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From my point of view the Olympics have thus far been amazing from many different perspectives, showing China in a positive light.

There was however some sad news about an American who was killed there. An article I read avout it stated how safe China normally is and I quote;

"Attacks on foreigners in China are extremely rare... punishments for crimes against foreigners are heavier than for crimes against Chinese".

I wonder how common it is in countries for crimes against foreigners to be punished more heavily than crimes against citizens.

I think that this is remarkable. This definately is not true in the UK, i wonder if this applies to any other countries? Do you think that it reflects different national attitudes towards people from other countries?

Mani Hussain Sun 10/08/08 11:15

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Barmaid
Sun 10/08/08
11:25

You may think that in the UK there are no heavier penalties Mani, but for some crimes, if there is a racial or religious element, the penalties ARE higher.

There is a table here showing that for some things, there are higher penalties.

http://www.lawfile.org.uk/Racial%20Crimes.htm

Oneeyedvic
Mon 11/08/08
10:34

I'd say that any country that relies on tourism has stiffer sentences.

Thailand even have their own tourist police force.

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