18 Photos Anyone Who Has Ever Been To China Has

It's true. Whether you went on a summer exchange program or moved there for work, we all have these same photos, because China.

1. A photo with Mao at the Forbidden City

2. A photo of Chinglish

Slip and fall down carefully!

3. A photo with your student and/or one throwing up peace signs

Since anyone who looks white in China is automatically qualified to teach English, we've all made some money on the side

4. An unexpected group photo with strangers

You don't know any of them, but they all want to commemorate the moment you tried to take a photo with just your friends and then everyone in the park joined.

5. A photo with a stranger's child

Who knows, I might be famous so you definitely don't want to miss a photo op

6. A photo of you embarrassing yourself at KTV

7. A photo with a stone lion

Or dragon, or monkey, or any of those statues

8. A photo with Chinese characters

You don't remember what it says, but it proves you went to China and that's enough

9. A photo of you in front of some pretty architecture

So China

10. A photo of you imitating a silly sculpture

See what we did there?

11. A photo of you getting a massage

Or of you melting afterwards

12. A photo of your lunch

To prove you eat with chopsticks. Oh, and you also study flashcards while eating! Such a good student!

13. A photo of bad air plus traffic

14. A photo of you on the Great Wall

Flashing peace signs, of course

15. A photo of street food

That you definitely weren't going to try

16. A photo of a crowd

17. A photo of a squatty potty

18. A photo of you with some gaudy decorations