Do you use another name when introducing yourself to people outside your country?

[Freighter]

Try my name then, khwanruedee. I've never had any foreigners pronounce it right.

Happy my name is fairly simple compared to names from Thailand for foreigners to pronounce. Jina shouldn't be too hard for them.

[Mormolyce]

This is mostly an asian thing.

When you have a complicated asian name it is often advised to give yourself a more "european" / "american" name when you go to the USA/Europa.
like: "Cindy","Harry" etc.

Heaps of other countries have names English speakers find difficult to pronounce, and a lot of Chinese names are actually pretty easy.

I've often wondered why it's only common among Chinese people (and maybe some South-East Asian countries?). I'm guessing it's a cultural thing. Names are weirdly sacrosanct in Western culture, it's anathema for most Westerners to think of changing their name when they move. I don't think it's like that in China.

[Freighter]

Heaps of other countries have names English speakers find difficult to pronounce, and a lot of Chinese names are actually pretty easy.

I've often wondered why it's only common among Chinese people (and maybe some South-East Asian countries?). I'm guessing it's a cultural thing. Names are weirdly sacrosanct in Western culture, it's anathema for most Westerners to think of changing their name when they move. I don't think it's like that in China.

It's common here too.

[Mormolyce]

It's common here too.

You mean people moving to South Korea change their name? Or moving out? I haven't really noticed a lot of Koreans in Australia using English names.

[Secret Arcade]

No need to, as it's the same in English, apart from a minor difference in spelling. I do however mostly shorten to Chris when talking to non-Swedes because the name is stressed differently in English and that just sounds wrong to me.

[Secret Arcade]

Christian or Christopher?

Second. ff instead of ph though.