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Yesterday as we approached the Mongolian border I got my passport controlled, which was the first time any of my paperwork got controlled in 27 days of non-stop driving in China (which ought to tell you how much of a "police state" China actually is...) When the soldier saw I was French he said "wow, this is the first time we see a French person around here" which is funny but also quite sad in way, it really shouldn't be the case. Discovering China and trying to understand it, the real China outside the main touristic destinations, should be encouraged in Europe. Even if China is seen by many as an adversary, no-one denies that China matters and will continue to matter exponentially in the future. As such it is essential that Europeans understand it. If something matters a lot in the world, it is of primordial importance for your country's future that you have a large amount of people who understand it. It's basic common sense. Yet Europe's approach seems to be the exact opposite: scare people away from China, "it's bad, it's scary, it's not like us". This is completely counter-productive, again even if one considers China an adversary (which is not my case). Meanwhile I'd be surprised if there was even a single little hamlet in France that's never been visited by any Chinese. China understands us much better than we do them. And that's Europe's loss, we're not thinking straight.