http://shanghaiist.com/2007/11/22/foreign_corresp.php All comments for Foreign correspondents roughed up en-us 2009 shang_kenneth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:13 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kenneth@shanghaiist.com kenneth@shanghaiist.com 60 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/11/22/foreign_corresp.php#comment-1239654 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/11/22/foreign_corresp.php#comment-1239654 Comments Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:24:09 +0800 <p>Apparently the "white card" is losing validity.</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2007/11/22/foreign_corresp.php#comment-1239640 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/11/22/foreign_corresp.php#comment-1239640 Comments Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:42:52 +0800 <p>I thought the Swiss were neutral, not hardcore M.F. roaders.</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2007/11/22/foreign_corresp.php#comment-1239635 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/11/22/foreign_corresp.php#comment-1239635 Comments Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:26:09 +0800 <p>"[E]ither we are free so we can go. Or we are arrested so we call the swiss embassy. Eventually they let us go." Interesting statement. It shows the naive nature of Westerners in China. Perfect summary of Western legal theory, but not really applicable in China. Detention laws are much different here, there is a massive gray area where you are not free nor under arrest. Foreigners beware, you can be held against your will for no reason. Most of the time it just takes hours and hours of talking and even haggling and then you're released. If you've got a camera and are talking to locals, good luck, you're asking for trouble from local 'officials.' It's still scary here sometimes.</p>