DesiPilot, sorry to hear about that. I know a few colleagues who have flown in China and they are actually very racist. They will openly say for instance that they will not accept "Blacks" Or Muslims, or people from Indonesia and other countries....And there's no hiding it or sense of embarssment when they say it.
Shocking stuff really in this day and age. A friend who flew over there said he couldn't believe the stupidity as they wouldn't look at South Africans either not believing that there were white people living there!
I cannot stand that kind of ignorance.