I have been stopped on the street, surreptitiously (and occasionally blatantly) photographed, been offered jobs, interviewed by journalists, and overheard people opine about whether or not they approve of me. But I am not famous. No, my skin, my genetic heritage, my physiology is famous. Because I'm white.

Dalian's "International" Youth Hostel is not living up to its name and is denying access to foreigners. Racially spurred or just a silly law in regards to it being located on a navy vessel... we may never know. Apparently it's crap anyway - still, an interesting thing to find in as modern a city as Dalian.

These scans of a US pocketbook guide to China are designed to teach American soldiers stationed in China during World War II how to identify the enemy from their "oriental allies". The overt racism, when taken in context, makes the whole thing quite humorous.