For years farang residents in Thailand have dealt with the ever-changing kaleidescope of immigration restrictions; most recently the elimination of the eternal tourist visa border run, however their seemingly anti-farang sentiment is much more liberal than the Celestial Empire to the north, for while China will welcome of horde of big-nosed barbarians for the Summer Olympics in Peking, the government's security arm has instituted a series of immigration controls destined to denude China of the nearly quarter-million foreigners residing in the country.
Multi-entry visas have been replaced by 30-day single-issue permits, which are no available at nearby Asian nations.
In other words lao-waii (the Chinese equivalent of farang) go home', especially the French.
lao-waii has no negative connotation unlike the rarely used zang-weii (foreign devil) or dabizi (big nose) or even less friendly laomaozi or (hairball).
Personally I've never liked hearing myself called farang
It's the n-word of Thailand, but at least we're still welcome.
Thai rak farang bahn wan or Thais love farangs some days.
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