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    From Byker@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 12 14:44:06 2021
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    "Gregory Carr" wrote in message news:e333ad41-b42e-42da-9758-b954416685den@googlegroups.com...

    There are Chinese who have come here ten years ago who still only speak Cantonese or Mandarin.

    What's real fun is when Chinese nationals encounter Chinese-Americans who
    speak only English. Coming from a country where everyone looks alike -- and thinks alike thanks to the CCP -- they arrive in West, where suddenly
    they're confronted by examples of every ethnic nationality on the planet. They'll go up to anyone who looks "Asian" and start blabbering away in Mandarin, only to be told, "I'm sorry, sir. I don't speak you language." The usual response is, "But why can't you? You are Chinese!" Replying with, "No,
    I am American. I was born here," that's when things get ugly ("How can you
    be an American? You are CHINESE!"). Arguments over politics soon follow, namely, "Why aren't you praising our glorious leader in Beijing?" The Chinese-American responds, "Because my leader is in Washington, D.C." THAT
    is unfathomable to Chinese nationals, who afterwards regard
    Chinese-Americans as something akin to "race traitors."...

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  • From Basil Jet@21:1/5 to Byker on Sun Sep 12 23:56:02 2021
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    On 12/09/2021 20:44, Byker wrote:
    "Gregory Carr"  wrote in message news:e333ad41-b42e-42da-9758-b954416685den@googlegroups.com...

    There are Chinese who have come here ten years ago who still only speak
    Cantonese or Mandarin.

    What's real fun is when Chinese nationals encounter Chinese-Americans who speak only English. Coming from a country where everyone looks alike -- and thinks alike thanks to the CCP -- they arrive in West, where suddenly
    they're confronted by examples of every ethnic nationality on the planet. They'll go up to anyone who looks "Asian" and start blabbering away in Mandarin, only to be told, "I'm sorry, sir. I don't speak you language."
    The
    usual response is, "But why can't you? You are Chinese!" Replying with,
    "No,
    I am American. I was born here," that's when things get ugly ("How can you
    be an American? You are CHINESE!"). Arguments over politics soon follow, namely, "Why aren't you praising our glorious leader in Beijing?" The Chinese-American responds, "Because my leader is in Washington, D.C." THAT
    is unfathomable to Chinese nationals, who afterwards regard
    Chinese-Americans as something akin to "race traitors."...

    What language do they have this conversation in?

    And why would a Chinaman expect any other Chinese-looking person to
    understand his speech, when different parts of China speak different
    languages?

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  • From Byker@21:1/5 to Basil Jet on Mon Sep 13 11:51:16 2021
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    "Basil Jet" wrote in message news:shm0i3$103$1@dont-email.me...

    What language do they have this conversation in?

    English. Prior to leaving China, students are expected to have
    learned enough English to understand and be understood...

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  • From Byker@21:1/5 to Basil Jet on Mon Sep 13 13:27:23 2021
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    "Basil Jet" wrote in message news:shm0i3$103$1@dont-email.me...

    And why would a Chinaman expect any other Chinese-looking person to understand his speech, when different parts of China speak different languages?

    Because Mandarin is the lingua franca among Han Chinese, who get first pick
    at being chosen to study abroad and who regard other ethnicities living in China as subhuman: https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/nationality/han/

    If you think Uighurs have it bad, blacks living in China are regarded as
    little more than animals: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/18/covid-blackface-tv-chinas-racism-problem-runs-deep

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