I’m Japanese living in the UK, and my area has a large population of Hong Kongers. They come up and talk to me in Cantonese. Some Brits come say hi in Mandarin. Some people ask me where I’m from, it gets me confused because my answer depends on whether they’re asking this due to my ethnic appearance or my accent from Pacific Northwest, but I hesitate to give a whole background speech which is not expected. An American once asked me what my story was. I liked how he tried to get to know “me”.