Through the rites and wrongs of passage
By John Lydon | China Daily | Updated: 2015-04-29 07:36
It's a rite of passage into the expat community, a colleague warned me a few weeks after I arrived in Beijing. It may not have happened to you yet, but it's just a matter of time, he said.
"The thing to remember is never, never pay a taxi driver with a 100 yuan note."
"But, if I've been warned," I objected, "if I know the scam, they can't trick me."
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