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Thread: Foreigner sharing a room in Wuhan with his Chinese GF, OK?
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[quote=MISHEN ,9632]Have to say I disagree on this one - I was travelling with a Chinese female friend once, NOT a gf at all but a FRIEND, and at several places we weren't allowed to stay in the same hotel room, and once were not allowed to even stay in the same hotel, even if we were sleeping in different beds.In China, it's still illegal for an unmarried couple to share a hotel room. This is only a technicality though, as the practice is as common here as it is anywhere in the world. It's only very rarely that people ask questions. BUT - if you're a Caucasian or black foreigner with a Chinese girl, sometimes people get upset.Foreigners must register where they are at all times - but as an independent traveller, I confess I've almost never registered. It all seems to be up to whether the staff at reception like you or not as to how many rules they call up.So there can be problems with this, even though by any reasonable standards there shouldn't. I'd agree to get your partner to check in. Whether you're with her or not is your call. At least if you're refused, you can try somewhere else. If you check in alone and she comes later, she'll be assumed to be your prostitute. If she checks in alone and you come later, it might be ok, but probably you'd be noticed and there'd be a slight risk that the hotel staff would worry about the police discovering an unregistered foreigner in their hotel.All this advice comes from my own experience. I figure it pays to be careful.[/quote]
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