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This was one of the most shocking events I experienced when visiting China.

You read how it’s basically a “police state” but the reality is the people argue and yell at the cops all the time!

Cops in China seem to almost have no authority in regular interactions. My local coworkers would basically just ignore their commands and talk back to them.

Granted, I was in Shanghai and the people I was with were middle class locals, so perhaps that’s why the interactions were like that.

Still, if I acted that way back home, I know I would have been arrested.