Being Chinese in an anti-China world

I speak & think in English. But I'm genetically Chinese and that is problematic in an anti-China Western world.

Photo by Hyunwon Jang on Unsplash

We were just having a normal conversation under the warm Adelaide sun when she said, “I hate Chinese people. Hate them.”

I stared at her, wondering if she realised that I am Chinese. I mean, I knew she meant China Chinese, but it still shocked me. It was at that moment that I realised that she didn’t see me as Chinese … because I didn’t fit the mold.