This is almost unheard of in this culture but a politeness offered to the guest foreigner.

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But the romance of China was soon eclipsed by the struggle to live, as a free-thinking foreigner, within the communist system.

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' You merely have to say that sentence out loud to see that it is not English, but sounds like the awkward sentence of a recently arrived foreigner.

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But in China, the first sentence people say to a foreigner is, 'I'm sorry my English is poor.

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In each of these neighborhoods, you may feel like a foreigner, but then you know you have seen the real Los Angeles.

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The Italian government does not want a foreigner to take control, but it would have difficulty using its golden share to block a European bidder.

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He rose within the ranks of SAP, a company that looms large in customers and influence globally, but is a foreigner in Silicon Valley.

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Around that time, the cutlers claimed that "foreigners" were largely to blame for poor quality merchandise: "When it is remembered that a 'foreigner' was not simply an alien but anyone, Londoner or otherwise, who was not free of the City - a freedom gained through membership of a mistery - the extent of their power to control the trade will be appreciated, " adds Girtin.

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