| The reason you probably see a tour group from China featured in The Terminal is because Asian tour groups are famous for traveling with cameras. Many Americans see these tour groups and the camera becomes a stereotype. Japanese are especially famous for always having cameras with them. But the premise of the scene in the movie is that the airport customs police are looking for anomolies among arriving passengers - and the sight of a Chinese tour group without cameras raises their suspicions. Unfortunately, the media carries the occassional story about a group of Chinese immigrants caught trying to enter the US illegally and so this scenario fits into the movie. I don't think it was meant as a slam against Chinese particularly. |