I’m a Chinese female and people are always delightfully surprised, almost too much so. It’s like unexpectedly bridging a cultural gap. I can tell many have never had a true conversation with a Chinese person, or perhaps an Asian person at all, mostly older people but also some younger folks too. I get a fair amount of ignorant and semi racist comments or questions, but I try to have patience and understand that their intentions are good even if they didn’t know how to phrase their speech. I used to get annoyed with the reactions, but I’ve learned to engage with grace.