China Diplomats Claim Sweden ‘Unsafe’ After Tourists Get Into Row With Local Police

The event did not make the news until Sept. 14, when the Chinese Embassy in Sweden issued a public notice warning Chinese not to visit Sweden on account of poor safety and abuse by the local police.

View taken on January 30, 2015 of British hostel brand Generator's first hostel in Paris to be opened on February 1st. The Paris site is the brand's largest one with 950 beds. ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images

Just after midnight in the early morning of Sept. 2, three Chinese tourists went to the Generator Hostel in Stockholm, Sweden, where they thought they had a reservation.

After a receptionist told Mr. Zeng and his parents that their reservation was in fact for the following night, and that the hostel was fully booked, Zeng asked if his parents could sleep on the lobby sofas. Staff explained that the hostel could not allow this, and called the police after the three refused to leave.