The Chinese community is widely spread throughout the world, with millions of people living primarily in Western countries. According to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), there are approximately 230,000 Chinese people living in Spain, spread across multiple cities, especially large cities. … Like Madrid or Barcelona.
Although their integration into Spanish society is somewhat slower than other groups such as Latin Americans or Romanians, Chinese in Spain various techniques Strategies for adapting and approaching local culture.
One of these techniques was recently commented on by Jia Jun ying, a Chinese-Spanish man known as “The Mercadona Boy.” On TikTok. In one of his latest videos, the young man exposes the strange methods used by the Chinese community to integrate into Spain.
Mr. Ying explains how the Chinese often employ spanish name It promotes integration, especially in the field of education. This is because some Chinese names are difficult for many Spaniards to pronounce, creating a barrier to communication and therefore integration.
he also experienced this adaptation
The author presents a real case of a girl who had recently arrived from China and was assigned a Spanish name at school because of the sound of her original name. “Then the girl went home and said to her mother, ‘Mom, my name is Judith.’ And that’s how the Spanishized Chinese name was born,” he jokes.
In the same video, Jiajun explains that he experienced an adaptation of this name when he arrived in Spain, as both his classmates and teachers had difficulty pronouncing it correctly. Finally, after realizing that everyone was simply calling him “Gia”, he decided to accept this “Spanish” version as his everyday name instead of claiming his original name.
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