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[quote=PRAISEHIMANYHOW         ,8917]Dear Coconut,By foreigners I mean every one who is not a native-born Chinese person; but, even more specifically, I mean Americans, Canadians, Kiwis, and Aussies because I see them more than I see others. (Please know that I do not mean that EVERY person from these countries here in China has a problem with saying hello.)Because you asked, let me say emphatically, NO, I am not lonely.  I have made many friends here in China.  And, for the record, Chinese people do speak to me in public, even if it is mostly because they wish to practice their Oral English.  Additionally, being polite and saying hello to someone, especially when you are eyeball to eyeball, doesn't mean you have to take the gesture any further.  "Hello" is enough for me.  A full-blown conversation is not my point, nor is the point that I need or want every "foreigner" to say hello to me.  My point is, when "foreigners" are staring each other in the face, it is just good manners to say hello, or nod, or do something that will acknowledge one another's presence and/or one another's hellos.[/quote]

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