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Hey, I'm Jasmine
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and I'm a civil engineer
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that's about it
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I'm Daisy
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I'm an English teacher
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I'm into music and art
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and I'll be 26 this year
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I'm Pinti Zheng (Zheng Qingxin)
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I study architecture at Shih Chien University
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and I graduate soon
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I'm 24
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The stereotypical Xicanmei
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Would be someone who wears sexy clothing in bars
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They wear high heels
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and they'll try to dance with foreign men
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They like foreign men and will approach them themselves
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Most people assume the guy will take the girl home
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and the girl will have a good time, with a new guy every night
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That's what most people think of Xicanmei
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But, of course, that's not what it's really like
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When people say 'Xicanmei', it's the type of girl
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They see foreigners and stick to them like glue
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No matter if they know you or not, they'll stick close
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Do I think I'm a Xicanmei?
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Of course I don't
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Does anyone think I'm a Xicanmei?
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No
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If anyone's said that about me I guess I wouldn't know
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but I think
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If an Asian girl, a Taiwanese girl, has a foreign boyfriend
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Taiwanese people, especially guys, will say she's a Xicanmei
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When I was 19 or 20 I had a group of friends
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Everyone would joke that I "travelled the world"
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They wouldn't call me a Xicanmei though
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because I don't look like a typical Xicanmei
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I've dated a white person before
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But I didn't think of him as ;white: or any particular type of person
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I think cultural issues are a lot more important
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the way people think
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Of course, you can't make generalizations
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but foreigners tend to be more open-minded, more liberal
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Yes, I've dated a foreigner before
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What kind of questions are these?
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Everybody...women all have different personalities
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like if I really like eggs
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If I see an egg I'll eat it
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That's perfectly normal
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Some people really like foreigners
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They think foreigners are very exotic
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So they'll be easily attracted to foreigners
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But that's not the same as exclusively liking foreigners
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It's just something that they particularly like
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like how guys like girls with big breasts
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Lots of people will
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For example, if a Xicanmei sees a Russian guy in a bar
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They probably don't know much about Russian culture or Russian people
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They'll just think - he's a foreigner
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Because Taiwan's status is somewhat awkward in terms of global politics
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So people will say stuff like "London's pretty" or "the French are so romantic"
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In fact they just project stereotypes on people from these countries
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So... for example if I'd never been to France
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And I see a Frenchman
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I might think: "Oh! He's French, he must be romantic"
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That's what Xicanmei think
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The space left for your imagination is bigger
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If it's a Taiwanese guy on the other hand
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And he lives in Wanhua, or better Ximending
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if he lives in an alley in Ximending
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I can imagine the way he grew up
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I've probably even passed by his house several times
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The closer you are, the less space for imagination there is
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If it's a foreigner you'll think "I've never been to France"
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So I can imagine a wonderful life for him in France
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But maybe he's really ordinary and just grew up next to some dreary fishing port
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I think it's to do with people's imagination
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Xicanmei are not people who
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fall in love with a particular foreigner
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Society is liberal enough these days
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So maybe she'll do it just to say "I slept with a foreigner last night"
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As if it's some sort of achievement in life
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It's mostly just for bragging rights
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I think Taiwan is very welcoming to foreign cultures
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I think that this is a good thing
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But if the limits on immigration are loosened too much
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If lots of foreigners wanted to come to Taiwan
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I'd worry that our own Taiwanese culture would be invaded
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Or other problems like that
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Maybe there would be more and more Xicanmei
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and then Taiwanese men would be left without girlfriends
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These kinds of problems
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I think it's bad to view everything in this light
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Why?
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With this type of couple, people will think the girl is a Xicanmei
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Why? Just because she's Taiwanese
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Then suppose it's an American guy
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Then between the countries
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People will think America's powerful and Taiwan's just a small island country
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whose economy is going down the tubes
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You could stretch this to say that Taiwan is weak in international terms
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and they think this is the reason Taiwanese girls stick to foreigners
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I think this is
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It's pathetic, that Taiwanese see themselves in this way
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I think it's to do with education
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Our education tells us that foreign things are all great
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Like, that red wine is great, better than rice wine or sorghum wine (kaoliang)
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And you have to speak English, to be "International"
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You have to be "International"
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All the big stars are foreigners too
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So we think of foreigners as special
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And if you can fly to America on holiday, it looks good
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Or if you have a boyfriend in Germany it looks good too
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That kind of thing, seems interesting and cool
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Actually I think this phenomenon is changing
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Although I think it will be a good few years before it disappears completely
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Subtitles by Conor Stuart