A Japanese writer once said,

“Across the world, no matter where I go to a Chinese restaurant, for some reason the other person always greets me in Chinese. Whether it’s New York or Paris. , the hotel employees were worried about figuring out my nationality, and they would stare at me for a while, and then slowly started to speak, but it seemed that I was born Chinese."

After the writer told this situation to a Chinese friend, the other person said, "That's true."

"You do look like a Chinese. You feel like a Shanghainese"

I feel that after hearing this statement, whenever I go to Shanghai, the writer will be there Wandering around the streets.

Speaking of appearance, my appearance is generally close to that of Chinese people.

Comparison of Chinese, Japanese and Korean faces (from left to right Korean, Chinese, Japanese)

In the past, whenever I traveled to Europe, the children would always say after seeing me , "Ah, the Chinese are coming!". Earlier in the past, when a family traveled to Hong Kong and Macau, they wanted to visit a casino, but the police stopped their car. The police completely ignored my family, but pointed directly at me and asked, "Are you Chinese?" This was before the handover of Macau, and mainland Chinese in Macau seemed to be prohibited from visiting casinos.

Both my parents found it difficult to understand, “Why is this daughter the only one considered Chinese?”, but my affinity for China seems to have begun to sprout from then on.

As time goes by, the earth continues to become globalized. In any country, Europeans, Americans and Asians are quietly coexisting peacefully. The same is true in China. In places like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong, people gathered from all over the world. Perhaps because of the close distance, there are especially many Asians. Not to mention the Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Vietnamese, Singaporeans, Hong Kong, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines... people come to China from all over Asia.

In this environment, it is meaningless to judge who that person is and put them into a framework, but sometimes it can create an opportunity to talk to each other, and the judgment of their place of origin is somewhat meaningful.

Taxi drivers may be particularly capable in determining their place of origin. Most of the time, they can guess which country in Asia a person comes from just by looking at them. Of course not me.

“You are Korean, right?”

“I am Japanese”

“Eh? That’s weird. Japanese also have tall women.”

According to his criteria, Japanese women are characterized by "short stature and thick legs." Korean women, on the other hand, are “tall and wear heavy makeup.” By the way, I don’t wear that much makeup.

A long time ago, my niece came to Beijing. When she took a taxi, she often received compliments - "How cute. Are you really Japanese? As cute as a Chinese."

Behind the statement "as cute as the Chinese" may be the stereotype that "there are very few beauties among the Japanese". Forget it, let’s not go into details.

Also, during another taxi ride, as soon as I sat in the front seat, the driver asked, "Are you Japanese?" The reason is that "if you wear pants but sit with your legs together, you are Japanese."

This statement is very accurate. Japanese women used to wear kimonos in the past and often wear skirts in modern times, so they are used to sitting with their legs firmly together. Chinese women, on the other hand, wear pants for a long time and sit in a more casual posture.

For me, I can basically tell whether they are Chinese or Korean, let alone Japanese.

If the lipstick color is purple or brown, you are a Korean woman.

If you have straight black hair, no foundation, and no makeup, you are a Chinese woman.

If you wear distinctive glasses, you are a Korean man.

If you wear long-sleeved and half-sleeved T-shirts together, you are a Japanese man.

If you take off the sleeves of your down jacket and expose your shoulders in department stores and other places in the middle of winter, you are Chinese.

Among Asians, this rough method can generally determine which country they come from. However, when we see European and American people, it is indeed very difficult to determine which country they are from. Is it American or British, German, Italian or Northern European? It is difficult to judge.

To us Asians, they all look the same "white", but from a "white" perspective, "you can immediately tell which country you are from." "Even if he doesn't speak, you can tell just by looking at his standing posture." This is indeed remarkable.

A Japanese woman married to a German man said, “While walking on the road, when strangers asked us for directions, for some reason many of them were Germans. They seemed to have guessed that my husband was from Germany. So I decided to ask for directions.”

By the way, this woman’s husband can basically tell whether the other person is British, French, American, Canadian or Australian just by looking at him.

Human beings are all brothers, nationality does not matter! This is my consistent opinion, but for the sake of communication, if we can make general predictions, the talks will undoubtedly be more energetic in the future.