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**dmitrynts** · 12-15-2007, 02:34 AM

Originally posted by BlackCat
google on '"american citizen" arrest china' gives some 92.000 hits. Some of them must be about real arrests. That's sloppy searching. "American citizen arrested in China" yields only 2 results and they are for some guy named Li, obviously a Chinese-American.

Vesayen is right, stories of Westerners arrested in China are rare. I've also noticed it. Probably two factors are at play: 1) self selection - the country is far away so those who do get there are of the wealthy and law obiding type and 2) the Chinese autorities choose to be lenient with Westerners to preserve the image of a pleasant tourist destination.

12-15-2007, 02:34 AM	#5
dmitrynts Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 448 Senior Member	Originally posted by BlackCat google on '"american citizen" arrest china' gives some 92.000 hits. Some of them must be about real arrests. That's sloppy searching. "American citizen arrested in China" yields only 2 results and they are for some guy named Li, obviously a Chinese-American. Vesayen is right, stories of Westerners arrested in China are rare. I've also noticed it. Probably two factors are at play: 1) self selection - the country is far away so those who do get there are of the wealthy and law obiding type and 2) the Chinese autorities choose to be lenient with Westerners to preserve the image of a pleasant tourist destination.
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