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[quote=JSUMMERS83,298877]I think being tall contributes to the number of stares that I get.  I live pretty far from the major cities, though, so I think it's more understandable than in Beijing or Shanghai.  Surprisingly, since I've lived here for the past two years, I've either gotten used to the stares and therefore don't notice it anymore, or people have just become accustomed to seeing me around and actually have stopped caring.  Either way, good for me.

Jabarootoo, I agree that my worst experiences are when I am traveling around different places and bump into Chinese tourist.  I get a strange feeling that this must be what it's like to be a celebrity - people yelling hi to you long after they've passed by, slyly passing their camera phone around as if to capture the "scenery" yet somehow pausing when they get to where I and my American wife are standing, or just walking beside me obviously eavesdropping on my English conversation with my wife.  I try not to get annoyed - and I usually don't - but it was definitely unnerving when I first arrived here in China.[/quote]

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