my definition of Chinese is.. that there's a HINT of Chinese culture in your family. like your parents or grandparents speak Chinese at home (or to you).. hmm actually now im just confused.
I guess my answer may have been too short, but i cant be bothered to write out some long ass explanation. The scenario you said, i would say that person could call themselves chinese if they wanted, as they do have chinese blood in them, but that person could call themselves japanese too or chinese/japanese. I guess its up to that person to decide what he or she wants to be Theres no clear cut answer, i can only give you my personal opinion and see what people think themselves
That's cool. I just wanted to make a point really.... I feel that in order for a person to be able to call himself Chinese, he would have to embrace the Chinese culture, traditions, and beliefs in some way, regardless of whether he has Chinese blood in him or not. If a white person was adopted by a Chinese couple in China, raised in China, speaks Chinese, practices our culture (eg Ching Ming, Chong Yeung, New Years, etc...), I would consider him Chinese. This is in contrast to a Chinese person who was adopted by American parents, raised in USA, doesn't speak Chinese, doesn't know squat about our culture; I would consider his heritage Chinese, but I would consider him American/White and not Chinese. Just my 2 cents.... *shrugs*
There are too many pages to go through, but from what I learned in college, there's really no right answer. It's all complicated and stuff. How a person identifies one's self is totally up to the individual. Not only does it reflect on the person's background, but it is also the culture one grew up around and junk.
101 percent chinese lol~ born from macau but grew up in US my parents r chinese i speak chnese haha of course im a chinese
Re: Do you consider yourself Chinese, if you werent born in China but your parents we I was born in Pennsylvania, but I considered myself Chinese. I guess it just depends on how you were raised. I know some friends that were born not in the US, but they think they were Americans. Even though they can speak their language, they prefered English. I hate that.-nono
i dun think so..cos i am not born there though.. but im still not sure lah..very difficult to explain..
half chinese I think I was born in USA so I feel like I am half chinese because I only learn half of chinese culture. For instance, I only speak chinese but I don't know how to write in chinese. -shock
I am Chinese born in Malaysia, with English and Malay education. I can speak well enough in Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka and a little hainanese language. Does this tell someone that you're not chinese enough? My summary to this topic is once you're with a chinese roots, you consider yourself chinese.
i'm consider Chinese since I'm mixed. Chinese and Malays. Well in my country(Malaysia) there is a lot of mixes family and I one of them... -rockon
I was born in a western country and never lived in HK but I've always considered myself as Chinese, no doubt about it because I speak the language, know the culture, know of what is happening there.
I voted yes, even thu both my parents n I weren't born in China but my grandparent did...n I'm not even fluent in Chinese
