If a Asian person from China becomes an American citizen. Could you still refer to them as Chinese? Or ?

Question

Or would you say they are of Chinese decent or would you say something else.

What I am trying to say is, how would you properly word the fact that their are Asian and of Chinese heritage.

Answer 1

Their Chinese Americans, you can't stop being Chinese no more then I can stop being Irish.

Answer 2

Ethnicity is different from citizenship. In your case, you're still considered a Chinese/Asian by ethnicity but by citizenship, you're American.

Answer 3

Chinese. Their kids are Asian-Americans

Answer 4

If they become an American citizen they are now AMERICANS.  

My grandparents/parents/aunt/uncles came here from Finland.  When they EARNED their U.S. citizenship they no longer considered themselves Finlanders but AMERICANS and were very proud of it.  They didn't hyphenate their nationality, either.  Let's get rid of this hyphenated American male bovine excrement!

What if you had 5 ethnicities (like an old shipmate of mine)....and hyphenated THEM ending with -AMERICAN.  Can you see how ridiculous that would be?

Answer 5

yes. a chinese person will never call themselves american. if you call yourself american thn your either caucasian or wgite. besides that you call yourself whatever you is