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When I was 10, I wanted to be Jewish. I was in a Jewish elementary school. My parents were Jewish, my friends were Jewish, and my parents’ friends were Jewish.
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A review of Jolin Tsai's recent concert appearance in London, as part of a growing trend for so-called Mando-pop stars to stop over in the British capital.
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A Chinese student living in North America is warped into an alternate reality where USA means United States of Asia & his people are the dominant race on Earth.
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50 American kids at a Chinese immersion camp in Pennsylvania sing '带你回来', an original Chinese song, with the 傅兄弟 'Fu Brothers' (Liam & Connor) and Terry Hsieh.
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Parents and grandparents have a way of giving you a dose of guilt and shame, making you feel inadequate because of your inability to communicate in Chinese.
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A sound piece on the Australian identity of young ethnic Chinese discovering that how they look like on the outside doesn’t always reflect what they feel inside.
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The attitude of many Taiwanese goes something like this: “We value writing Chinese, we value Chinese culture and history, but we hate actual Chinese people."
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As an Anglo-Chinese person who was bullied as a "paki" in school, I made "Chineseness" the topic of my PhD research, interviewing young British Chinese people.
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Justin Yang shares thoughts from his appearance on popular Chinese dating show "If You Are The One" where he walked off with coveted female contestant Jiang Yu.
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Jet Li's "Fearless" stirred me to rediscover my Chinese-ness, something that had long been an afterthought in a life of British sitcoms and Captain America.
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"Thai, Korean, and Vietnamese". Did this guy have an Asian fetish and just needed to add Chinese to his list of flavors he's sampled or was he really into me?
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I told a white woman in her 40s my full background being born and raised in America to third-generation Chinese-Cambodian parents...and that was her response.
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The majority of China’s private ESL institutions are considerably less legitimate.These schools hire English teachers with one, basic requirement: a white face.
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If I'm one generation removed from China, my Mandarin sucks. If I'm four generations removed, my Mandarin is good. Oh, the difference a few generations make.
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Being Chinese in Spain attracts a lot of curiosity – especially in bars & clubs. We aren’t known for being exuberant partygoers or award-winning binge-drinkers.
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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.
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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.