Missionaries don't bother me much, unless they're proselytizing on the job as teachers. Nobody 'drags' people to church. I've never heard of Islamic proselytization in China (no doubt there is some, as there is some Christian proselytization, on the sly) which would excite the authorities much more than Christian proselytization would do. Muslim proselytization is not the same as terrorism carried out by Muslims. And what harm do foreigners with student visas who teach English on the sly do? Note that many modern scientific medicine and medical facilities in China, as well as schools and universities, were founded by Christian missionary organizations.
Counting down Kunming's Top Ten Smells
发布者Don't worry about it.
Counting down Kunming's Top Ten Smells
发布者Yeah, well, it's perhaps useful to tourists and very new arrivals.
Counting down Kunming's Top Ten Smells
发布者Wet markets, smells - yeah, but not all bad. Cf. sterile supermarkets.
Counting down Kunming's Top Ten Smells
发布者Nice article, Ginger, and on a subject that one might not think about until, once one does, it's obvious that it should be explored.
The point about foreigners particularly applies, as you indicate, to people from milk-product-using 'western' countries and, as you indicate, it is one picked up in some southeast Asian countries as well - but foreigners from other areas will be pegged also (e.g., South Asians who use many different 'curry' spices, etc., that are not used so much in China).
And then there is the widespread smell of tobacco, noticeable primarily by those foreigners who don't use it. Baijiu has a particular smell also.
Food and Drug Administration issues southern China alcohol alert
发布者Those responsible should have their faces publicly rubbed in the dirt.