@samuelszuchan: Every country punishes tourists who misbehave inside its borders. China does something completely different. China punishes its own citizens for how they behave outside its borders. It started with a string of viral humiliations. In 2013, a 15-year-old scratched "Ding Jinhao was here" into the wall of a 3,500-year-old temple in Luxor. The photo detonated at home as a national disgrace. A woman poured scalding instant noodles onto a flight attendant on an AirAsia plane out of Bangkok. Passengers brawled over a reclined seat on a flight from Cambodia to Chengdu. China's response was structural. A 2013 tourism law required citizens traveling abroad to respect local customs. In 2015, the tourism authority began keeping a formal blacklist of uncivilized travelers, publishing their names. They asked ordinary citizens to photograph bad behavior and send it in. Nine categories of conduct can land you on the list, with bans running from two to ten years. A blacklisted person's record gets shared with police, customs, border security, transportation agencies, and credit bureaus. The list grew to more than 670 names. Beijing's parks started screening visitors with facial recognition and barring anyone with a record of bad behavior. The Temple of Heaven park installed face scanners in its public restrooms to ration toilet paper, capping each face at a set length of tissue after officials decided theft had reached epidemic levels. Italy's quarrel with you ends at its border. China's quarrel with its own travelers has no border, because the traveler is treated as a moving piece of the country's reputation. The state pointed its surveillance apparatus at its own people, then projected it outward onto every airport they pass through.

Empress Anisha :

Im actually impressed.

Shangjiang.Rei :

but at what cost?

Tóth Alfréd :

Extremely common W China

Reliefbears :

I thought I liked this but it got scary fast

CHAYOMAN :

some claim it's being supervised, I think its being held accountable, something the states could use

👻Boo 👻Man👻 :

China be on some bullshit

Kingcat :

If the US or Europe to this, I think none of them would be allowed to travel anymore

🪷𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐞⚔️ :

this is how it should be done

Fharish Ahmed :

Respect

Hans :

this is how my parents raise me. when I go out I'm the face of my family. this is how I'm raising my children now, and I want them to raise their children like this as well. so what's wrong with a country wanting its citizens to behave and respect local customs? it's the foundation of a civilized society. I'm with China on this one

August :

well, why do people think this is good.

Eiji :

damn china really is a different country

You :

Well done, China. You have my respect

iwii667 :

I think this is a great approach because the reputations of many countries have been damaged by the actions of a few individuals misbehaving outside their borders.

iiamhim :

Fighting over a reclined seat on an economy flight is so justifiable.

Mim :

I been in China they are yeeeeears ahead they will become bigger than usa

sirBaudelaire :

iirc it's cuz Chinese tourists used to hold a negative reputation abroad

𝑹𝒆𝒊 𝑨𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊 :

🇨🇳 the goat

Lii Waryaa :

Progress, but at what cost?

Maria_ushiromiya_fan :

China is the future

Jubei Kibagami :

Grownup as F. the whole world follow , please

FreeePalestiineee🇵🇸🇲🇽 :

Public places without Karen’s sound LOVELY 🥰

约翰威克🇨🇳 :

我在中国怎么不知道这件事？

bad drawn max verstappen :