Thread: Chinese Travelers Blacklisted by Government

BEIJING—
In China, four people have been placed on the country's new “tourism blacklist” which was created to punish citizens who are caught misbehaving at home and abroad.

One of the four was a Chinese teenager who stood on top of a statue of a military soldier in northeastern China and had his picture taken. China says the teen will now be blacklisted and banned from participating in travel groups for ten years.

Rachel Lu, an editor at Foreign Policy magazine, says the Chinese government is paying close attention to China’s new tourists, and how their behavior impacts China’s global image.

“I think in recent years because of the explosion of Chinese tourists abroad they have gotten a lot of negative attention for what they are doing, you know, cutting in line, crowding, taking pictures,” she said.

The black-listed teen, Li Wenchun, was at the Red Army Memorial Garden in Yan’an in northwestern China, a place where the Red Army took shelter after their Long March through China in the 1950s.

According to Chinese state media Li posed for photos on top of a military soldier statue which were then posted online, sparking public condemnation.

The other citizens black listed include a couple which threw a bowl of hot noodles at a Thai stewardess on a flight from Bangkok to Beijing after becoming angry over their seating arrangements. The fourth person on the black list forcibly opened emergency doors on a domestic plane flight.

Chinese state media says being blacklisted will have a “negative influence” on citizens’ ability to obtain bank credit and their applications for foreign visas. Lu says the government is trying to send a strong message to Chinese travelers.

“So they are taking steps to basically publicly name and shame some individuals who are viewed as behaving badly while they are away from home,” she said.

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Good. They are creatures, and should be confined to locked enclosures.

Only time I can say 'canned hunting' has its place.

Would love to blast a few of them with a double barrel.

Originally Posted by misskit

One of the four was a Chinese teenager who stood on top of a statue of a military soldier in northeastern China

The hypocritical thing is that the Chinese elite...party members and their families who have privileged lives, and are often very rich.....are doing exactly the same thing. They are disrespecting the memory and spirit of the Communist revolution...the "peoples' revolution" and are metaphorically standing on the shoulders (or heads) of ALL the soldiers who fought to free Chinese people from powerful landlords and aristocrats.

The irony is extreme.