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	<title>Comments on: &#8220;Can you write English, dear?&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Emma Huang</title>
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		<dc:creator>Emma Huang</dc:creator>
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		<description>Even Italians are questioned about being able to speak and write English, can you imagine how people doubt Chinese people's ability to use English as a tool? I was asked so many times if I can use English appropriately, and now I am almost used to those strange questions—can you write? can you understand? Some suggested me go to voice coach because of my Chinese accent. When I took courses, one lady worried that I couldn’t pass the courses because they were in English. Thank god, I passed them all.

And thank god, China is standing up, and becomes more and more important on the world stage. To Chinese people, language only contains a small portion of discrimination from other countries’ and nations’ people. They doubt about our personalities, abilities, and intelligence. I used to teach two kids Chinese. They are half Chinese and half Anglo-Saxon (his ancestors were from England). The 7-year-old one said to me twice, “your country is the poorest country in the world. My dad said your country steals.” I pretty much sure that next time when I meet his dad, I will say, “Can I tell your son one of his ancestors used to be a robber?” Not to mention other invasions, take the two Opium Wars in which British army invaded China during the mid of 19th century as an example. In the first Opium War, British army took control of Hong Kong. In the second Opium War, the Anglo-French army burned the Summer Palace, and robbed a great deal of treasures from there, most of which now displayed in the British Museum. Not enough, they also forced by then the weak Chinese government to sign a very humiliated treaty, which included paying the two countries money and let them export opium to China. Therefore, every country has its own blemishes, and please don’t always point fingers to others. That’s my point.</description>
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<p>And thank god, China is standing up, and becomes more and more important on the world stage. To Chinese people, language only contains a small portion of discrimination from other countries’ and nations’ people. They doubt about our personalities, abilities, and intelligence. I used to teach two kids Chinese. They are half Chinese and half Anglo-Saxon (his ancestors were from England). The 7-year-old one said to me twice, “your country is the poorest country in the world. My dad said your country steals.” I pretty much sure that next time when I meet his dad, I will say, “Can I tell your son one of his ancestors used to be a robber?” Not to mention other invasions, take the two Opium Wars in which British army invaded China during the mid of 19th century as an example. In the first Opium War, British army took control of Hong Kong. In the second Opium War, the Anglo-French army burned the Summer Palace, and robbed a great deal of treasures from there, most of which now displayed in the British Museum. Not enough, they also forced by then the weak Chinese government to sign a very humiliated treaty, which included paying the two countries money and let them export opium to China. Therefore, every country has its own blemishes, and please don’t always point fingers to others. That’s my point.</p>
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