Continuing the discussion from Do former Chinese citizens face extra hurdles when applying for an ARC?:
I found a thread earlier in which someone’s wife who was formerly Chinese faced discrimination while receiving an ARC. Moving to Taiwan with Chinese wife - what are the laws? - #18 by Caspian
Did you experience anything similar as this man’s wife did? Perhaps if you communicate in English instead of Mainland accented mandarin, you’d get treated better?