



I just got back from our local Hangzhou Bank branch. AND I AM ANGRY!!







I was trying to open a bank account to recieve a phat WeChat Hongbao. I first went to Hangzhou Bank where I got a very COLD reception...









They told me new bank regulations require a tax number or a student visa.





And they kept asking me questions. "What do I do? Why do I want a bank card? Who is my employer? Why can't I just use my foreign bank card?!"









I am MARRIED to a local Chinese citizen and here on a family visa. I don't have a tax number. I don't have a student visa.







I also asked at the neighboring China Industrial bank. SAME ANSWER. The bank's receptionist was laughing and trying to get me to calm down. "Bu hao yi si", she said.





I told her the regulation was a hot piece of racist garbage. But I am still without a bank card...











UPDATE: Hangzhou Bank just called me back. They still can't help me. I asked them about the regulation - she said "the law applies to all of Zhejiang province" and "they probably didn't consider you when they made the law".





No shit.





I WANT A CHINESE ID !







"FOREIGNERS are the ENEMY"



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