zhouleecn@yahoo.com.cn It's absolutely discrimination - the thing is that Chinese want (and the Koreans are much worse in this thought) people that look like foreigners- and have lighter skins than themselves(and in Chinese society the lighter the skin the better). How to eliminate thousands of years of incorrect thought? beats the hell out of me! (I am not trying to be facetious or unsympathetic here- my wife is Chinese and, even though her English is better than most native speakers, it has been a real pain in the posterior trying to find jobs for the both of us(and I am over 50 and don't get me started on the ageist policies in Korea!) to get a job in Korea - or anywhere in a non-native speaking country.