Chinese Tour Groups: Pigs on the Loose

By Yunmei Wang

Chinese Tour Groups: Pigs on the Loose looks at the behaviours displayed by these groups in differnt scenarious. This includes places such as airports, restaurants, toilets,hotels.
It delves into the reasons for the displays of what is considered uncivilized behaviours and how these behaviours are viewed in foreign countries. It also looks at what the Government has done to try and educate the growing numbers of Chinese tour groups travelling abroad and what other things need to be done to alleviate what the Government sees as poor behaviour that is creating a bad impression of Chinese people by foreigners who come into contact with these groups. The people in the groups do not represent many of the modern thinking Chinese people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Yunmei Wang
• Release date: May 27, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301057689

Yunmei Wang

I am a 26 year old Chinese girl who has been able to travel to 40 countries because as a student I realised how important learning English was. English was my passsport to the world. I have been fortunate to be employed by a number of well known international companies as a translator and interpreter and have met some fantastic people including an Australian author who convinced me that complaining about Chinese tour groups did not accomplish much and that I should write for a wider audience. It has always been my dream to complete an MBA and I am presently doing this at Assumption University in Bangkok. I love adventure and from a non-swimmer afraid of heights I have managed to learn to swim and scuba dive. I have overcome my fear of heights and have completed a parachute jump, been paragliding, taken a flight in a Tiger Moth vintage plane, a glider , an acrobatic aircraft and flown a small helicopter. My dream is to take a flight in a fighter jet. I don't know where my life will take me but I know I will never stop learning and that hopefully China will one day be a place I am proud of.

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Table of Contents

目 录

Introduction (Preamble)

引言

Chapter 1: Chinese Image

第一章：中国人形象

Chapter 2: Tour Groups

第二章：旅游团

Chapter 3: Pigs at Airports

第三章：在机场

Chapter 4: Pigs on the Plane

第四章：在飞机上

Chapter 5: Pigs in Restaurants

第五章： 在餐厅

Chapter 6: Pigs in Toilets

第六章：在洗手间

Chapter 7: The Pollution Pigs

第七章：污染环境

Chapter 8: Pigs on the Move

第八章：行走在路上

Chapter 9: Pigs Go Shopping

第九章：购 物

Chapter 10: Pigs and Religion

第十章：宗 教信仰尊重

Chapter 11: The Pigs Internet Image

第十一章：中国猪之网络形象

Chapter 12: Pig Herders

第十二章：导游之过

Chapter 13: Pigs at Home

第十三章：国内的猪

Chapter 14: Solution

第十四章：如何跳出负面怪圈

Conclusion

结尾

Introduction

I consider myself a very fortunate Chinese because in the last 3 years I have done exceptional things that I never imagined I would have the opportunity to do.

Through both my employment and the people I have met I visited over 23 countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

I have decided to write this book based on things I have seen and comments I have heard.

It looks at the very poor image that Chinese tour groups are promoting overseas. The book is not designed to offend but hopefully wake up the Chinese who read it.

I am not saying that it is just Chinese who have developed poor images overseas. We see previous examples of the ugly American tourists who tell you everything is bigger and better in the USA, the bombastic German tourists, the arrogant French, the drunken boisterous Aussies. All are equally repugnant.

China’s economic success has led to an increase in the numbers of Chinese citizens traveling overseas in large tour groups however they are far from being good ambassadors for the Chinese people. They are giving the Chinese people the reputation of being loud, rude, inconsiderate, unsanitary and environmentally destructive pigs. From what I have witnessed the reputation is well deserved.

I am not the first person to make these observations as many writers have commented about the behaviour of Chinese both at home and abroad. Stories have been published in newspapers, books and on the internet

As part of the process of writing this book I have spent considerable time talking to foreigners about their impressions of China and Chinese tourists.

In places I found that many people did not have a great deal of knowledge about China other than what they read in newspapers or saw on TV. Those who had never visited China always said that they would like to one day.

I remember quite clearly the long conversations