Do you consider yourself Chinese, if you werent born in China but your parents were?

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by dim8sum, Apr 28, 2006.

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Do you consider yourself (or someone) Chinese?

  1. Yes

    309 vote(s)
    95.4%
  2. No

    15 vote(s)
    4.6%
  1. Smyng

    Smyng Member

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  2. tom88my

    tom88my Active Member

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  3. dragontea

    dragontea Member

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    yes.. even when i am half chinese
     
  4. iwantbfob

    iwantbfob New Member

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    I think it really comes down how culturally connected you feel you are to China. If your parents are chinese but raised you really western you might not feel as chinese as someone who's parents kept a lot of their own culture or integrated chinese culture in with american or british or w/e you are's culture
     
  5. bLiTz13

    bLiTz13 Member

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    im chinese but not from china
     
  6. Narr

    Narr Member

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    If you think about, being Chinese is a fact. If someone believes that there nationalism is in some other country like Britain, in that sense they can say that there British. That's why Chinese people born in America are considered to be Chinese Americans.
     
  7. Freekje

    Freekje New Member

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    of course i do
     
  8. tranzformer

    tranzformer Member

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    I was born in vietnam...to chinese parents...still I go around telling people I meet that I'm full chinese. There!
     
  9. superbug9

    superbug9 Well-Known Member

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    I was born in HK but I consider myself Chinese.
     
  10. sancrage

    sancrage Member

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    yes , even thou i wasn't born in china i am still a chinese
     
  11. ikke123

    ikke123 Member

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    yes of course i consider my chinese even i'm not born in china or hongkong.
     
  12. me12

    me12 Member

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    I consider myself Canadian. It's hard to consider yourself Chinese when you have never step foot in a country, don't understand the culture and hardly speak the language.
     
  13. mr_mysterio

    mr_mysterio New Member

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    Of cos!

    I feel tak & eat lchinese, so I am first & foremost Chinese!
     
  14. thmonkey88

    thmonkey88 Active Member

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    For sure! I just consider myself white-washed... that's all. But Chinese heritage all the way :)