+holla vince so right

+holla vince Right

+holla vince In the U.S. it's usually best to assume everyone is American (and thus speaks English), since you can't tell by appearance due to all the immigration.

+holla vince I've seen some hilarious videos where this has gotten people into a bit of embarrassment. My cousin showed me footage from the Great Wall, where two Chinese youngsters were walking up and saw a Westerner sitting there panting. They giggled and said loudly (in Mandarin), "Look at that foreigner; he's tired already." The Westerner turns to them and responds in perfect Mandarin, "What? I'm not allowed to take a break?" The two youngsters shut up and ran up the Wall XD

+governmentagent82 he meant when American travel abroad they assume everyone speak English

fun fact: Mexicans call themselves Coconuts, I just learned Chinese call themselves Bananas. Yellow on Outside, White on Inside. I suppose I'm a daikon radish then.

I bet you're Indo. lol

because when people try to talk to a foreign looking person on the street in China, they're 99% of the time trying to sell something or ask for money. TIC, bro :)

Since you have a Chinese face, there's a good chance you don't get the same barrage of people trying to sell you garbage in the street. "Bu yao" becomes the default response to people approaching you that you don't know after a while.

Lol bu Yao I say that to everyone when I’m in China. Going to start working there I am prepared to say bu Yao to everyone. Advice for foreigner scum coming to China?

Start off with "hey dude.." and you won't have that problem. That's what I do.

aiyohhhh people have high expectations for your language skils even if you are born overseas. or they probably don't even know you are not born in china lol

aiyohhhh 僞ABC, sometimes it's what they call hahah

aiyohhhh hehe, JUST RELAX. i see many kids raised in downtowns are monolingual. that is they only speak mandarin and are unable to speak dialects.

aiyohhhh yeah I feel you, I get asked "how come you can speak English so well?" but I'm on the opposite side of your situation. I'm born in Hong Kong but my English is better than my Cantonese because my mother made me take extra English writing lessons and I talked to my Filipino helper more than my parents. I get made fun of for apparently having an accent speaking my mother tongue, then made fun of having an actual accent when I moved to Canada. My English is good enough to not be in ESL when I first moved here but B-s to Cs for high school university English classes. People often tell me I speak English really well for being a local from Hong Kong, then ask me did I learn English back in Hong Kong ._. I lived in basically China town back in high school and I go to one of the universities with the most Chinese people... So Canadian Chinese kids with parents from Hong Kong and China (I know this because those kids can somewhat speak Canto) are asking me where did I learn English.... Also "ban gwai lo" is a thing among locals. A lot of girls who are born local, raised local, goes to local public schools and such love pretending to be ABC girls. They somewhat believe that acting like a "white girl" (the college crazy type) makes them more fun and "sophisticated"? The way they act in "parties" or bars and on the Internet is completely different from back in school and their normal lives. It's hilarious and frustrating for CBCs. My cousins get shit on a lot when they visit Hong Kong. Interesting stories to tell though hahaha.

aiyohhhh the fuck does ban gawai lo means?

Soooooo true！！I'm living in Japan now too. But I'm Chinese .wwwwwww

+Christine Lee Oh I know that feeling! The less educated the other person is, the more assumptions he or she makes. Taxi drivers, shop keepers... and the questions they ask are always the same. "So you forgot about China huh? Is your English better than your Chinese? Which country do you like more? Are your Friends white or Asian?" It's even worse when you say that you go to school in the States, cuz they just think that you're a spoiled brat who paid your way to college.

+Christine Lee My sister ans I were staying at this hotel in China, and since we would speak English to each other they assumed that we went to a school to learn English but never thought that we actually lived in America.

Mish. Michelle Tell me about it. I had a lady come up to me in China and asked if I wanted to learn English (they were advertising with a "foreigner" and by foreigner I mean a white guy). I replied in Chinese saying no. She kept following me so I finally said "I can speak English. Thank you." She then wanted to tell me that we have an English teacher that can teach you. I was already pissed at this point. I told her "I'm from NY." She then backed away and said "Oh. Thank you" Ughhhh, living as an Asian American in an Asian country is sooo difficult.

Christine Lee Lol that happened to me too.. Just because I don't look White doesn't mean I can't speak English!

Applies to all overseas Asians

vankilsing They are same in every Asian countries :) handshake mate

vankilsing 교포 ㅋㅋㅋ

vankilsing Learn korean . It will be easy for you to learn.

Golden Eagle What did the lady ask and what was your response? i can't read chinese. lol

Imanuel Aaron Mogie what the fuck are you saying?? western god?? there is no such thing as western god. jesus is from israel, israel is middle east.

thesuperproify chill dude

Dont worry, we other south east asian chinese know the reason

Imanuel Aaron Mogie I'm Chinese born and live in Indonesia too, i still have chinese name and still have Chinese culture in my family :3 actually for me it's weird Chinese doesn't have chinese name :3

AgentR007 That's the problem though, haha. For me it's completely normal for Chinese to have two to four western or biblical names. Indigenous people here have adopted this naming system for three to four centuries and the Chinese also adopted this system. You'd find majority of Africans in USA don't have traditional African names. Will Smith and Michael Jordan are two examples, that sounds completely normal, doesn't it? :)

+Olivia Li I can help u when u come back to China

+Olivia Li I was born in Sweden but the problem though was despite me being able to I speak chinese rather fluently I kind of struggled when it came to integrating with the chinese . It is especially frustrating when they mock you for not being able to write/read chinese and pity you for not being able to speak mandarin. I am just WTF do you expect me to be a perfect humanbeing

same

+Olivia Li At least when you can`t read or write Chinese, Chinese people give you credit for your proficiency in English and when you correct their English, they listen to you. I have been living overseas for ALL my life since I immigrated there when I was in my early teens and when I try to help people with their English, I get put down; people doubt me and even accuse me of showing off JUST BECAUSE I am still able to read, write and speak Chinese fluently and my Chinese didn`t get crowded out by my English. They think since my Chinese is so good, I must be one of those Chinese who are pretending to be a foreigner just to be cool. LOL So either way, you don`t win. When you don`t know Chinese anymore, you are considered a traitor to your own kind. When you`ve retained your Chinese, they don`t give you credit for your experience overseas. Chinese people are just not very good at understanding and accepting things that are different and once they have this expectation that`s set in their mind, they believe that`s the truth and they refuse to think otherwise. I dunno if it`s because they have been taught to conform to uniformity for too long.

+Olivia Li I was born in China and only immigrated to Australia when I was 13. Still have no idea how to bargain....

+Kirrie Sushicat ô.o oh don't sweat it too much there're lots of ethnic chinese around the world with an identity crisis, I'm one of them. But I don't hate the fact that I can't read or speak mandarin (i can speak cantonese tho) in fact I quite enjoy getting this weirded out, puzzled look on their faces which then usually followed by questions about me. Makes for interesting conversations. But of course if they don't speak any language other than mandarin then that's where the communication ends and the frustration comes in.

I'm Swedish of Chinese origin and I can relate xD

i am chinese indonesian i also can relate that well

hey ich bin auch in Deutschland geboren und hab vor in einem jahr mandarin zu studieren also entweder in shanghai oder peking. Kann mich aba nicht wirklich zwischen den beiden entscheiden also hab mal paar fragen und zwar warum hast du dich für Peking entschieden? und weißt du wie lange es dauert bis man mandarin "komplett" kann? ich mein jetzt nicht dieses alltägliche sondern so eine "Fachsprache" die man braucht um dort arbeiten zu können:)

你老家上海的吗

Just two sides of a coin I suppose.

We guess that word probably means gaijin coz we watched Tokyo Drift :)

JJ zhu 哈哈

good alcohol can't see, right? (I know he meant to say long time no see but they sometimes do dirty jokes which gay way over my head).

+Julie C You could try telling them. Or ditch them and get people who think of you better.

I had the same problem. What I did was not telling any of my friends in China that that was emigrated in elementary school and pretend I was raised in China. Life has been good ever since. Your oversea experience will not be valued in China. You are just always another fellow Chinese unless you you explicitly let them know you are not one of them.

+Julie C My story is almost as same as yours, except that I kept studying chinese literature, culture and history, so my chinese friends don't see me as a foreigner. studying is always good and can make your life a bit better.

Brian long My knowledge about Chinese literature, culture and history is better than most of my Chinese friends. I'm the president of our local Han Culture Society. It's not about the knowledge. It's just the way I look at things is different from their Chinese way.

+Julie C Agree with JingTing Wei here. Ditch those "friends." I came here quite a bit older than you, I don't care what those Chinese people think of me. And I never care to be one of any group, Chinese included.

First of all, eventhough Indonesia has a large muslim population, it is not a muslim country, students in my HS were mostly christians or catholics, there were like tons of christian schools in my hometown. Some people are conservative, but they are not in my circle. There are people who are still living in the jungle and hunt for food, but I think in general chinese people are a little bit more conservative than indonesians. I think the reason I fit into western culture better than chinese culture, is because the exposure of english and western world in Indonesia is more noticeable especially for those who live in big cities and have higher income, Indonesian chinese are usually bilingually educated in Indonesian and English.

Salam kenal bruh.

***** "Singapore"? lol I don't care what happens in another place, it might be different. But In my place where I was born I was surrounded by a bunch of christians or catholics. And don't trust the statistic its always wrong. the government says that indonesians of chinese descent only account for 3-5% of the population when you can see indonesians of chinese descent almost everywhere especially in the big cities.

***** Indonesia isn't Muslim state. Its Aceh province who think its Muslim state, Indonesia is different but one, its just the majority.

***** There are a lot more Muslims in the US than you think. It's closer to 10-15% the population per the 2009 census.

Huhu,dari Negeri Mana??

lol

If you're Korean, you would have to explain you're from Korea, not Korean-Chinese from the northeast.

@@sirkeg1 And people will ask if you are from North or South Korea (like in this video)

+Kim Rae Wook .. so sad... italian economy is such a crap ATM... most of Chinese born in english speaking countries are bit lucky

+Kim Rae Wook ..and italian this language is so limited... didn't see anything good about using it globally.

+Kim Rae Wook but you are korean? at least half?

+Kim Rae Wook Same right here, I speak and write in Spanish but I am a mess with Chinese.

+spark maccas Italy economy is fine lol, also the language itself is not limited, it's beautiful especially for song words

learn these two words when you are introducing yourself: 华侨. it means oversea Chinese. Hence understanding Chinese language /culture is not expected from you.

It's 4 years later. How'd that go?

Any update sis?

Anastasia Yules The other day I went to a vietnamese restaurant and the same thing happened to me! And I'm chinese...

Anastasia Yules omg same

Victoria Faye 无困扰，在英国路过....中餐馆一直用普通话的路过

i can't read sorry! i'm from australia though

Anastasia Yules Most chinese diaspora can keep their culture because they were not oppressed unlike chinese indonesian in the past.. Hell, the chinese in Java still thinks other chinese diaspora in other islands to be backward to speak chinese..

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+María Paz Córdoba sounds like nationalism is pretty strong in china

I can't speak for all the Chinese, but maybe that guy was, It was just my experience. I can't blame him, China is a homogenous country in terms of race in culture. In the majority of western countries our ancestors were immigrants, to us its almost normal to coexist with different races and cults. A friend told me, they don't know when they are being rude or racist, and it might be true. I've come to the conclusion you don't have to understand them, just love them haha.

@@emecordoba what you guys dont understand is china is a civilization state and nation state

Learning culture and history of china is easy to do. Search on the internet..lastly dont ever forget your root

Filipino born chinese here, I can relate to you're story . 🤣🤣🤣

Yo I'm totally in the same boat as you lol

Yeah, specifically from Britain. I have zero idea what this neo-liberal fascination with the British is in the US.

Ankit Malik English speakers love other English speakers.

China doesn't need your garbage. Thank you.

@@user-wr5sr1ev8j logic=null

Wow this comment escalated quickly. What made you so mad for the last two sentences?

China doesnt have history of immigration. Chinese etnic in south east asia: am i a joke to u?

the silk road didn't bring in th immigration as far as i know . it was mainly for traders , philosophers, priests

they do not teach this in China.

You are beautiful :)

this is so relatable to me omg

Cherry Tung LA's chinatown is dead. The san gabriel valley tho thats where its at. Food out there is bomb. Ktown too. The only 2 acceptable places to eat everyday

Many Chinese American seem quite lost to me. The only thing Chinese about you is your ethnicity. If you don't show any effort to learn the language then you're NOT Chinese, you're American.

Thing is back then our Chinese parents thought Chinese was a useless language, and they really valued their kids learning English instead to fit in with society. No one expected China to rise so fast. The new generation of ABCs will definitely be learning Chinese growing up!

Anastasia Ye why shouldn't they?

Shuo Cheng Because I don't speak Chinese. I mean, I get that I look Chinese, that's genetics. But when you've said for the umpteenth time that you don't speak Chinese, sorry but can you speak in english or write down the numbers, and they still insist on speaking Chinese with you, it gets aggravating after a while. English isn't my first language either, it's also my second language, and I don't expect people to speak English with me at their country, but at least when I'm shopping I want the clerks to be friendly enough to try to communicate in a way they think I may understand. Writing the numbers down, or using a calculator to show the numbers are easy ways to communicate so that I can pay for that cute top and go my merry way.

cuz many of them also cant speak mandarin properly

+CistudeSuisse I find that most people just don't know much about Switzerland, except in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai or other giant financial hubs then they assume you are loaded lol...

:-) I don't have dual plates (nor indeed do I own a car) but I definitely feel relief upon crossing the border back into Hong Kong! Never mind that I am not even Asian...;-)