How many times do i have to say that I am a Chinese?

26 4 月, 2005 at 3:06 下午 · Filed under 走遍天下

I am sitting in an internet cafe at the Ko Chang island, Thailan. The cafe owner greeted me: Ko Ni Chi Wa. (Japanese equivlant of Hello). “Sorry, I am not a Japanese and do not speak Japanese” “Korean?” she asked. “No, I am a Chinese”.

Throught out the North America and now in SE asia, I have been mistaken as Korean or Japanese. Not a single time that I was greeted with familar “Ni Hao” This makes me wonder when the Chinese will start to roam the world, not as illegal immigrants shipped in by containers but as tourists and explorers.

Across the street, the resturant has a TV set which is showing the Star TV movie in English. Yeap, after this artical, I am going to walk across and order my favorate Thai dish, – fried squid on rice. I will watch Nicholas Cage.

How many times that I have to say that I am a Chinese?

A sign in Thai Palace

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