maidoan97 743 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 As you can see, I live in Tokyo. I don't mean to offend any Chinese people here, but it's fucking annoying whenever I can't understand anything or I have trouble explaining in Japanese, people either get some Chinese guy to interpret for me, or use Google Translate to translate to Chinese, or afterwards they say "xie xie" or "Zai jian" to me. It has happened to me countless times. I'm sure they are aware that there are a lot of Asian countries besides China. I know it's just a small problem, but they could have asked me instead of automatically assuming that I'm Chinese FYI I'm Vietnamese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisyj6 258 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Perhaps many tourists are Chinese? And the chance that a tourist is Chinese is prolly the highest because China's economy is booming and Chinese ppl take in one third of the world population.. so yeah. Idk though, I never been to Japan. :P Edit: I mean not only tourists of course, also those who live there hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICETERO 9,070 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Perhaps many tourists are Chinese? And the chance that a tourist is Chinese is prolly the highest because China's economy is booming and Chinese ppl take in one third of the world population.. so yeah. Idk though, I never been to Japan. :P Yeah I would say that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySeaYeon 3,004 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 why do you keep getting annoyed ..some people are ignorant and we have to deal with it...like your previous comment about arab women Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savior Qrisus 565 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Perhaps many tourists are Chinese? And the chance that a tourist is Chinese is prolly the highest because China's economy is booming and Chinese ppl take in one third of the world population.. so yeah. Idk though, I never been to Japan. :P Edit: I mean not only tourists of course, also those who live there hehe More like one seventh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidoan97 743 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 why do you keep getting annoyed ..some people are ignorant and we have to deal with it...like your previous comment about arab womenOkay sorry I mixed that up I meant to say Muslim women Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisyj6 258 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 More like one seventh. Oh yeah. Population boomed these few years hehe. Anyhow, China's population only (without those overseas) is already the biggest of all Asian countries, even the biggest of the world-- you get my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiedPiper 315 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 As you can see, I live in Tokyo. I don't mean to offend any Chinese people here, but it's fucking annoying whenever I can't understand anything or I have trouble explaining in Japanese, people either get some Chinese guy to interpret for me, or use Google Translate to translate to Chinese, or afterwards they say "xie xie" or "Zai jian" to me. It has happened to me countless times. I'm sure they are aware that there are a lot of Asian countries besides China. I know it's just a small problem, but they could have asked me instead of automatically assuming that I'm Chinese FYI I'm Vietnamese Its the same for White people. I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImInCloud13 10,942 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 The same reason every asian person in the west is think of Chinese I think it has to do with their huge population Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savior Qrisus 565 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Oh yeah. Population boomed these few years hehe. Anyhow, China's population only (without those overseas) is already the biggest of all Asian countries, even the biggest of the world-- you get my point. No you're right about this information I just corrected you on the first one, but I knew hat you meant in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakurahanabira 6,634 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I'm also Vietnamese and I've had Korean people thinking I'm Chinese, Singaporean, or Hong Konger ever since I came to South Korea for study abroad because they get a lot of Chinese, Singaporean, and Hong Kong tourists. Heck, one of my professors here even kept constantly mistaking me for being from Hong Kong despite me having said I was from America! It's probably the same with Japan, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehmy 1,931 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Chinese is spoken in China, Taiwan, and Singapore. That is a huge chunk of the Asian population, so they are probably just taking their best guess. It happens to white foreigners, too. Everyone assumes a white person speaks English, but I've run into many white tourists in Taiwan who only speak Russian or French. I'm also Vietnamese and I've had Korean people thinking I'm Chinese, Singaporean, or Hong Konger ever since I came to South Korea for study abroad because they get a lot of Chinese, Singaporean, and Hong Kong tourists. Heck, one of my professors here even kept constantly mistaking me for being from Hong Kong despite me having said I was from America! It's probably the same with Japan, too. sorry i meant to +1 you and accidentally negged you TTT___TTTT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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