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Laowai, is the term offensive?

Updated: 2014-07-03 08:03 ( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn)
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MisterPanda (France)

It doesn't happen too often to our face - what happens the most is people screaming (literally) "laowai" in the street or sometimes people will talk to my wife and mention me as laowai. At first it was funny, I kind of felt like a rock star. Then I wanted to be left alone, after all I'm just another guy! The one thing that really bothers me though is when I am in France and I hear Chinese calling French people "laowai".

Laowai, is the term offensive?

Laowai, is the term offensive? Laowai, is the term offensive? Laowai, is the term offensive?
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