Metro (newspaper) 140818: QUOTE A pensioner claims her holiday to Benidorm was ruined, because there were ‘too many Spaniards’ in her hotel. Freda Jackson, 81, said: “They really got on our nerves because they were just so rude. One evening a Spanish guy nearly knocked me flying and he just walked off without even apologising. The entertainment in the hotel was all focused and catered for the Spanish — why can’t the Spanish go somewhere else for their holidays?’ UNQUOTE
This story reminds me of the Sino-centric attitude of Chinese people, especially mainland Chinese people in my experience.
When abroad, they still refer to China as 国内 guónèi / “country inside” / within the country, domestic [flight, e.g.].
Also, when they are in the West, they still call Westerners 外国人 wàiguórén / foreigners, when they themselves are the true foreigners.
(Spain, 2018)
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