Originally Posted by
mlasser
Women do wear shorts in China but ALWAYS with pantyhose. You will not see women with bare feet or bare legs, regardless of temperature.
This past year our daughter shared her college apartment with a Chinese Fulbright scholar (29) here in Florida for a year.
When we first met the young woman she wore pantyhose with her knee length shorts--in Florida, in August. She avoided the beach, always wore 50 spf sunscreen even walking between classrooms, and carried an umbrella as protection.
By the time she left in June she no longer wore pantyhose, she had a tan, and she was spending her free time at the beach.
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We were in Hong Kong in January--cold and rainy--and we saw construction workers--hard hats, canvas jackets, jeans--on site. They were wearing flip-flops on thier feet!