2014 12;59
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