A while back here on HN and reddit I started noticing accounts in US / China threads with some amusingly similar or identical stories.
They would mention how at least while in China they could walk around without wearing their backpack backwards to protect themselves from thieves. It was almost like a musical refrain that would pop up in comments.
It's interesting how when we hear something about another country we assume it is incredibly pervasive / everywhere and how people of that country must be terribly preoccupied with with that problem at all times.
