http://cnreviews.com/david_feng/ready_for_the_international_chinese_20080420.html About China blogosphere, travel, and entrepreneurship Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:43:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://cnreviews.com/david_feng/ready_for_the_international_chinese_20080420.html#comment-17242 International Chinese: my speech at CNBloggerCon 2008 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:50:38 +0000 http://cnreviews.com/david_feng/ready_for_the_international_chinese_20080420.html#comment-17242 [...] We go back to April 2008. China was hit pretty badly time and again — Tibetan protests, coupled with a massive PR problem while the Olympic Flame was making its way across the world — got quite a number of Chinese united and going, quite simply, ENOUGH. “Love China” icons were all the rage, and it was at this time I started an article on this very site about whether or not we were ready for the “international Chinese”. [...] [...] We go back to April 2008. China was hit pretty badly time and again — Tibetan protests, coupled with a massive PR problem while the Olympic Flame was making its way across the world — got quite a number of Chinese united and going, quite simply, ENOUGH. “Love China” icons were all the rage, and it was at this time I started an article on this very site about whether or not we were ready for the “international Chinese”. [...]

]]> http://cnreviews.com/david_feng/ready_for_the_international_chinese_20080420.html#comment-1026 elliottng Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:37:39 +0000 http://cnreviews.com/david_feng/ready_for_the_international_chinese_20080420.html#comment-1026 Nice concept if it means World Citizens of Chinese heritage! On the other hand, I don't really mind being characterized as 美籍华人 (mei ji hua ren). It seems fairly close to the English language concept "Chinese-American" or "ethnically Chinese with American nationality/citizenship." The American concept of nationality is different from most other countries because there is no "base" ethnicity for Americans. So being a Turkish-American is a little different than being a Turkish-German for example because the concept of German nationality is more tied to the ethnic distinctiveness of that country's people. Nice concept if it means World Citizens of Chinese heritage! On the other hand, I don’t really mind being characterized as 美籍华人 (mei ji hua ren). It seems fairly close to the English language concept “Chinese-American” or “ethnically Chinese with American nationality/citizenship.” The American concept of nationality is different from most other countries because there is no “base” ethnicity for Americans. So being a Turkish-American is a little different than being a Turkish-German for example because the concept of German nationality is more tied to the ethnic distinctiveness of that country’s people.

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