Organization Chat

[Dirty Duck]

What happened with the police?

Glad it was a great trip!!

The first time I took a photo of me pointing at the portrait of Chairman Mao in Tiananmen Square and then a police officer stopped me as my friend and I were walking away. He took the phone and was looking at the photo and one by one more and more police officers came until there was like 8 of them. None of them spoke English until a final officer came over. It became apparent that they all were debating whether or not I was flipping Mao off in the photo. It really did look like that so I was like 'I really see why you'd think that. But I'm not.' After some back and forth and deliberation he gave the phone back and said to the others 'bù shuō zì míng' which was essentially him saying 'it's self-evident!' and having a go at the gaggle of police who couldn't tell it was my index finger.
Second time I was cycling through Shanghai and was sticking with some scooter drivers as it felt the safest way to tell where to go on the massive roads. Only they all skipped a red light, and I followed them straight through it lmao. They all drove off but the police stopped me and took my passport number.