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Why do Chinese look down on Chinese names?

Last updated: 2001-06-17

Why do Chinese look down on Chinese names?
2001-06-17

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Not long ago, I was told by some friends in the university that a Chinese-language teacher doing further studies in the Chinese Studies Department, had told her professor in all seriousness that she preferred to be known by her English, rather than Chinese, name.... ...
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