It's a fine joke. FYI.. Sem Ting was the chinese man's real name. Just the immigration officer misunderstood. It is an insult of the immigration officer, who could be an asian but definitely not a chinese though. Usually American immigration officers wouldn't expect that Asians would keep their original "weird" names. In the USA centric universe that they have, it is far beyond their imagination that anybody wouldn't want to be completely assimilated. I was asked twice if I really want to keep my original name. how kind. Climb Every Mountain Ford Every Stream Follow Every Rainbow Till you find your dream ..