What a meaningful topic. I have a lot to share about it... not here though. Even many Americans prefer to identify themselves by their states rather than American. On the other hand, I'm asked if I'm a Chinese in US and other countries, time to time. Population wise, finding a Chinese is greater possibility than Japanese statistically. When I visited Dallas TX, many wester looking people just said "Xie xie" and "Ni hao" to me when the person walked by me or at restaurants almost every day. It was hard to guess their true intentions until we start a real conversation. I totally agree. I prefer to be asked "where are you from?"
What a meaningful topic. I have a lot to share about it... not here though. Even many Americans prefer to identify themselves by their states rather than American. On the other hand, I'm asked if I'm a Chinese in US and other countries, time to time. Population wise, finding a Chinese is greater possibility than Japanese statistically. When I visited Dallas TX, many wester looking people just said "Xie xie" and "Ni hao" to me when the person walked by me or at restaurants almost every day. It was hard to guess their true intentions until we start a real conversation. I totally agree. I prefer to be asked "where are you from?"
In general I don't think it is a terrible problem but to maximize potential positive interactions it's just better not to assume things like that.
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