Malaysian tourists in China scorned for calling locals ‘smelly’ (opens in new tab)

A group of Malaysian tourists is facing intense backlash for filming strangers and mocking locals in China as “smelly”, sparking debate on travel etiquette and national image. The clips, which also appeared to show the visitors shouting insults in Malay while travelling in the country, were allegedly first posted on TikTok by user @ekyn.wong. They were later deleted from the account when checked by This Week in Asia, but not before going viral on Malaysian social media, where users panned wha...