Excuse me, are you Chinese?

So everyday I wake up at 6 AM and walk the almost 2 miles to daily morning Mass at my parish Regina Mundi, on the way there, I am greeted by many people.
Almost every day, I see a man who drives by on a bike. He greets me and I great him in the local language Azande or Pazande like the local say.
" Senoooo" (Hello)
Response: " OOOOOO"
"Guinea Pai" (how are you)(literal translation: are you there)
"Pai Te" (I am fine) (literal translation; I am here)

The other day, he said to me in English, " So Madame Doctor are your Chinese or something?" So with all the self control not to BURST out laughing I said, "No I am not."
He said, "What are you then? Because you are friendly like Americans and you are Christian like the Italians, and eat our food like the Bangladeshi".
Wow!!!!!! hahahahahaha!!!!!!
So I explained, " I am from Italian people but I am American."
Isn't that funny, that I must be Chinese?
Even though I do not feel like I look Chinese, when I was in China in Beijing, I was asked at least 5 times things in Chinese because the locals thought I was Chinese.
My brother Edward is my witness that this is really true.
My goal is to be confused for a South Sudanese, Azande.