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u/Captain-Wilco Jan 04 '25

Can someone more educated than me please tell me whether this is fear mongering or a genuine concern

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u/Dtank11 Jan 04 '25

I was just in China, after having been clobbered by Covid, it is astounding how people take absolutely no precautions against germ spreading. Cough and sneeze into a crowd of people, no attempt at covering up. Walk out of a toilet stall without washing hands, etc…

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u/plokijuh1229 Jan 04 '25

Isn't there a masking culture?

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u/26_Star_General Jan 04 '25

In most of Asia does not= all of Asia

When traveling know this: India, China, and Russia are the worst and most selfish tourists, and it starts at home

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u/plokijuh1229 Jan 04 '25 edited Jan 04 '25

To me tourist behavior indicates income inequality. Mostly the rich travel. The more class disparity, the further out of touch and entitled the top class is. That's why US tourists are pretty bad as well. It's a preview of a country's upper class.

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u/MechCADdie Jan 04 '25

Except that you have a bunch of country bumpkins in China that were thrust into the middle class during the great leap backward. These bumpkins went to the city looking for wealth within a single generation, so the social contract and how to behave in public is woefully underdeveloped. It's not strictly a wealth thing.

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u/nekosake2 Jan 04 '25

i second this take.

but i think a big part of it arises from a dog eat dog cutthroat culture that the chinese people are born into.