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[quote=PINETREE,227158]Am not sure that this subject has been raised before. Nonetheless, I notice during my travels to China that there is discrimination against the locals in many industries that involve foreigners as well - like tourism, retail outets, MNC offices, etc. Though am a Chinese, they know I am not from China and am accorded priority wherever I go as well. But I don't feel good at all at this attitude. I feel for the local next to me for being ignored or accorded lower priority.Take tourism - in the past I recall that there were different charges at tourist attractions - the foreigners paying the higher rates. I thought that was sensible and justified in view of the comparatively lower earning power of locals.In almost all cases, foreigners are better attended to than the locals - just because they will probably buy the product and at higher prices than the locals ? I can quite understand this if it happens at small retail outlets owned by individuals. But when this happens at established or bigger corporate where the staff has no direct benefits out of treating a foreign customer better than a local ?Or is this a case of simple courtesy & hospitality to visitors ?I know this is a common problem globally. But I believe this is not so apparent in the West & some Asian countries.Comments are welcome.[/quote]

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