That time I went to America on business to get a visa. The lobby of the visa office was crowded, and several young people from China were walking back and forth in the security uniforms of the American Embassy. After completing the visa, I was about to leave with my passport when I saw one of the security guards talking sharply to an old man, or should I say? Scold? Because of the old man? Talking too loudly? . Look at the old man's dress, it seems that he has come from a remote area and is going to visit his children in America. It's really inappropriate to talk loudly. The security guard should keep order, but his attitude is too bad.

I went over to remind him: please pay attention to respecting the elderly. ? Unexpectedly, this security guard flew into a rage, thinking that I had challenged the prestige of the security guard of the Embassy of the United States of America, and he rushed over to take my passport with the power he didn't give, and then forced me out.

He said:? Get out of here! This is American territory! ?

I told him: I know this is understood as American territory, but you have no right. I know the rules of the American embassy very well, and I also know the American ambassador. ?

But he still growled and threatened me. If you don't go out, I won't let anyone else in China come in for a visa. ?

We were deadlocked at the door. Because of me, people in China were stopped at the door. In order not to affect them, I chose to give in temporarily and went out. But I said to the security guards in China: I'll wait for you to solve the problem at the door, or all the consequences will be borne by you. You really shouldn't do this. Are you from China?

What makes me laugh and cry is that one of the young security guards recruited from Beijing actually boasted: We are all American citizens, get out of American territory! ?

Are you young and ignorant, or something else? At this moment, it hurts to hear such words from my compatriots.

I stood at the door for a long time before the security foreman came out. Perhaps because he felt that I was not so easy to bully, he began to talk to me sincerely about the conditions and gave me two choices: either go through the normal complaint procedure? It's a long way to Xiu Yuan. I don't know when I can get my passport back, so I can't go to the United States on time. Or, he took my passport back, called the security guard, said a few good words and wrote it off, making me promise not to settle accounts with them through other channels.

I left in a hurry, agreed to his terms and took my passport.

Later, I heard that many friends had similar experiences of being bullied by compatriots in the American embassy. I always feel that the story is not over, but I am busy and gradually forget it.

A few months later, I met an acquaintance on the Yale campus. At that time, American ambassador to China Reid. He also graduated from Yale University. The longest-serving American ambassador in history is still amiable, and we chatted for a while. While chatting with him, I wondered in my mind whether to unilaterally tear up the oral agreement reached with the security foreman. Thinking of the parents and students in China who were despised for getting visas, I told him the unpleasant thing after all, and sincerely said: We don't want these China people who don't respect themselves and others to ruin our impression of the United States. ? Red said:? Yes, we don't like that either. ?

A few months later, when I returned to Beijing, Ambassador Reid and his wife invited me to lunch. When I passed the security check of the ambassador's residence with the invitation letter, a China security guard came up to me and said? The security guard who had a hard time with you last time has been fired. ? I looked at him, deja vu, perhaps one of the security guards at that time, with a trace of apology in my eyes.

I smiled, nodded and went in.

Later, I went to the visa office of the American Embassy and saw many new faces of security guards. I also heard that they used it? What about you? The attitude towards visa applicants is much better. I will still queue up to apply for a visa, and I will still be keenly aware of unreasonable phenomena in the crowd and always be prepared?

It is worth reflecting that in Shanghai, there is another kind? Pre-colonial culture? . Once I met a foreign friend in Shanghai and asked him where he lived. He naturally told me: French Concession! (French Concession) I stopped him half-jokingly at once: Fuck the French Concession. What are you talking about?

In the past, the teacher told us that when we met foreign guests in the street, we should take the initiative to say hello in English. Hello! ? How are you? At that time, foreigners came to China for sightseeing. In order not to lose face for China people, we all try our best to practice our spoken English. Times have changed now, and many foreigners come to China to look for jobs. This is my job. When you meet foreigners in Beijing, you must speak Chinese first? It is natural to speak your own language in your own country. If he doesn't speak Chinese well enough, we'll use English again.

What is the WTO system? National treatment? The principle means that a country treats foreign nationals the same as its own nationals, and foreigners enjoy the same treatment as their own nationals. On the one hand, it means that we cannot discriminate against foreigners. I think it is more important that we should also adjust our mentality, not too much? Look up? Foreigners and lower yourself.