Foreigner Wearing “Admonitions to the Chinese” T-Shirt Enrages Nanjing Citizens

NEWS FLASH (Xing Yuanyuan, Intern): Yesterday, when a foreign national wearing a T-shirt printed with “10 Commandments for the Chinese” walked into Liu Changxing’s restaurant, the other customers in the restaurant were offended. He later said that he bought the shirt because he found it “humourous.” After the people protested, the foreigner finally admitted his mistake, and said that he would never wear the shirt again.

According to a Mr. Xu, around 12 yesterday, he and his friend Chen came to Liu Changxing’s restaurant for lunch, and had just sat down when a foreigner and his translator came into said restaurant and sat down facing Mr. Xu and Mr. Chen. Suddenly, Mr. Xu saw that on the back of the foreigner’s T-shirt, there were Chinese words: “10 Commandments for Chinese People.” “(1) Thou shalt not stare at foreigners. (2) Thou shalt not say “HELLO? OK?” to foreigners. (3) Thou shalt not let foreigners stay in cheap hotels,” and other such instructions to Chinese people for how to treat foreigners.

Mr. Xu and Mr. Chen became indignant, and demanded that the foreigner remove the offending shirt. At this time, the other people in the restaurant also saw the shirt, and demanded an apology from the foreigner. The foreigner had his female translator call 911 to report that there were people harassing them. Finally, the foreigner, his translator, and all other involved parties were taken to the Huaihai Rd. police station for questioning.

At the station, a reporter saw that this foreigner and his translator were acting as if nothing had happened. When the reporter asked the translator how she felt about this, she replied that she didn’t know. When the reporter asked the foreigner why he would wear such a shirt, the foreigner replied “I do not trust you.” After over an hour of questioning by two officers from the city’s Foreign Affairs Office, the man and woman finally admitted that they were in error.

Through his translator, the man said that he had bought the shirt in Kunming, Yunnan Province, and that he had found the shirt – which originally had the characters printed on it – funny, so he bought it. He promised that he would never wear the shirt again.

Hey, I know a shop near here that will put whatever letters on the back and or front. I have one that says,

对牛弹琴

LOL

Hey, I know a shop near here that will put whatever letters on the back and or front. I have one that says,

对牛弹琴

LOL

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老外身穿?#21578;诫中国人�T恤激怒南京市民

快报讯 (实习生邢媛媛) 昨天，当一名身穿印有?#32473;中国人十条告诫?#31561;内容的T恤衫的外籍男子进入刘长兴饭馆吃饭时，引起了在场所有人的不满。事后他竟称自己是在对这件衣服产生了?#24189;默感?#21518;买下穿上身的。在众人的抗议下，这名外籍男子最后承认了错误，表示以后不再穿这件衣服了。

据市民许先生介绍，昨天中午12时许，他和好友陈先生来到刘长兴饭馆吃饭，刚坐罢，一个外籍男子及他的翻译相继进入该饭馆，坐在他们的对面。突然许先生看到该外籍男子外衣的后背上印有字迹，仔细一看才发现上面的字是?#32473;中国人十条告诫?#65292;如?1)不许盯看外国人(2)不要跟外国人说HELLO、OK(3)不许外国人住便宜旅馆?#31561;告戒中国人该怎么对待外国人的文字。

许先生和陈先生愤然上前让其当即脱下该衣服，此时在场的其他人也都看到了这名外籍男子身上穿的衣服，纷纷表示愤慨，并让其立即道歉。然而，该男子却让身边的一个女翻译拨打了110称有人恶意中伤他。随后，该外籍男子、女翻译一干人等被带到了淮海路派出所进行调查。

在派出所，记者看到，这位外籍男子与女翻译都显示出一副若无其事的样子。当记者问女翻译对此有何看法时，该女子回答?#19981;知道?#12290;记者又问该外籍男子为何要穿这件衣服，该男子说：�I DO NOT TRUST YOU(我不相信你)。?#32463;过市局的两位外事科长的长达一个多小时的调解，该外籍男子终于承认了错误。

据他的翻译说，该外籍男子的这件T恤是在昆明买的，背后的文字本来就有，当时觉得很幽默，就买下了它。他表示今后不会再穿这件衣服了。