Shanghai Surprise: Being Black Made Me the Toast of the Town!

Or maybe my friend thought the residents of Shanghai would be curious to gaze upon the one guy on the planet who admits to liking The Godfather Part III. Or maybe, just maybe, I’d be stared at in China because I’m African American. Many black tourists have reported attracting significant attention when visiting China. Fellow Yahoo Traveler, Brittany Jones-Cooper, once wrote about her own experience in Shanghai, which she says was mostly pleasant.