A local police station in Shenzhen, China, recently issued a special notice to foreigners in informal English. The note has become popular on WeChat and Weibo for its somewhat straightforward tone and creative use of language, with many netizens calling it the “most aggressive English announcement.”
The note tells foreigners to get registered at the police station within a week, or else they can expect a “big operation” against them, and a 2000 rmb [±305US$] fine.
Funny as it may be, the notice has been very effective, local police staff members say.
“All foreigners: no matter who you are no matter where are you come from, you are in China now, so obey our law do the register in the local police station (shekou police station) or you will be fine up to 2000 rmb. We will give you one week to do the register. One week later we will have a big operation against those foreigner who have not register in police station. thank you.”
According to The Paper, Shenzhen’s Shekou police station has confirmed the notice was issued on June 2nd because there recently were some issues involving unregistered foreigners – of which there are many in Shenzhen’s Shekou area. In order to save the police station from more work, they decided to place this announcement in cooperation with the civil police in charge of foreign nationals, urging all foreigners to register at the local police station this week.
In China, it is required for all foreign nationals to register with local police within 24 hours after their arrival. When staying at a hotel, staff members will do it for their guests. People who are not staying in a hotel officially need to go to the public security organ in the place where they are staying to register their address and go through the registration formalities.
According to China News, the notice was distributed in all neighborhoods of the area and has proved effective: many foreigners have already come to the police station to get registered. After all, no matter who they are no matter where they come from, they’re in China now.
– By Manya Koetse & Diandian Guo
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