A common saying in China refers to three “M’s”, such as “Missionaries, Mercenaries & Misfits” as a short summary of the main species of foreigners who for centuries made an impact within the Middle Kingdom. The saying may in fact imply a further set of prejudices concerning these leftovers who may be labelled as “geriatric garbage,” as they say in New York: namely missionaries imposing their foreign god on other cultures; mercenaries, whoever their master may be, obsessed only with the wealth they may obtain, and all kinds of misfits who didn’t manage to cope with the various changes in life, thus ending up as vagabonds and outcasts of society.