Sometimes even though you attend in person, ID card in hand, you cannot complete a procedure unless you've brought along your chop. It may seem like putting the cart before the horse, but the tendency to believe a chop rather than the individual himself is an unmistakable "trademark of the Chinese."
有時雖本人親往，亦有身分證證明身分，若未攜帶印鑑，仍無法將事情辦妥。這種喧賓奪主、認章不認人的情事，不能不說是中國人獨有的「註冊商標」。