Quote: (08-17-2017 03:00 AM)Going strong Wrote:
All the (Taiwanese) people in this metro car heard the vile insults that the Chinese dude was uttering, loudly, aiming at the girlfriend. I therefore can't believe that the witnesses would have jumped to his defense, if the Chinese dude had received a slap in the face, even from a foreigner.
Once, I was involved in a very small scuffle (over a trifle incident involving a slightly inflated bill) with a local in Thailand, and I admit I got afraid, on account of all the stories as to, "how the Asians are raycis and would jump on me any time now, to beat the farang to a pulp"... well, nothing happened, local bystanders did not get involved at all... Stories of Asian street violence are exaggerated, methinks.
Sure, it might not happen everywhere and at any time, but I have it on good faith from several long-time expats that it can happen. I am good friends with a few guys who have been in China 10+ years and they say that you really have to read the environment.
A crowded, smoky club in the major nightlife area of Shenzhen? You could get your ass beat for smacking one of those guys in the face. The clubs are owned by a combination of police and criminals.
I know a few guys who got into altercations with bouncers that didn't get beat up, but I know one guy in Shanghai who got into a fight with a bouncer in a Shanghai club and was spitting up teeth and blood. He was hospitalized for a month after that because the bouncers beat him so bad they damaged his liver and kidneys.
That said, deterrence is the best defense. If I'm with 3 of my friends, there's no way that Chinese dude would have considered coming up to us and talking shit like that. We're not rat-faced, soy boys.
Here's most likely what would have happened if soyboy had slapped that fat Chinese guy.
1. someone calls the cops or train security guards
2. both men are detained
3. the actual cops are called
4. Fat Chinese guy accuses the foreigner of starting it
5. bystanders corroborate the story
6. Soyboy is forced to pay some money or perhaps even kowtow in public
I've seen #6 go down.
I had a co-worker who was married to a white dude. Her husband walks with her to work every day and drops her off.
This Chinese guy started following them and then approached the wife (under the mistaken assumption that her Husband doesn't speak Chinese," and said: "So you like to fuck foreigners you slut?"
Her Husband grew up in Asia and speaks fluent Mandarin. He turns to the guy and says "what did you say to my wife?"
The Chinese guy turns and runs. My coworker's husband follows the guy and starts snapping pictures of the guy to report him for harassment.
The Chinese guy turns and starts yelling that my coworker's husband was harassing him. A huge crowd of Chinese guys forms and start closing in on my coworker's husband.
One guy even starts swinging at him while screaming " you think you can just come to China and bully us! Fuck you, foreigners!"
My coworker's husband starts talking them down and a police officer shows up and tries to arbitrate the situation.
He tells my coworkers husband that, as an apology, he should get on his knees and bow to the Chinese guy who called his wife a slut. He refuses and they settle on just paying some money to the cop to make those dumbfucks disperse, but that is fucking ridiculous.
Sounds unbelievable, right?
No sane country would allow this, right?
I'm just trying to tell you guys that China is not as sane as you all make it out to be. Do not get into situations with locals here unless you are 100% confident in your ability to get out.
It sucks to say it, but he would have been better off not following that Chinese guy. Even with fluent Mandarin he was almost in a situation where a mob beat down was going to happen in a
nice section of Tier-1 Shenzhen. I could even take you to this spot. It's one of the better places to live in Shenzhen and my coworker's husband almost got his skull split.
I have MANY more stories like this.
I'll pm you a few if you like, but the point I want to make is this: smacking that fat dude could have had dire consequences. Just because the Chinese people didn't immediately jump up and start helping the fat guy does not mean things would not change quickly if that foreigner was a perceived aggressor. The Chinese look out for their own. It is a big part of their political rhetoric. I wouldn't call it racism. You get it from many of the older people here. I understand more Chinese than I can speak and I have been on the receiving end of a few rants from Chinese people when they thought I could not understand.
There are even a few guys on this forum who have almost been in situations like the one above. I won't say who and I won't tell their stories but shit does happen here. Do not come here smacking dudes.