Author: Xiaocun
I was a student who was studying in Europe. I was fortunate to be invited to the top 100 global technology industry in Europe as a product marketing position when I graduated from 2017. My job is mainly to manage our product line in the Chinese market.
My colleagues in European companies are from 70 countries. They often talk about the current status of life with people from different countries and people from different countries in tea. Everyone knows that I am from Taiwan， and sometimes I still accidentally speak too fast.Said that I was chinese or from China， but I would immediately say sorry， sorry for TAIWANESE or TAIWAN.
No longer insist on being Taiwanese
Perhaps in recent years， the younger generation in Taiwan in recent years has the influence of the authentic name “ the identity of the Taiwanese “ consciousness looks up. At the beginning， I was like most 80 and 90 younger generations.The concept is very persistent. Whenever someone mistakenly think that I am a Chinese， I will correctly correct him: I am a Taiwanese!
When I was working at this company at first， I didn‘t know how to control my role. After all， I was recruited because I would speak Chinese and have experience in the Chinese market， but in the end， when others accidentally talked about it， I was chinese.I want to correct it immediately or not hear it?I was struggling inside.
Customers from China came to Europe to visit our company. I took the initiative to speak Chinese from Chinese customers in good faith. I hope that they must not be too nervous when they come to Europe.
Chinese customers thought that I grew up in Europe and speak well in Chinese. As I asked me in front of our company‘s Chinese business executive: and quot; You are very good in Chinese， are you Chinese?and quot;
At that time， I stunned for a second， and then I decided not to cause unnecessary trouble， so I answered， “Yeah.“
The reason why Chinese business executive and business below him can also understand the reason why I paused for a second when I just answered， and began to help slow down the cheeks: and quot; she came from Taiwan and quot;.
Do not dance with politicians
Because of work needs， I often fly around China and Europe. In order to play a good relationship with Chinese colleagues， I download WeChat and QQ to understand what is the public account， how to add public accounts， and what is the popularity of netizens.Words on the Internet (like what is leaching， unknown， five hairs， five -hairs， beauty points and hellip; and hellip;)， just to integrate into the group of Chinese colleagues.At first I thought this was one of my jobs， so I had to do this， and then went closer to China at the same time. I realized how they looked at the Taiwanese. In fact， it was quite interesting to listen.
From the beginning of rejection of China， after slowly understanding the Chinese people‘s thoughts， I suddenly felt that I didn‘t need to dance with Taiwan‘s politicians， and let go of their prejudices to get along with the Chinese.We are all friends who speak Chinese， and we all like to watch “Kangxi is here“， like to sing karaoke， and even like to go to the United States outlet to buy a brand name.Although it is often seen that Taiwan has been suppressed by China internationally in the media， it is unhappy， but politics is political， and the Chinese people and the people of Taiwan are actually very cute.
But next time there are still customers from China， ask: and quot; Are you Chinese?and quot; I think I will answer: and quot; what do you say?and quot; Such an answer does not hurt self -esteem and feelings with Chinese customers.
