Why do outsiders like to run to Beijing?

His question made me realize that Beijing is indeed becoming more and more international, and the number of foreigners can prove it. I remember when I was a child, there were not many foreigners in Beijing. When people meet foreigners in the street, whether they are white or black, they will look at others curiously. At that time, there was a strange thing on the streets of Beijing. Tourists from other rural areas (even small and medium-sized cities) meet foreigners in Beijing, and even look at the old periphery until others feel uncomfortable. This situation is like watching orangutans in the zoo. Even the yellow people with black hair and black eyes, sensitive China people can "pull" foreigners out of the crowd from their clothes and temperament and evaluate them. You see, at present, Koreans, Japanese, Singaporeans, foreign Chinese, etc., yellow people from overseas, if they don't tell you, can hardly tell them apart. One of my neighbors, a young man, is much more fashionable than the Korean Japanese on TV. In the past, because there were not many foreigners, Beijing also had a store specially opened for them-Beijing Friendship Store only allowed foreigners to enter. Needless to say, people with blond hair, blue eyes and dark skin in Japan and other countries are free to go in and out there because of their distinctive clothes and other "special temperament" with China people. Once upon a time, the friendship shop outside Jianguomen was quite mysterious in the hearts of Chinese people. Some curious people in China have tried their best to brave the difficulties-there is indeed a "pass", that is, a uniformed doorman. Someone once dressed as an amateur overseas Chinese in imported clothes that I don't know where to get, and tried to sneak into the friendship store, but it was mostly in vain-although the clothes were fine, the hairstyle and temperament were different from those of real overseas Chinese, and even the texture of the skin was different. At that time, our people often looked like vegetables; Creative, one of my buddies blackened his face with shoe polish, and finally fell short. He forgot to paint his ears with shoe polish. In the end, he was not only kicked out, but also made a joke that caused a sensation in Beijing. The word "foreigner" once meant having a special identity. I remember ten years ago, a French guy was shopping in Wangfujing Street, while learning to knock melon seeds from China. As a result, he was fined a "red armband" for throwing melon seeds. Such a simple thing, just because it happened to foreigners, has news value. The Beijing Evening News also published the topic "Foreigners were fined for violating hygiene". This matter now seems as absurd as "foreigners fart" in the newspaper. Later, with the further opening of the country, there were more foreigners, and some brave China people finally stopped being shy in front of them. When they see foreigners, they will shout "Hello". At that time, shouting "Hello" to foreigners in the street almost turned into a street scene, and foreigners were really overwhelmed by the "enthusiasm" of China people. The first person who treats foreigners as ordinary people is not the media, nor those foreign-related people, but the stall owner who sells socks, pants and shoes in Xiushui Street. Because 90% of the guests are foreigners, foreigners are only flesh and blood like us ... but for a long time, foreigners are synonymous with the rich in the eyes of China people. Foreigners can only stay in foreign-related hotels or apartments in China, but now, foreigners have finally returned to the original meaning of the word, that is, neither rich nor poor; It doesn't mean civilization or anything else-foreigners just mean foreigners, neither commendatory nor derogatory. I don't remember when foreigners suddenly became your neighbors. I live in the same ordinary residential building as you, go shopping in the same supermarket, go to the same bar street for recreation, and even go to the same club for fitness. A young man from Beijing who doesn't know him well said that his wife has gone back to her hometown, and his wife is likely to go back to her hometown in Europe or the United States, and his daughter is also likely to be a yellow-white or yellow-black hybrid. In the TV series I just finished filming in the crew, there are two young men, their wives are French girls and German women, and they also have lovely mixed-race babies. Yesterday, in the building where I live, I suddenly saw an unusual Indian or Pakistani brother. Seeing his dark face is fresh and normal. Foreigners can be seen everywhere now. In addition, girls who marry foreigners and boys who marry foreign girls in a building are nothing new. If you are not careful, you can see the foreign son-in-law coming home or the foreign daughter-in-law coming home from work, and calmly walk into the old building without elevator ... It is said that hundreds of thousands of foreigners live in Beijing for a long time now, and hundreds of thousands of foreigners stay in Beijing for a short time every day. In some areas, there are also foreigners' gathering areas similar to foreign Chinatown. In the queue at the supermarket, maybe we China people are not behind the Beijing movies. Therefore, don't speak others in front of foreigners in Beijing, especially those offensive words that you think others can't understand, because people are likely to speak more standard Mandarin than yours, with a slight hometown accent. I met a dark-skinned child in the shop. He comes from a distant African continent and studies in an ordinary middle school in Beijing. His mouth says "Holy shit …", which sounds like a complete alley ... In Beijing, foreigners who are supercilious to us China people are still very popular. Foreigners who are too awesome may deserve to be beaten. We should not treat foreigners as foreigners too much, but as ordinary people. By the time of next year's Olympic Games, foreigners coming to Beijing will go further. If the hotel is nervous, you can get a temporary license, open a family hotel and write the big English letter B&; B, which means B&,maybe foreigners are looking for B&; B lives in your house. The price should be fair and reasonable. Let's not overcharge or overcharge, let's not neglect others ... and those who find foreigners to practice their spoken English in the street have to remind you that many foreigners don't like others to communicate with them for this purpose. It's better to speak Chinese to them first, and then practice when they don't understand, so as not to appear deliberate. There are many reasons why there are more and more foreigners in Beijing. China's influence is growing, Beijing's software and hardware conditions are becoming more and more international, multinational companies are increasingly optimistic about Beijing, and even western restaurants in Beijing are becoming more and more authentic ... But one thing is certain: Beijing not only provides many opportunities for our own people, but also provides opportunities for foreigners to develop. Among the outsiders, there are many Wan Li who came to Beijing to realize his life ideal with a Chinese dream. Among them, there are both developed countries and underdeveloped regions. Beijing may have become a paradise for dreamers, and another great national integration may have just begun. ...