The 'C' word

I agree with you Escaped Lunatic and dragonsaver.

I've witnessed petty crime in China. I've seen people pickpocketing. I've seen men stealing girls' purses from the back of a motorcycle. But I have never felt afraid at ANY time in China ... including in the "bad parts" of Dongguan. A city that, even if you ask many Chinese people, ONLY contains two typse of people: factory workers and prostitutes.

Nuance and a lack of generalizations and stereotypes is essential when you talk about countries, cities, cultures and "Freedom." 

--GA   

I'll admit that DG does have a lot of factory workers.  For the sake of science, I'll now have to do a properly detailed census to determine the number of employees in that other industry that's been mentioned.

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It seems like you've been pretty lucky while living here, and that's great.