Originally Posted by
travelinmanS
I've got secret info from high placed sources that give me the lowdown on this scene. They tell me if you go to a bar area, get extremely drunk and act like a doofus then you run the risk of getting beat up by some Beijing or Dongbei guys. If you don't do this you are 100% safe. This only applies to Beijing.
If you are in Shanghai or Guangdong don't worry, nobody is going to mess with you even if you are overly drunk and belligerent. This information is 100% accurate....I guarantee it.
I find this a bizarre post. If by "100% accurate" you mean that some high up (whoever that may be) gave you his opinion that the likelihood of violence is in the scenario described, I agree with you. However, your post implies that this is part of a campaign, that government sponsored thugs are going to bar street in SLT and on the look-out for drunk foreigners with a mandate to beat them up....although I grant that this may be possible, it's somewhat less credible.
The 100% safe 'guarantee' is also odd: can I sue if I get beaten up as a family man, and whilst not inebriated?
tb