"Norway is a low quality, badly behaved country" (Foreign Press & China)

[brob]

http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/12/06/is_norway_a_low_quality_badly_behaved_country

On Wednesday, the Beijing city government unveiled a list of 45 countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter the city while in transit for 72 hours without a visa, starting from January 1.

Visitors from all 27 EU member states, as well as Iceland and Switzerland, will enjoy the new visa-free treatment, as will those from the US, Russia, Japan, Australia and most major Latin American countries.

When asked why Norway was left off the list, Wang Qin, a senior official at the Beijing government travel administration, did not respond directly but said that some countries were not eligible because their citizens or government were “of low-quality” and “badly behaved”.  (emphasis added)

Yeah!!  I've taught a few Norwegians in my day, and the whole lot of them are low quality and badly behaved, with their inscrutable fjords and smug blondness and their vague association with herring and their very specific association with lutefisk!! 

:'(

[archnemesis]

It makes perfect sense.

[Reb]

No way Norway.

[Fifstar]

Still mad because of Liu Xiaobo or what.

[ToxicAdam]

There's some Norwegien out there with a great story about his night in Beijing

[etiolate]

Vikings remind them too much of Mongols

[Mupepe]

Having recently been in contact with a dozen or so Norwegians I can verify that this is true.

[Steve Contra]

Yeah fuck Norway

[etiolate]

I'll make sure to tell them of your sentiments at the next Sons & Daughters of Norway meeting.