Ah, that. I have known this too. 'Specially in Taiwan - where all my Chinese hosts insisted on saying "no, no, it doesn't apply to you!" - which of course means that it absolutely does. Is not a problem, except for wearing big clumpy awkward Western boots with laces, which are the devil to slip on & off on doorsteps...
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Date: 2008-01-02 07:24 pm (UTC)