There are certain comments from the Spanish that greatly bother the Chinese. Ming, owner of a restaurant specializing in tripe, denies the belief that Chinese people live to work. In fact, she insists that he closes its restaurant on Sundays and Monday afternoons. “And August closes when we go to the Sierra,” he adds smiling. He is clear. Life is meant to be enjoyed, otherwise it is “worthless.”

But the false philosophy of sleep and work is not the only thing that bothers them. It also annoys them when they are accused of eating animals They don’t eat, say two young people. “You hear a lot of nonsense: that we eat dogs, rats…”, she laments.

TO Joséa store clerk, is surprised by the comments that some people make to him, such as that he is too handsome to be chinese. Or issues that go further, she reveals. In any case, she insists: they also pay taxes. “The Treasury wants everyone’s share,” she says.