Diaspora @ chinaSMACK - Overseas Chinese perspectives, experiences, & opinions

The Boys of Tianjin After 10 years in suburban Ohio America, A 19-year-old Chinese girl returns to the city of her birth looking to find a story to write and instead finds a boy. 30

I Became American and The World Kept Turning The woman took my burgundy Chinese passport, put it in her drawer, and that was it: I was an American. But...there was no chorus of angels, no burst of light. 79

How Obviously Fake My British Accent Is I grew up without thinking about my Chinese background, but from my experience at university, YouTube and strangers on the street, I find myself being reminded. 62

Misha Barbour, half-Chinese, half-Irish American.

Half-Chinese, Half-Irish, Not Quite “Banana” I was never called a yellow fruit, no, but was always seen as slightly different. I went from being the most Asian person in the room to, by far, the very least. 22

I Am the Ethnicity That Is Stealing Jobs from Them I work at a chemical plant with blue-collar workers. They associate me with the Chinese sweatshops that are taking food off of their tables. "Go back to China!" 50

Am I Introverted, or Just Asian? Quiet Asian kid. Someone called me that while I was in university in Canada. I'm introverted, yes. I'm Asian, of Chinese descent, yes. But I hate that stereotype. 29

China’s Education System Made Me an Individual In the US, I was a dorky geek. I had almost no social life, few friends, but perfect grades. There, I could justify my lack of social grace with “intelligence”. 27

Shuk-Wah Chung, short punky looking Asian-Australian girl.

Questions a Punky Asian-Australian Girl Hates “No, where are you really from?” Why is it that white people immediately assume that if you don’t sport blue eyes and blond hair that you’re from another country? 50