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Tag: pop culture

Posted on 16 Jun 20205 Aug 2020

What’s wrong with saying ‘ni hao’?

‘I do speak Mandarin. But I know when white people say ‘ni hao’ to me in Australia, it’s not intended as hello in Chinese – it’s intended as hello in chink.’

I wrote this article for HuffPost Australia in honour of chef Sarah Tiong’s masterful move in that Triple M interview last week.

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