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Laowai, is the term offensive?

Updated: 2014-07-03 08:03 ( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn)
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Davidtochina (US)

On one of our earlier trips to China, my wife and I were walking from our home there when she heard a small child shout, "Mum! Laowai!" My wife looked and saw the child pointing at us. She told me and I wasn't the least offended, in fact I got a chuckle out of it and it is a story I have told many a time.

Laowai, is the term offensive?

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