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“You Are in China Now” – Aggressive Police Notice to Foreigners

An English police notice to foreigners in Shenzhen, China, issued by a local bureau, is causing amusement amongst China’s social media users for being the “most aggressive English announcement”.

Manya Koetse

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An English notice to foreigners in Shenzhen, China, issued by local police, is causing amusement amongst China’s social media users for being the “most aggressive English announcement”.

A local police station in Shenzhen, China, recently issued a special notice to foreigners in informal English. The note has become popular on WeChat and Weibo for its somewhat straightforward tone and creative use of language, with many netizens calling it the “most aggressive English announcement.”

The note tells foreigners to get registered at the police station within a week, or else they can expect a “big operation” against them, and a 2000 rmb [±305US$] fine.

Funny as it may be, the notice has been very effective, local police staff members say.

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“All foreigners: no matter who you are no matter where are you come from, you are in China now, so obey our law do the register in the local police station (shekou police station) or you will be fine up to 2000 rmb. We will give you one week to do the register. One week later we will have a big operation against those foreigner who have not register in police station. thank you.”

According to The Paper, Shenzhen’s Shekou police station has confirmed the notice was issued on June 2nd because there recently were some issues involving unregistered foreigners – of which there are many in Shenzhen’s Shekou area. In order to save the police station from more work, they decided to place this announcement in cooperation with the civil police in charge of foreign nationals, urging all foreigners to register at the local police station this week.

In China, it is required for all foreign nationals to register with local police within 24 hours after their arrival. When staying at a hotel, staff members will do it for their guests. People who are not staying in a hotel officially need to go to the public security organ in the place where they are staying to register their address and go through the registration formalities.

According to China News, the notice was distributed in all neighborhoods of the area and has proved effective: many foreigners have already come to the police station to get registered. After all, no matter who they are no matter where they come from, they’re in China now.

– By Manya Koetse & Diandian Guo

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Manya Koetse is the founder and editor-in-chief of whatsonweibo.com. She is a writer, public speaker, and researcher (Sinologist, MPhil) on social trends, digital developments, and new media in an ever-changing China, with a focus on Chinese society, pop culture, and gender issues. She shares her love for hotpot on hotpotambassador.com. Contact at manya@whatsonweibo.com, or follow on Twitter.

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    Bendover ForMaos

    June 5, 2016 at 12:03 pm

    No need to register as long as you pay off the local CCP gangster, they’re ALL for sale here.

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    Jeff Xie

    June 7, 2016 at 1:53 am

    Well, congratulations. You’ve just brought yourself a huge problem from none other than the US government. Congratlations

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    peter

    October 26, 2016 at 3:06 am

    did not know this from australia my chinese wife and i visit the family every year wife said no problem..

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    Toni Eleninovski

    February 23, 2019 at 12:23 am

    This has become more and more common to see informal English notes from public offices. I believe the government bureaucracy has caught up with Western society, as in some examples on this website http://www.eleninovski.com from a cultural scholar in China.

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Tsingtao Brewery ‘Pee-Gate’: Factory Worker Caught Urinating in Raw Material Warehouse

The pee incident, that occurred at a subsidiary Tsingtao Beer factory, has caused concerns among consumers.

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A video that has circulated on Chinese social media since October 19 shows how an alleged worker at a Tsingtao Beer factory climbs over a wall at the raw material production site and starts to urinate.

The incident reportedly occurred at the Tsingtao Beer Factory No. 3, a subsidiary of the Tsingtao Brewing Company, located in Qingdao, Shandong.

After the video went viral, the Tsingtao Brewery Company issued a statement that they took the incident very seriously and immediately report it to the authorities, who have started an investigation into the case. Meanwhile, the specific batch in production has been halted and shut off.

The incident has caused concern among consumers, and some commenters on social media wonder if this was the first time something like this has happened. “How do we know this hasn’t happened many times before?”

Others speculate about what might have motivated the man to urinate at the production site. There are those who believe that the man is part of an undercover operation orchestrated by a rivaling company, aimed at discrediting Tsingtao. It’s even suggested that there were two ‘moles’ leaking in this incident: one doing the urinating, and the other doing the video ‘leak.’

Meanwhile, there are voices who are critical of Tsingtao, suggesting that the renowned beer brand has not effectively addressed the ‘pee gate’ scandal. It remains uncertain how this incident will impact the brand, but some netizens are already expressing reservations about ordering a Tsingtao beer as a result.

But there are also those who joke about the “pissing incident,” wondering if Tsingtao Beer might soon launch a special “urine flavored beer.”

By Manya Koetse

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Streamed Without Realizing: Chinese Village Cadres Suspended after Sex Scene Video Leaks Online

“Village cadres are so hard-working. Besides conducting conferences, they also do live-streaming!”

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Two cadres working in Weicheng District in Shandong Province were suspended this week after an “inappropriate video” that showed them engaging in sexual acts started circulating on Chinese social media.

The two got a bit too cozy together in a meeting room, and the moment allegedly was unknowingly caught on camera after a secretary did not turn the camera off after a video conference.

On October 6, Phoenix News (@凤凰网) reported that the subdistrict office in question denied that such an incident took place in their jurisdiction.

The local Discipline Inspection Commission, however, confirmed that the incident did take place and that the case was under investigation, although they would not confirm which positions the two cadres held. Online, it was claimed that they are a thirty-something male secretary in and a fifty-something female director.

Some Chinese media sources noted that the video in question seems to have been recorded from a security camera system screen, raising questions about whether the two had forgotten about the security cameras, or if they actually forgot to turn off a conference call camera, or if the incident was captured by both the security cameras and the webcam.

On Weibo and other Chinese social media, the incident has caused some banter among netizens.

“At least our Party comrades are now addressing their needs internally without causing harm to society – that could be considered a form of progress,” one popular comment said.

“It’s not bad, it’s just bad that they forgot to turn the webcam off,” others replied.

“Ah, so this is officially what officials do?” others wondered.

“Village cadres are so hard-working. Besides conducting conferences, they also do livestreaming!”

By now, it’s been confirmed by a staff member at the Wangliu St. Office in Weifang that the two individuals involved, both village cadres, have been suspended. They are currently under investigation by the Disciplinary Inspection Committee. By early Saturday, a related hashtag had garnered over 200 million views on Weibo (#两干部流出不雅视频被停职#).

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