--- description: China this week set out nine sins that are sufficient to get tourists added to the travel “black list” title: These 9 Sins Get Chinese Tourists on Its Travel Blacklist image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e31ca86867bcab0/6988962b2dce0117b09e954a/rtsflm5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Nine Sins Get Chinese Tourists Added to the Nation’s Travel Blacklist ## Video: China's Drift Towards a More Fragmented World [Watch (HLS stream): China's Drift Towards a More Fragmented World](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jZ1U3aiv.m3u8) (2:49)  _Published 2015-06-02. Editor-at-large Ian Bremmer discusses China's financial growth and the challenges it faces in becoming the world's largest economy._  by [Charlie Campbell / Beijing](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell / Beijing Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Jun 3, 2016 2:55 AM CUT  Chinese tourists take pictures during their visit to the Amman Citadel, an ancient Roman landmark in Amman, on May 23, 2016 Chinese tourists take pictures during their visit to the Amman Citadel, an ancient Roman landmark in Amman, on May 23, 2016Muhammad Hamed—Reuters  by [Charlie Campbell / Beijing](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell / Beijing Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Jun 3, 2016 2:55 AM CUT Chinese tourists get a bum rap. The resurgent Asian superpower sent around 120 million people abroad last year — the largest cohort in the world — and among that multitude are naturally a few bad apples, [swiping](http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20151201/54487954 "undefined") life jackets, [fighting](http://kuaibao.qq.com/s/20151021D0069900 "undefined") on planes, and [defecating](http://3g.163.com/ntes/special/0034073A/wechat%5Farticle.html?docid=B15BKVQQ00011229&spst=0&spss=newsapp&spsf=wx&spsw=1 "undefined"), [defecating](http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20151004/54277134 "undefined"), [defecating](http://hongkong.coconuts.co/2016/02/02/chinese-woman-shocks-commuters-pooping-tsim-sha-tsui-mtr "undefined"). Even if such behavior is the exception rather than the rule, it clearly does not please the Chinese Communist Party top brass, who this week [set out nine sins](https://www.facebook.com/cctvnewschina/posts/1225747544132730?hc%5Flocation=ufi "undefined") that are sufficient to get citizens added to the travel “black list.” Being added to the list means a ban on traveling abroad for a lengthy period — anywhere between two and 10 years. China had already thought necessary to print an etiquette [guide](http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/02/19/dont-wear-pig-t-shirts-in-dubai-xinhuas-official-online-guide-for-chinese-tourists/ "undefined") for tourists traveling abroad, with helpful hints like “don’t wear a pig T-shirt in Dubai” and “don’t snap your fingers at waiters — that’s for dogs.” But for those newbie Chinese travelers who didn’t get the memo, the shortened must-not-do version is below: 1. Interfering with aircraft or public transport, 2. Damaging public facilities, 3. Offending local traditions, cultures or living habits, 4. Destroying cultural and historical relics, 5. Participating in gambling, prostitution or drug use, 6. Threatening public, personal or property safety, 7. Damaging ecosystem, breaking wildlife protection regulations, 8. Perpetuating “low-taste or superstitious” ideas, 9. Other behavior that causes a negative impact. Of course, it’s not just mischief overseas that can get Chinese into trouble — one of the first names [blacklisted](http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/05/06/red-statue-violator-among-first-on-chinas-tourism-blacklist/ "undefined") was 18-year-old Li Wenchun, who was snapped sitting on the head of a Red Army warrior statue in hallowed Maoist turf in northern Shaanxi province. Still, for some the prospect of being blacklisted is not harsh enough punishment when national pride is at stake. “I think we should put on even more severe punishments, then our people won’t humiliate ourselves in other countries, and foreigners won’t laugh at us,” posted one user of China’s Twitter-like microblog Weibo. “We travel for fun, not for losing face.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4356080/china-tourism-travel-blacklist-etiquette-air-travel-airlines-safety/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4356080/china-tourism-travel-blacklist-etiquette-air-travel-airlines-safety/"},"headline":"These Nine Sins Get Chinese Tourists Added to the Nation’s Travel Blacklist","datePublished":"2016-06-03T02:55:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:22:08.458Z","description":"Please, no perpetuating “low-taste or superstitious” ideas","url":"https://time.com/4356080/china-tourism-travel-blacklist-etiquette-air-travel-airlines-safety/","keywords":["Airlines","China","Travel","Tourism","Air travel","safety","Etiquette"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e31ca86867bcab0/6988962b2dce0117b09e954a/rtsflm5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Campbell / Beijing"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e31ca86867bcab0/6988962b2dce0117b09e954a/rtsflm5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chinese tourists take pictures during their visit to the Amman Citadel, an ancient Roman landmark in Amman","caption":"Chinese tourists take pictures during their visit to the Amman Citadel, an ancient Roman landmark in Amman","creditText":"Muhammad Hamed—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4356080/china-tourism-travel-blacklist-etiquette-air-travel-airlines-safety/","name":"These Nine Sins Get Chinese Tourists Added to the Nation’s Travel Blacklist"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"China's Drift Towards a More Fragmented World","description":"Editor-at-large Ian Bremmer discusses China's financial growth and the challenges it faces in becoming the world's largest economy.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/jZ1U3aiv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-02T18:26:16.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jZ1U3aiv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4356080/china-tourism-travel-blacklist-etiquette-air-travel-airlines-safety/","duration":"PT2M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4356080/china-tourism-travel-blacklist-etiquette-air-travel-airlines-safety/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```