"One girl confided in me that she probably won't get the job she wants - working for an airline company at an airport down in Guangdong. Why won't she get the job? Not tall enough"

Isn't it the same in UKland? One girl got noticed by Ripley's years ago when she had that thing done to her legs (break, set, rinse and repeat) to get a few inches taller.

Oh and One World, One Dream, welcome to China.
The Duke is right, at least they told you the truth. Go to Japan and you'd get the BS response more.