Hi! I would like to know if I want to emphasise myself that I was born in Japan and I have all characteristics that all Asian people have such as black eyes and yellow skin, should I call myself an Asian? I’m so confused because when I say I am Chinese( not a citizenship of China), they normally would identify me as people come from China. So I would like to know people in other countries also think that the definition of Chinese refers to people who come from China.

Btw, Asian=\=Chinese, but Chinese =Asian, right?

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Hi! I would like to know if I want to emphasise myself that I was born in Japan and I have all characteristics that all Asian people have such as black eyes and yellow skin, should I call myself an Asian? I’m so confused because when I say I am Chinese( not a citizenship of China), they normally would identify me as people come from China. So I would like to know people in other countries also think that the definition of Chinese refers to people who come from China.

Btw, Asian=\=Chinese, but Chinese =Asian, right?

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Hello Teresa. If you are Chinese, then you are also Asian. Asian includes Chinese but is not limited to Chinese.

Chinese means from China or related to China. You could have two or more cultures. My family is Italian, but I was born and raised in Britain. I consider myself Italian-British.

But perhaps what should really define us is not how we look or how we are documented, but how we live. What is our cultural life? In what language or languages do we communicate well?

Here's Elena Ferrante in The Guardian on this issue — "Yes, I'm Italian - but…"
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/24/elena-ferrante-on-italian-language-identity

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If you are Chinese born in America, you are ABC America Born Chinese. Or Chinese American. 
Say a Chinese born in Britain BBC Britain Born Chinese. Or Chinese British. 
Have I confused you??

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Well I plan to come to Asia very soon and I oils love you to teach me languages and culture before I come okay

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The estimated 1.4 billion Han Chinese people are mostly concentrated in the People's Republic of China, where they make up about 92% of the total population. In the Republic of China, they make up about 97% of the population. People of Han Chinese descent also make up around 75% of the total population of Singapore.