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[quote=SANYACHINA,229124]"I would like to call "people from other countries"

When in the U,teacher told us that it was not polite to call "foreigner" or even "LAO WAI",since for the listener,it didn't sound good inside.It brings a feeling of somehow like "stranger"."

LAO-WAI sounds for the people STRANGE. It is true.

"Also,as a Chinese,for I have never been living in other countries for a long time,personally I don't have any idea of how a life of a Chinese living aboard like..NICE?BEING RESPECTED??"

ABROAD? Which ONE? USA are not Egypt and Greece is not Korea. Which ABROAD?

"So when my colleagues called us "You Chinese..."I was pretty angry,and then replied"You French...You German..."I don't think "You Chinese" is polite enough."

" 我们-中国人。" (We - Chinese.) is SO POPULAR SENTENCE IN CHINA. Why we have to be angry if Germans, French or Japanese call us - "You - Chinese."???????????? 
 
 AND - what about when a lot of Chinese people says: "老外喜欢吃。。。" (Foreigners like to eat...) or "Foreigners like Chinese girls", etc. THE SAME AS ALL THE LAOWAI's are ONE-AND-THE-SAME-THING!
 It is an ABSURD!
 The same ABSURD is about : "新疆族" (Xingjiang nationality) - a Geographic place instead of CONCRETE "MINZU" (folk). What is this?

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So, I think the problem is HERE:

a/ A lot of Chinese HAVE NO IDEA THAT FOREIGNERS are NOT THE SAME.

b/ They EVEN don't know that WEST CHINESE ARE NOT THE SAME!

THE GEOGRAPHY KNOWLEDGE HAVE TO BE DEVELOP![/quote]

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