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>>10121 I went to a "tea house" recommended by my hotel, which was "free" to experience tea ceremony. Then they wouldn't let me leave until I had bought $100USD worth of tea and tea paraphernalia. I had to buy another suitcase to carry all the tea home. -_-
Also, chillin' in Tiananmen square, there was a group of university students from Guangzhou, and they wanted to talk with me, learn about where I was from and where I'd travelled, and practice their English. They were cool, and it was fine. They didn't try to get me to go anywhere or sell me anything, so it was all good.
After they'd moved on, maybe 20 minutes later, another couple came to me and said they were art students from the country, and they had an "exhibition" at the national art museum (just across the square), and they wanted to know if I wanted to see it. I did, so I said I'd go. But the museum was closed. But they took me in anyway. Then I was trapped in a room in the museum full of scrolls as they tried to sell me a whole bunch of wall hangings. I ended up buying one and then dodging out the door before they could try to sell me more.
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