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Anyone want to update for Kunming?

I think they covered it for ALL of China.

yep you see afew of them typified in the posts on here too

not the wittiest of stereotypes

haali felt the burn.

Couldn't they think of any positive (or simply less racist) stereotypes? I wonder if the author just dislikes all foreigners or only the white ones. I appreciate that there are elements of truth in the article but this is a pretty low form of 'humour' and would be totally unacceptable in many other countries. Anyone remember that poster about black people having smaller brains?

Best thing I've seen all week.

You've got a point, debaser - obviously the author was only considering Western expats in Beijing - there's this cultural divide between Western and non-Western expats in the Western imagination, I'm afraid - but obviously not all Western expats are what are considered 'White'. Cultural categorization on top of 'racial' categorization, reflecting mental categorization by both Chinese and foreigners.

in Kunming I have noticed 3 kinds of stereotypical foreigners:

1. Bar crawlers

2. Outdoorsy types

3. 'Normal' people who sometimes go to bars and go outside for some greenery/exercise, but follow the Chinese example of spending a lot of their time looking at a laptop or phone screen. I'm defo closest to #3.

Haali: I'd add to that, speaking only of 'Western' foreigners, 4. the Western Christian social service &/or missionaries, and 5. students here for a semester or two,many of whom fit into your 3 categories as well.