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Just came back from a vacation in Taiwan. I have not been there for almost 20 years.
This time round, I see PRCs everywhere. Wherever they are, you can hear them KPKB and talk as if they are screaming at each other. Our tour guide says that the locals really dislikes the PRCs, especially those in Central and South Taiwan.
Wherever I go, if I speak to the locals (hawkers, shop keepers, stall holder, hotel staff, etc...) when I started speaking a few words of Mandarin to them, at first they would think that I am PRC and start showing me that attitude!! After a few sentences, then they reckon that I am not PRC and they then sound friendlier.
So at some point, I just stop speaking Mandarin to those hotel staff, shop keepers, stall holders and I either speak Hokkien or English!! I just don't want to see local giving me that unfriendly look!
That is how bad the situation is in Taiwan toward the PRCs.
Anyway, Taiwan is a nice place and for bros who have not been there, you should go and have a look.
This time round, I see PRCs everywhere. Wherever they are, you can hear them KPKB and talk as if they are screaming at each other. Our tour guide says that the locals really dislikes the PRCs, especially those in Central and South Taiwan.
Wherever I go, if I speak to the locals (hawkers, shop keepers, stall holder, hotel staff, etc...) when I started speaking a few words of Mandarin to them, at first they would think that I am PRC and start showing me that attitude!! After a few sentences, then they reckon that I am not PRC and they then sound friendlier.
So at some point, I just stop speaking Mandarin to those hotel staff, shop keepers, stall holders and I either speak Hokkien or English!! I just don't want to see local giving me that unfriendly look!
That is how bad the situation is in Taiwan toward the PRCs.
Anyway, Taiwan is a nice place and for bros who have not been there, you should go and have a look.