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Should you find yourself staying at the Kaixin Hotel in Yiwu, China, be forewarned that the employees are likely to publicly ridicule your swimsuit and then refuse admittance to the hotel swimming pool. All guests brazen enough to wear a standard American bathing suit are unceremoniously denied entry on account of American trunks not being swimsuits at all, but in fact a form of "beach pant." But don't bother asking the manager for an explanation of what's wrong with your suit, because all you will hear is that it is "our policy" not to allow suits like yours. You should also expect the hotel to try and charge you 50 RMB to buy a very tiny, skin-tight Speedo if you want to use their pool. And if you tell them they are ripping you off, they may lower the price to as low as 20 RMB, which is actually quite a bargain despite the suit's dimunitive size.

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