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Calling HR - Esther is a confused human being

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Today, I was invited to our school to meet a group of Chinese people because one of them is a master’s student. I was relaxed, thinking they were just a group of Chinese people passionate about education, and that I could connect and network with them. But then I realized I was completely wrong. When I asked about education investment in China, I was told I was being "cynical," which I didn’t understand. Worst of all, he asked me in front of all the Chinese people about my political leaning while the others were rooting for the pro-China party. As the only Taiwanese person there, of course, I wasn’t comfortable. I found it super inappropriate to talk about this in a professional setting. Another man said to him, “She will not tell you,” but he insisted that I would. He asked again in front of everyone. I avoided the question, and then I faced more random personal attacks. “Why do you have so many stereotypes against China?” (but his English was so bad that he said “prototype” instead o

Today, I was invited to our school to meet a group of Chinese people because one of them is a master’s student. I was relaxed, thinking they were just a group of Chinese people passionate about education, and that I could connect and network with them. But then I realized I was completely wrong. When I asked about education investment in China, I was told I was being "cynical," which I didn’t understand. Worst of all, he asked me in front of all the Chinese people about my political leaning while the others were rooting for the pro-China party. As the only Taiwanese person there, of…

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