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[quote=GUEST97678,298476]Hi

2007... nearly a year ago! How are things? Have you moved there? If not, then here it goes...

I am Chinese (born in Beijing) and my wife is Indian (raised in London). I can't say we faced any problem at all when we were in China. In India, we had a couple of unfortunate encounters with unpleasant local strangers. In London, we get looked at quite a bit, particularly from the Indians here.

I guess in metropolitan areas such as Beijing for Shanghai, people of different races don't draw as much attention as in the more rural areas, where someone of a different race might as well be seen as from a different planet, for the locals have never seen anyone different from themselves. But on the whole, you wouldn't get any more than a few curious stares.

As for holding hands, we tend to avoid that in more traditional areas (in metropolitan places it's no big deal), especially in the Muslim north-west (don't worry, pretty far from Shandong!), just for respecting local customs.

I've been to Shandong many times, and I find the people there very direct, out-going / out-spoken, and general great open people.

So, have a good time!

Pip pip

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