So.. everyone here thinks i'm a 'china' (pronounced cheena)... which is interesting to see the expressions on peoples faces when they ask what country i'm from and i say 'estados unidos'.. and they give me a ... 'but you're not tall and blond' sort of look... and then further when they ask if my parents are from the states and i explain they're from korea, they're again shocked because they thought i was, again, from china....
interestingly though... people here (more than in the states!) seem to know the difference between north and south korea... despite their automatic assumption that all asians are chinese... they don't ask the common gringo asked question 'are you from the north or south?'...
anyway, i do see it interesting that their automatic assumption of an asian is chinese considering they had a japanese president... though there are mostly chinese asians here... so i guess their assumption is usually accurate...
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