3 ms·
I heard the other side of the story that ABCs could have a hard time in China, because they look just like full han Chinese, but when people find out you are no
by fredliu 9y ago
I heard the other side of the story that ABCs could have a hard time in China, because they look just like full han Chinese, but when people find out you are not really "Chinese Chinese", attitudes/expectations/behaviors change.
Edit: I guess I should say "attitudes/expectations/behaviors change, for the better or worse"
- jdtang13 9y agoThis doesn't seem super true in my opinion, but I could be wrong. I think that a lot of native Chinese actually lower their expectations around ABCs and are pretty interested in asking questions about American culture.
- fredliu 9y agoI think what you said just confirmed my point: Is "Lower their expectations" necessarily a good thing? Especially when we are talking about under a professional environment. "He's really an American, he doesn't really understand how to be a good manager for a team of native Chinese" doesn't sound like an advantage to me.