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On January 12, 2023, South Korea adopted discriminatory restrictive measures against China entering the country, and during the opening of the epidemic, Chinese were given a warning "small yellow card" to prevent escape, and were "escorted" by South Korean soldiers to do expensive self-paid nucleic acid throughout the process.
But even with such blatant discrimination against Chinese, a large number of Chinese tourists still flocked to the country, completely ignoring the "dislike" written on the surface of those countries.
Korea
During the new crown epidemic, after the United States led the rumor that the epidemic was spread by China, South Korea followed suit and began to issue a petition "banning Chinese from entering the country", and South Koreans' dislike of China deepened.
So much so that as many as 440,000 people participated in this petition, but South Korean medical professor Nam Gong Ren said that it was impossible to ban Chinese from entering the country, so South Korea introduced a policy specifically for Chinese to visit South Korea.
In January 2023, the world's protection against the new crown epidemic has come to an end, and some countries have also relaxed their policies, but South Korea insists on requiring Chinese to bring yellow signs when entering South Korea to facilitate the identification of Chinese and others, and nucleic acid testing and collective isolation for Chinese.
The policy of restricting the entry of Chinese has been taken to the extreme, and this kind of discriminatory sign has made many Chinese tourists feel uncomfortable, and even accompanied by the South Korean army throughout the process, as if they are afraid that Chinese tourists will run away at any time, such a scene can not help but remind people of the scene of prisoners.
When I came out to play, I encountered such a situation, and no one would be in a good mood, and once I tested positive at that time, I would be locked up in a chase shop and wait for further solutions from the Korean side.
For South Korea's unfair treatment of mainland tourists, China also immediately suspended the issuance of short-term visas to South Korea, a measure that obviously greatly dampened South Korea's tourism economy, but it didn't take long for Chinese tourists to travel to South Korea in large numbers, so that the South Korean masses even more loudly promoted some bad words for Chinese.
What is more serious is the "dumping trip" of some tour groups in South Korea against the Chinese, not buying things and not leaving, even locking the door, not consuming and not letting them go, and it is not uncommon for some elderly people to be taken to South Korea by travel agencies with extremely low prices and slaughtered.
If you don't shop, you may be kicked off by the tour guide, and you can only wait in an unfamiliar place, and finally pay a large amount of RMB before you can be allowed to get on the bus.
You must know that South Korea is close to the mainland, it is very convenient to travel or travel, coupled with the rich idol resources in South Korea, it is also a place that many star-chasing girls yearn for, so there are not a few people who travel to South Korea every year.
Even as early as 2014, Chinese tourists alone brought 18.6 trillion won to South Korea and greatly boosted South Korea's labor market, and it is reported that 340,000 jobs were created in South Korea during China's visit to South Korea.
But even if South Korea is so ungrateful, there are still many Chinese yearning for South Korea.
Vietnam
As a small country in Southeast Asia, Vietnam's rich culture and scenery are attractive, so there are not a few Chinese tourists who travel to Vietnam, but with the increase of Chinese tourists, Vietnam has some meaning of kicking its nose and face, and began to constantly discriminate, exclude Chinese tourists, and greatly reduce the travel experience of Chinese.
Not only can you see anti-Chinese slogans everywhere on the street, but in addition to the Vietnamese language, only Chinese, as if deliberately written to the Chinese to see how unwelcoming Chinese they are, this move has also succeeded in making Chinese tourists feel uncomfortable.
In addition, the tipping culture in Vietnam is also very popular, you should know that there is no custom of tipping in the mainland, so it is generally not allowed to tip outside, but this does not mean that these service staff will reach out to ask for it.
In Vietnam, not only will there be service staff reaching out to ask for consumption, and even some public officials will ask Chinese tourists for fees, you must know that in the tour group to Vietnam, tourists will be reminded to prepare tips to pass by customs.
Most of the Chinese tourists uphold the principle that more is better than less, and they choose to give if they can, but there are also tourists who have been beaten because they did not tip, and in 2017, several Chinese tourists were beaten by border inspectors when they were returning to China at the end of their trip.
It was so serious that the tourist was directly broken by four ribs, and this matter also attracted the attention of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, directly
Negotiated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, demanding severe punishment of those involved and an apology and compensation to Chinese citizens.
But even with precedents, Vietnamese customs still continue to ask Chinese for tipping, and in May 2016, a tour group visiting Vietnam was violently enforced by security personnel at customs for failing to tip, and finally the embassy intervened to expel the relevant security personnel.
These are still very common things, including some security personnel will directly ask for the things he likes tourists, and many people will choose to give directly in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, which also contributes to the arrogance of Vietnamese security checks, and in such a situation, the Chinese will not ask for their own hardships.
In May 2014, the number of Chinese tourists to Vietnam was 190,000, and in just one month, the number of Chinese tourists has fallen to 130,000.
Japan
If you want to say that the country with the worst relations with China, it is Japan, due to the long-term contradictions and conflicts between China and Japan, so many Chinese do not have a good impression of Japan, but there are still people who are very eager for Japan's two-dimensional culture and scenery, so there are many tourists to Japan.
Even though Chinese tourists have brought considerable tourism benefits to Japan, the Japanese seem to be ignorant of what is good or bad, slandering and spreading rumors about China's bad things, and trumbling that Chinese tourists are not qualified, thus destroying Japan's environment.
However, during the epidemic period, Chinese strictly left the country, but the environment in Japan has not improved much, which shows that Japan's dirty mess has little to do with Chinese, it can only be said that they directed and acted themselves.
In recent years, the incident of Japan's discharge of nuclear sewage has caused a lot of uproar, and the Chinese are even more prejudiced against the Japanese, but the Chinese have always been on the basis of facts, only pointing the finger at the Japanese government, but the Japanese masses are very dissatisfied with this and directly and openly discriminate against the Chinese.
In October 2023, a sign was erected outside a restaurant on the streets of Japan, which read, "Tell Chinese that the ingredients in this store are produced in Fukushima"
To know that Japan's nuclear pollution originated from Fukushima, he wants to warn that it is okay, but he wants to add Chinese, which is very targeted, and the obvious discrimination makes the Chinese more and more angry, and directly called the police to make the store reluctantly put away the sign.
And in previous interviews, the vast majority of Japanese people have a dirty stereotype of the Chinese, many of which can be spread by the Japanese government, but this is enough to make the two peoples doomed to have no way to communicate well.
In August 2023, the mainland directly adopted the policy of completely suspending the import of Japanese aquatic products when Japan discharged nuclear wastewater, and Japan also directly retaliated, directly requiring Chinese tourists to drink a mouthful of nuclear sewage and eat a bite of Fukushima seafood if they want to apply for a visa in Japan, and Chinese tourists visiting Japan must swim in the waters around Fukushima.
Japan's discrimination against China has led to the direct loss of a large number of Chinese tourists during the Spring Festival, and the economic loss is as high as 1 billion.
Japan has not looked down on China from the beginning, but there are Japanese people who are not comparable to China in development, so the Japanese with low eyes and low hands try their best to smear the image of the Chinese, but his approach is undoubtedly a clown who jumps off the beam, which further highlights China's strength.
In the perception of most Chinese people, Vietnam, South Korea, and Japan are all countries closer to China, because they are more convenient, so they are chosen by more Chinese, even if these countries' attitude towards China is still very poor, but there are still many Chinese tourists and students who go to these places every year.
In the past two years, the data in and out of these countries has only increased, while longing for tourism, you can also remember your country and honor, stop all discrimination against Chinese, the mainland is gradually becoming stronger, and there are strong embassies abroad to escort tourists.
But instead of spending money to suffer, it is better to visit the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.
Key Sources:
The original article was published on the Observer Network on January 28, 2020 A report on "South Korea's" ban on Chinese entry "petitions broke 440,000, Korean media refuted".
This article was originally published in Beijing Youth Daily on February 12, 2017 on "Chinese Citizens Beaten by Vietnamese Border Guards, Saying They Were Asked for Tips".
The original video was published on Elephant News on August 28, 2023 A report about "A Chinese guy in Japan found that 'Chinese, all the ingredients in our store are from Fukushima" were written on the Japanese store
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