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| Posing for a picture with random strangers outside Beijing's Wangfujing Snack Street. |
You
read about it before you get to China. But
it still comes as a bit of a shock when a random stranger approaches and asks
if you will be in a picture with them.
After all, usually only celebrities receive picture requests. We experienced the peculiar phenomenon of
being foreigners in China with Chinese asking to take pictures of us three
times while in Beijing. I’m
not against others taking pictures of me.
After all, I am always looking for that perfect picture of locals during
my travels, some of which I've used on Travel the World. But it’s a different feeling when you’re
traveling in a foreign land and yet you are the attraction.