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Thread: Foreigner, Westerner or Expat?
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[quote=CHRISWAUGHBJ,229203]Sanyachina, enough ranting, alright? We're not here to bash China or Chinese people for not measuring up to anybody's aribtrary set of standards. I'm well aware that many foreigners dislike the term "laowai", but so what? The term is essentially neutral, even if it is often abused. Used appropriately in a proper context with proper respect then no harm is done. And although the terms "laowai" and "foreigner" are usually used (in China, at least) to refer to white people, there is nothing in those terms that restricts them to being used to refer to white people, nor is there anything in them that implies that all non-Chinese are the same. Yes, some people dislike being reminded that they are, in fact, foreigners, but that is a simple fact. If they don't like it they're just going to have to learn to deal with it.[/quote]
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