Not where but.......

[Andy_Faber]

Not necessarily a cultural thing though, Andy. My boss of some time ago was exactly the same. Looked like costing me quite a lot, but the truth will out (sometimes) as they say, and it was he who lost his job.
He was Derbyshire born and bred, but as accomplished a liar and cheat as you’ll find...still have occasional nightmares about it.

Accepting your anecdote (I've had bosses like that and can't pretend I'm without sin) extensive exposure personally, added to the experiences of Mrs F and a close friend, tell me it IS cultural. Regretably I think (and I'm seeing evidence on social media) The Chinese will be target for casual racism for some time to come, but the 'loss of face' thing does them no favours

[ramAnag]

I wasn’t being political or disputing anything that’s been said. Basically I’ve no firsthand knowledge of any Chinese or Far Eastern folk other than in occasional restaurants. An outbreak of the sort of racism that was directed at Muslims after 9/11 will help no one though.

[Geoff Parkstone]

I have a number of clients in the Far East and confirm all of the above have manifested themselves in my dealings with them. But once aware of it you can adjust your own behaviour to accommodate, maybe biting your tongue at the same time

[Trickytreesreds]

I wasn’t being political or disputing anything that’s been said. Basically I’ve no firsthand knowledge of any Chinese or Far Eastern folk other than in occasional restaurants. An outbreak of the sort of racism that was directed at Muslims after 9/11 will help no one though.

No one said you was RA.

I do not know if you have been to the far east, but if you have then you will know of it.
There are a few do's and don't I learned out there.

1. Remove shoes
2. Never show your foot soles at a person( feet are regarded as dirty)
3. never insult the royal family
4. Never touch one on the head
5. Never touch a monk or ridicule a religious figure
6. do not embarress anyone that causes them to lose face

6 is right up there, as I think Westerners are well known for taking the piss and playing jokes.
Don't do it ffs or get ready for a good kicking, off a whole mob of them

[Andy_Faber]

No one said you was RA.

I do not know if you have been to the far east, but if you have then you will know of it.
There are a few do's and don't I learned out there.

1. Remove shoes
2. Never show your foot soles at a person( feet are regarded as dirty)
3. never insult the royal family
4. Never touch one on the head
5. Never touch a monk or ridicule a religious figure
6. do not embarress anyone that causes them to lose face

6 is right up there, as I think Westerners are well known for taking the piss and playing jokes.
Don't do it ffs or get ready for a good kicking, off a whole mob of them

7 don't raise a fuss when they spit in public or in the workplace, especially if 'they' are your bosses boss

My most recent experience of 6 was last summer, when a Chinese guest in our Airbnb broke a house rule (respect the neighbours: he repeatedly threw apple cores into their garden). I pointed it out to him, politely but in front of a friend, and the perceived loss of face sent the guy into a spiral of denial that lasted two months after he left and included him calling round my house when my elderly inlaws were dogsitting while Mrs F and I were out, a thoroughly unpleasant experience for them

[Trickytreesreds]

7 don't raise a fuss when they spit in public or in the workplace, especially if 'they' are your bosses boss

My most recent experience of 6 was last summer, when a Chinese guest in our Airbnb broke a house rule (respect the neighbours: he repeatedly threw apple cores into their garden). I pointed it out to him, politely but in front of a friend, and the perceived loss of face sent the guy into a spiral of denial that lasted two months after he left and included him calling round my house when my elderly inlaws were dogsitting while Mrs F and I were out, a thoroughly unpleasant experience for them

Oh dear, ouch.

The simplest one I saw. Was an Aussie tourist stop a Thai and ask for directions.
He showed him a picture of a bar but the address was in English.
The Thai just told him a load of bollox as to where it was and walked away. When I explained to the Aussie, where it really was, he was confused and angry.
I just said leave it and go. It isnt worth the hassle.

Should also add to that list

8. shower regularly, they hate uncleanliness
9. Whistle at night as it's regarded as the worst bringer of bad luck possible.

Wouldn't change them for the world though. They are a lovely people.

[MadAmster]

It’s been said to have come from bats, I believe, MA...however there is an Institute of Virology in Wuhan. Coincidence?

The idea that terrorists are now aware of exactly how devastatingly effective ‘germ/virus warfare’ can be in paralysing the developed world scares the wotsit out of me.

Tricky...I knew Johnson was born in America and of Turkish-Muslim ancestry. Only now do I suspect him to have some Chinese genes.

Revis or langruh ?

[ramAnag]

Never mind jeans...the cynic in mean thinks...’what a great trick’...China gives the World Covid-19 and then gets rich by selling it hundreds of thousands of masks.

This at a time when Trump has been accused of modern day piracy by ‘hijacking’ the sale of two hundred thousand masks en route from Beijing to Berlin.

[Geoff Parkstone]

I'd suggest the conspiracy could be way deeper than that. China announces problem, closes down a so called infected state, sends a load of COVID carriers out across the world to spread and cripple other economies and then miraculously is first to recover and finds itself the dominant world power, having knocked the US of that perch forever.

Fiendish plan from Cato Fong and his little yellow friends. Saaaaaaaaaah