How can a person, born in say, Ireland, or France, or Singapore or Scotland even, still be Chinese ?

Question

I have always been led to believe that one takes the nationality of ones birth.

Answer 1

You are confusing two different concepts, ethnicity and nationality. Notice that many job applications ask about your ethnicity rather than your nationality. So yes a person can be ethnic chinese if they were born to chinese parents regardless of the fact that they may also be a British national.

Answer 2

you cant be FULL chinese but you can be if your parents are both from china

Answer 3

I would just like to say that the statue of St Winwallow in Cornwall looks a tad like Genghis khan.

Answer 4

'twas but an example. A very good one too ;D

Genetics.

People are brought up with more than one culture; the first would take after their parent's, and as they grow older, the culture of wherever they live in.

Answer 5

Chinese can be a NATIONALITY or an ETHNICTY. So just because one is chinese doesn't mean he or she has to be from China. I think you are confused because you think Chinese is only a nationality. It's the same as Indians. They can be citizen of India, or Indian is their ethnicity, if the latter is the case, then an Indian can be born anywhere.

Answer 6

Their ethnicity can still be Chinese, because their family is Chinese. And just because you are born in a country, doesn't mean that is your nationality. You can't be British just by being born in Britain, there are other conditions that you must meet. I was born in England, but I'm still half Scottish because my mum's family is Scottish.

Answer 7

if both of his parents are Chinese he/she is 100% Chinese

one - 50%

25%

etc

no relation to Language section actually

Answer 8

A person will always be their inherited race regardless of what country they are born in. They'll adopt the nationality of the country they are born in/ are raised in. So, a Chinese person will never "stop" being Chinese simply because they are born in another country, such as America. They are Chinese by ethnicity, and American by nationality.

Answer 9

Chinese parents.

EX.     If an American couple has a child in say Russia that child is still American though born in Russia.

Answer 10

I know exactly what you mean, I am a Scot, my wife was born in  Singapore and my kids born in England. We have to draw a line somewhere If you take all the Indians, Malaysians and Chinese away from Singapore there will be no Singaporians living there. It's a crazy system we have, and what are my children to call themselves, born in England ?

Answer 11

That would be nice. Used to be true in the UK until the 70s. Now the children have to apply for citizenship. However, you can't spend the rest of your life waving your British passport in people's faces, so you're always going to be 'Chinese' to other people. This is not restricted to Chinese. If your parents have acquired British nationality before your birth, then you are British, but some people will still treat you as an immigrant and possibly an illegal.

Answer 12

That's a very valid point.

And it's the same thing as these Americans going around saying 'I'm Irish', when there might have been 1 Irish person in their ancestry, that gave them the Irish-sounding name.

Please.  

Answer 13

If your born in a barn it doesn't make you a horse

Answer 14

If you are born in a particular country you take the nationality of that country, but if one or both of your parents come from another country you may have dual nationality.

Answer 15

I'm not entirely sure, but I think the person's parent must be Chinese, and the person was born in say, Ireland, or France, or Singapore or Scotland even.

I just have to say, if you don't pick that first answer as the best answer, ur mad!!! LMFAO!!!!!