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[quote=TIGERLILY2012,470655]I had made 10 trips to different parts of China over 20 yrs. Package tours include few compulsory stops, one of which is pharmaceutical company. My advice: DON'T BUY anything where they bring you to. If $ is no object to you, be generous! Your local guides will love you for your purchase. 1) I overpaid my purchase of herbs by X times. It was too late for my all-knowing travel mate to warn me since I was at the cashier with the prescribed herbs. 2) Miracle cream for burns in Beijing & one more city, which I had forgotten. For demo, a chain is heated up to XdegC using a torch, and a staff has to clasp it with both hands. Can see that he's holding back his tears. This is outright human abuse. My subsequent encounter with this setup, I walked out in spite of the local guide's plea to sit in. 3) Buying fruits from street stalls. Not uncommon to be cheated by weight! If you really must eat, buy by all means. If charged by item count, make sure you hold on to your purchase when you pay. Ever heard of magic swap to rotten fruits right under your nose? Use smaller notes to buy to cut down the risk of being given fake notes for your change. 4) Don't give $ to the disabled child beggars. They get pittance from the syndicate who exploit, and ferry them from one tourist spots to another. 5) With so much negative publicity on unscrupulous food suppliers and China's lack of quality control, I am no longer interested in gourmet food tour. Hey, you live once! Go ahead and enjoy your food banquet! [/quote]
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