I live and travel all over china and don't think it is so strange I here it a lot from both chinese and expats. But zenme yang is used commonly or 最近怎么样 (zui jin zenme yang) which losely translated mean "recently how is it going" . But everyone understands ni hao ma and the chinese I have asked about this said no it isnt strange.
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October 30, 2012 at 8:35 AMI live and travel all over china and don't think it is so strange I here it a lot from both chinese and expats. But zenme yang is used commonly or 最近怎么样 (zui jin zenme yang) which losely translated mean "recently how is it going" . But everyone understands ni hao ma and the chinese I have asked about this said no it isnt strange.