How would you say they treat westerners in general?
99 percent are great. I get some dirty looks from men when I'm with a Chinese woman, but I guess that's to be expected.
Sometimes I get treated better than other Chinese people. For instance, my landlord let me spread my deposit out over the first two months. He said he wouldn't do this for Chinese people, only foreigners (which made me a little uncomfortable, tbh). A foreigner who comes here is above a lot of suspicion that others might get.