You are weird to the Chinese

One of the reasons to learn Chinese is to help you acclimate to the culture and to help the Chinese feel comfortable with you.  Most Chinese people have never seen a foreigner, which is too bad, they are great live.  Only the most wealthy Chinese get to travel abroad, so when you are outside the cities, people may stop and stare and stare at you or gather around.  This is especially true if you are, like me, tall and black.  Freaky.  This should not be considered rude or hostile, it's just their way of saying "WTF?"  If you can communicate with them in even the simplest form, it will go along way towards building relationships, which you will need once they (or the Indians) become our overlords sometime in 2016.  Nonetheless, the Chinese will generally treat you with respect, unless you keep asking them if they know Bruce Lee or where the egg roll is on the menu.  Took me a month to stop that.

Speaking of Bruce, if you watch this video you WIll want to go outside and punch someone.