Complaints about the behavior of Chinese tourists abroad are nothing new. But criticisms of actions such as jumping lines, creating a racket, and spitting have, by and large, come from foreign observers and international media.

That is, up until now. Meet Ji Binbin, a tour guide from Beijing, whose online rant has garnered a lot of buzz and discussion across social media both at home and abroad since she uploaded it on Sunday.

In the video, Ji angrily recalls a story about one female member of a Chinese tour she led, accompanied by a Thai tour guide, to Lovers’ Beach in Phuket, Thailand.

During the tour, the Chinese tour participant spotted a large chunk of black wood on the beach and decided she wanted to take it back to China as a souvenir. The Thai tour guide tried to explain to the tantrum-throwing tourist that visitors to Thailand are not allowed to remove any natural items from the beach — tree logs included.

But, according to Ji, the Chinese woman wasn’t having any of it. She brazenly defied the Thai tour leader, boasting that she had visited more than 20 countries and had never had any trouble taking back whatever she could claim as a souvenir.

The badly behaved tourist doesn’t appear in the video — viewers only get to see Ji’s face. But that’s more than enough — she is clearly upset and her two-minute diatribe, peppered with expletives, vividly describes the female tourist’s actions.

Inappropriate behavior by citizens of China overseas grab headlines — who can forget the time a Chinese tourist threw a cup of hot water at a Thai flight attendant in a fit of air rage? Chinese travelers have also been called out for poor behavior at famous world sites, like the time a boy wrote graffiti on ancient ruins in Egypt. A lack of manners and respect for tourism sites at home is also a problem, and the government has spearheaded several blacklists aimed at punishing those who get out of line.

The Civil Aviation Administration proposed a revised civil aviation law this week to punish air passengers who use mobile phones, smoke, or engage in other uncivilized behavior by fining them up to 50,000 yuan (about $7,500). A regulation issued by the China Air Transport Association in February threatened to blacklist any misbehaving air passengers for one to two years.

Ji says in the video that she told the Thai tour guide to let the Chinese woman take the piece of wood. “And at the airport, make sure that you tell Thai customs you have warned this lady multiple times, but she’s still challenging Thai customs and laws,” Ji advised.

Only after hearing this did the woman shut up and agree to leave the wood on the beach where it belonged.

Ji originally posted the video to Facebook and has since garnered close to 6,000 followers. The video was then reposted to Chinese microblogging platform Weibo, where it has since garnered nearly 4,000 comments from net users who mostly agree with Ji’s opinions and admire her for being so outspoken.

The video with English subtitles has been viewed almost two million times on YouTube since Wednesday.

Ji’s rant didn’t only focus on the woman’s behavior at the beach but touched on a range of subjects that are often a source of frustration for many Chinese people.

Ji, for example, posed a rhetorical questions as to whether the woman’s world travels were self-financed or whether the funds came from national or political coffers.

“Did the party and the people pay your expenses?” Ji asked. “You’re spending our money and have the cheek to be this arrogant.”

In the past, Chinese government officials and civil servants were notorious for their sometimes lavish lifestyles. In late 2012, President Xi Jinping kicked off an anti-corruption campaign to curb such behavior, and urged officials to control and reduce public funds spent on banquets, cars, and travel.

On social media, Ji’s video resonated strongly. “I hope that Chinese people can present better qualities outside the country to respect local regulations and laws,” commented one net user. 

Many Thai netizens commended Ji. User A-sirama Kit wrote: “I’ve heard a lot of negative behavior about Chinese tourists in my country but this post really opened up my mind to their good side.”

When reached for comment on Thursday by Sixth Tone, Ji declined to comment saying she was too busy as she was on the way out to lead another group of Chinese travelers — this time on a cruise.

Additional reporting by Wang Lianzhang. With contributions from Colum Murphy.

(Header image: A Chinese tourist poses for a picture at Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Rai, Thailand, March 19, 2015. Taylor Weidman/Getty Images/VCG)