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^ We've been to Europe twice, once in 2015 and then in 2018. We never really encountered anything like that throughout France and Germany. People were super nice and we never got stopped for anything.
The only time we had to pull our passports out were trying to get the tax refund thing dealt with at Lafayette. We did get stopped by Chinese ladies asking if we can buy stuff for them because there were restrictions on tourgroups. There was also a younger Chinese dude who was making a huge racket about being let in because he was in a hurry, totally fit into the stereotype why China tourists are generally disliked.
There is a look though. We did not look the part of the China tourist and I think that's what got us through, we were obviously tourists but not the hated kind. You look around Vancouver you can instantly pick out who's from China and not assimilating, who's born or grew up here, the new HK FOBs. They have a look to them. It's a subtle fashion thing, or the way they talk, or the way they hold themselves, you can tell.
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