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Old Jan 20, 2015 | 8:50 pm
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Loren Pechtel
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Originally Posted by freezefactor
Lots of people in China long term will use a Chinese name (I do myself when I am over there). It is usually loosely based on their English name. My own surname starts with F, so my Chinese surname is 冯 (Feng), and my given name in Chinese starts with the same letter as my given name in English.
I haven't actually taken a Chinese name but I know what they will consistently do to my name trying to shoehorn it into their system and I consider that a sort-of name when I'm over there.
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