Often, new Japanese colleagues would ask me if I was originally from China, after I self-introduce myself as a Singaporean Chinese. I would usually explain that I am born in Singapore, so my nationality is Singaporean, but my race is Chinese.But sometimes, they will still have a puzzled look.At that time, I didn't quite get why they are puzzled. To me, birth country = nationality, and that was
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