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[-] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I get how colloquially "Chinese" may refer to those being ethnically Chinese. However, for ppl who aren't from the Asian region, "Chinese" means "Mainland Chinese". Imagine if Barack Obama said "I'm African". He's ethnically African, who is American, which is called "African American", (which is specific to descendents of slaves, as their exact point of origin in Africa was lost unfortunately).

Anyways, the point is, perhaps referring to urself as "ethnically Chinese" when communicating with the international community would avoid a lot of confusion.

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 2 points 10 months ago

perhaps referring to urself as “ethnically Chinese” when communicating with the international community would avoid a lot of confusion.

I do make the distinction when it's relevant, as I did in this case. The original point was to point out the difference between anti-Chinese and anti-China. That's a pretty significant difference, similar to anti-Israel vs anti-Semitic. Particularly in this case, where the source itself is from an ethnically-Chinese newspaper.

[-] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Ahh... Sorry, if I missed that. Just a lil tired today..

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