Comments on: How the Chinese Insist I Am Chinese http://www.8asians.com/2008/07/21/how-the-chinese-insist-i-am-chinese/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:27:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FredrikJones http://www.8asians.com/2008/07/21/how-the-chinese-insist-i-am-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-157948 FredrikJones Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:58:40 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1615#comment-157948 ha ha this made me laugh. I think you are the one with a bit of a problem. Let me explain......I'm British and when I travel to Asia and struggle with language, well, I say struggle as I don't speak, Korean, Japanese and/or Cantonese infinite patience is shown and rightly so. And I have been to all three countries. When I'm in Africa and asked where am from, I say there. Arguments over but then they'd say ah....the accent and I'd move swiftly on. I am sure if I shout everywhere I'm from England even though everything wise I look like everyone, I might encounter the type of bellicose reception you get. Difference is I really don't care if am this or that. I have laughed so much as I've been there in England when people get bogged down with I'm British, ok, where are your parents from, blah blah blah. It seems to be a badge of honour amongst Chinese in UK as you get silly epithets like BBC...the first time I heard that, I nearly fell off my chair. BBC? who cares! ha ha this made me laugh. I think you are the one with a bit of a problem. Let me explain……I’m British and when I travel to Asia and struggle with language, well, I say struggle as I don’t speak, Korean, Japanese and/or Cantonese infinite patience is shown and rightly so. And I have been to all three countries.

When I’m in Africa and asked where am from, I say there. Arguments over but then they’d say ah….the accent and I’d move swiftly on. I am sure if I shout everywhere I’m from England even though everything wise I look like everyone, I might encounter the type of bellicose reception you get.

Difference is I really don’t care if am this or that. I have laughed so much as I’ve been there in England when people get bogged down with I’m British, ok, where are your parents from, blah blah blah.

It seems to be a badge of honour amongst Chinese in UK as you get silly epithets like BBC…the first time I heard that, I nearly fell off my chair. BBC? who cares!

]]> By: asianbutterfly1114 http://www.8asians.com/2008/07/21/how-the-chinese-insist-i-am-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-154638 asianbutterfly1114 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:59:30 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1615#comment-154638 I agree, There is nothing to be ashamed of being called Chinese. I agree, There is nothing to be ashamed of being called Chinese.

]]> By: asianbutterfly1114 http://www.8asians.com/2008/07/21/how-the-chinese-insist-i-am-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-154636 asianbutterfly1114 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:49:14 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1615#comment-154636 @Elliott I wouldn't we are are "insecure" I'm a Chinese American born in mainland china and i'm pretty confident maybe you are implying to the people inside teh country. lol. @Elliott I wouldn’t we are are “insecure” I’m a Chinese American born in mainland china and i’m pretty confident maybe you are implying to the people inside teh country. lol.

]]> By: asianbutterfly1114 http://www.8asians.com/2008/07/21/how-the-chinese-insist-i-am-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-154632 asianbutterfly1114 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:45:15 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1615#comment-154632 No offense but if you have such disdain and anamosity toward mainland China wtf are you doing in China??? As a Chinese American myself (came to the states when i was 8) reading about your negative judgements the chinese people its a bit well...strange. Different cultures have different customs you shouldnt' judge another countries cultures by the ideas of what you are taught. :S If you don't like the mainland China lol come back to the U.S. then. lol. . No offense but if you have such disdain and anamosity toward mainland China wtf are you doing in China??? As a Chinese American myself (came to the states when i was 8) reading about your negative judgements the chinese people its a bit well…strange. Different cultures have different customs you shouldnt’ judge another countries cultures by the ideas of what you are taught. :S If you don’t like the mainland China lol come back to the U.S. then. lol. .

]]> By: Elliott http://www.8asians.com/2008/07/21/how-the-chinese-insist-i-am-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-153726 Elliott Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:17:15 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1615#comment-153726 I dunno bout you... but I've come to the conclusion that while most people around the world are insecure to some degree, Chinese folk, in general, are by far the most insecure. Maybe it stems from having been but are no longer yet are on the verge of becoming once again the greatest civilization on earth... maybe it stems from some genetic mutation... I dare not say. All I know is that hua ren--from Taiwanese to Hongers to Mainland Chinese--are a really insecure bunch. That's all you really need to know. It explains everything. I dunno bout you… but I’ve come to the conclusion that while most people around the world are insecure to some degree, Chinese folk, in general, are by far the most insecure. Maybe it stems from having been but are no longer yet are on the verge of becoming once again the greatest civilization on earth… maybe it stems from some genetic mutation… I dare not say. All I know is that hua ren–from Taiwanese to Hongers to Mainland Chinese–are a really insecure bunch. That’s all you really need to know. It explains everything.

]]> By: spyderance http://www.8asians.com/2008/07/21/how-the-chinese-insist-i-am-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-152737 spyderance Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:27:38 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1615#comment-152737 Great article. I'm currently a student at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in Nanjing, China and I totally understand where you're coming from... I feel like I had the opposite experience. Often times the Chinese students in my program will call me 华裔. Evidently, that is true. However, it's funny cause to them I'm not the real Chinese individual.... I'm just the "Banana". The ABC who is here on vacation. I'm not American cause I don't have Blonde hair or blue eyes and I'm definitely not Chinese cause "They are the real Chinese". *I seriously roll my eyes every single motherfuckin' time I see a white man's broken ass Chinese and see them get complimented by the awe-struck local. While yes...... you can definitely hear my ABC/Taiwanese accent but it's significantly better...... Just the way it is I supposed. Good thing I came to grips with never bein' able to find a teachin' job in China. Ever. Great article. I’m currently a student at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in Nanjing, China and I totally understand where you’re coming from… I feel like I had the opposite experience. Often times the Chinese students in my program will call me 华裔. Evidently, that is true. However, it’s funny cause to them I’m not the real Chinese individual…. I’m just the “Banana”. The ABC who is here on vacation. I’m not American cause I don’t have Blonde hair or blue eyes and I’m definitely not Chinese cause “They are the real Chinese”. *I seriously roll my eyes every single motherfuckin’ time I see a white man’s broken ass Chinese and see them get complimented by the awe-struck local. While yes…… you can definitely hear my ABC/Taiwanese accent but it’s significantly better…… Just the way it is I supposed. Good thing I came to grips with never bein’ able to find a teachin’ job in China. Ever.

]]> By: Big_Red_One http://www.8asians.com/2008/07/21/how-the-chinese-insist-i-am-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-129136 Big_Red_One Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:20:38 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1615#comment-129136 Brainwashed? Under what assumption do you call this brainwashing? Let me rephrase this: what educational system does not brainwash their own youth in bias of something or another?<br><br>All my relatives are in Taiwan, but my ancestors are from the Republic of China/KMT mainland. I have relatives in Mainland China. Sure, ROC and PRC are two different entities, but how could one respond to the fact that Taiwanese is not Chinese?<br><br>From the perspective of aborigines, I guess there is a political disagreement, but hell, that's why we have those people in what we call the Green Party, but that's a different argument altogether. Remember, Taiwan = Republic of China.<br><br>Hell, when someone on the streets calls me 'chink', I'm not going to correct them and state that I'm Taiwanese. Brainwashed? Under what assumption do you call this brainwashing? Let me rephrase this: what educational system does not brainwash their own youth in bias of something or another?

All my relatives are in Taiwan, but my ancestors are from the Republic of China/KMT mainland. I have relatives in Mainland China. Sure, ROC and PRC are two different entities, but how could one respond to the fact that Taiwanese is not Chinese?

From the perspective of aborigines, I guess there is a political disagreement, but hell, that's why we have those people in what we call the Green Party, but that's a different argument altogether. Remember, Taiwan = Republic of China.

Hell, when someone on the streets calls me 'chink', I'm not going to correct them and state that I'm Taiwanese.

]]> By: KingAngantyr http://www.8asians.com/2008/07/21/how-the-chinese-insist-i-am-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-128819 KingAngantyr Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:50:21 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1615#comment-128819 Wow, the more I hear about ethnic groups in the US, the more I come to the conclusion that all US ethnic groups have a large minority of racists. Maybe it is a European thing, but in Northumberland we do not have as much ethnic tension and it has been ''taboo'' to call any ethnic groups ''a race''. We don't have much "you white guys still Asian women'' thing mainly because most Asian are pretty intergrated and it is common to see yellow guys with white women in Newcastle and Indian guys and girls with non-Indian partners. <br><br>All this ''race'' tension is ridiculous. If white men want to date yellow women, let them, if yellow men want to date whiet women, let them, and so on and so on. Love has no ethnic boundaries.<br><br>And in Northumberland, we general accept that people of Chinese descent can be English so we only rarely have "oh your English is good" nonsense. Infact the heaviest Northumbrian accents I have heard belonged to a Sikh of Indian descent (and like all Sikhs I have known and met, he was a great guy) and a woman of Chinese descent.<br><br>A. Wow, the more I hear about ethnic groups in the US, the more I come to the conclusion that all US ethnic groups have a large minority of racists. Maybe it is a European thing, but in Northumberland we do not have as much ethnic tension and it has been ''taboo'' to call any ethnic groups ''a race''. We don't have much “you white guys still Asian women'' thing mainly because most Asian are pretty intergrated and it is common to see yellow guys with white women in Newcastle and Indian guys and girls with non-Indian partners.

All this ''race'' tension is ridiculous. If white men want to date yellow women, let them, if yellow men want to date whiet women, let them, and so on and so on. Love has no ethnic boundaries.

And in Northumberland, we general accept that people of Chinese descent can be English so we only rarely have “oh your English is good” nonsense. Infact the heaviest Northumbrian accents I have heard belonged to a Sikh of Indian descent (and like all Sikhs I have known and met, he was a great guy) and a woman of Chinese descent.

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