Articles by overseas ethnic Chinese men and boys.
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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.39 -
You're probably wondering if I look more Asian or more Western. I've heard everything from "Wow, you don't look Asian at all!" to "Really? You're half white??" -
Are you Chinese? Have you actually been “Chinese”? A Chinese with Western upbringing answers a rhetorical question about not being Chinese in a Chinese fashion. -
The Cape Verdeans I met in Africa with the Peace Corps had a hard time believing that someone with the shape of my eyes & the color of my hair could be American. -
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. -
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. -
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”. -
Some are content to establish that they are different thus special. But are we to let our DNA, which we have no control over & contribute nothing to, define us?
