The educated Chinese and the Chinese upper classes tend to treat the have-nots badly, and think nothing of it - a feudal culture that is still part of the Chinese 'culture',preserved from generation to generation. Many Chinese middle and upper class regard foreigners who come to China as losers from the West. So, we are expected to toe the line here as regards all aspects of their culture and customs. But what has surprised me here is to see the Japanese treated much better than Westerners, and allowed more individualism, as a rule. But I think the VIP treatment they receive is insincere - it's all about the Chinese people of substance not wishing to lose face - something that many a foreigner doesn't put to the fore!