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He recently told a local reporter that the offensive wording was not meant to be racist.
Humiliating as these regulations are, they are far from the offensive wording Chinese inevitably recite that equates Chinese and dogs in the eyes of the foreigners.
A period photograph from 1917 lists ten regulations, the first of which reads: "The Gardens are reserved for the Foreign Community". Insofar as dogs are concerned, the fourth regulation says "Dogs and bicycles are not admitted". Humiliating as these regulations are, they are far from the offensive wording Chinese inevitably recite that equates Chinese and dogs in the eyes of the foreigners.
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