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== Huaren == | |||
Huaren refers to people born in China who are living outside of China. The best translation of Huaren is "Overseas Chinese."--] (]) 22:56, 5 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
== Define "China" in lead section == | |||
== Ethnic Chinese == | |||
My rewritten text included the following sentence, which was removed by ]: | |||
Sources are needed to claim that Han Chinese is refer to as ethnic Chinese. I think it's just POV. If people in the West put a Han in front of Chinese, then there must be other ethnic Chinese. Otherwise why bother to put a Han in front of Chinese. Many people in the West, they don't even distinguish among Asians. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 2006-08-01</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
:While ] most typically refers to the People's Republic of China in contemporary usage, the name can also refer to ], ], ], ], or other areas in ] currently or historically considered Chinese. | |||
Since that sentence was removed, there are no links to Taiwan, Hong Kong, or Macau on the page (nor to East Asia or Mainland China, but those are less central to the notion of "Chinese people"). Notwithstanding Beardfrun's edit summary, "Most of these are explained in the three sections below," there is no explanation of the somewhat controversial relationships among these places on the page. It's my personal opinion that nuanced explanations are not really necessary on this page, but there should be links to pages where the details are explained. ] (]) 00:01, 25 July 2014 (UTC) | |||
: What about ] or ]? ] (]) 12:57, 15 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
== It refers, doesn't it? == | |||
:You need to sign your comments. People put "Han" in front of "Chinese" sometimes because the English word "Chinese" is ambiguous in terms of ethnicity and nationality. "Chinese" is often used to refer to the Han. ] 20:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
Recently ] the lead section with the ] edit summary "]". According to the essay "Writing better articles", leads should avoid the wording "Foo refers to..." in favor of "Foo is...". However, according to the same section of the same page, "Disambiguation pages mention the term, so in such cases it is correct to write "The term Great Schism refers to" etc. | |||
Need to provide source. ] 20:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
This page is a ], which might be thought of as an article with disambiguation page-like function. One of the canonical examples of a broad concept article, ], begins, "Football refers to a number of sports" etc. However, another canonical example, ] begins, "In the physical sciences, a particle is a small localized object" etc. | |||
:Here . Notice that only the Han is referred to as "Han ''Chinese''". It doesn't say "Hui Chinese", "Zhuang Chinese", "Yi Chinese", etc etc. ] 20:21, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
So, is this page about the label ''Chinese people'' and the various things that refers to, or is it about the concept of Chinese people? ] (]) 04:07, 7 August 2014 (UTC) | |||
:Please remain civil. Han is one of many ethnicities that make up "Chinese". Chinese refers to citizens of the country ]. Han, Hui, Tibetian etc... are races within China. ] ] ] <b>VIVA!</b> 22:37, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
:: Thanks for the link to dabconcept. I still think my edit was correct as the whole lead is just one sentence with one meaning. If there were a few distinct meanings, "refers to" would make sense, otherwise it is redundant. Most of the examples on dabconcept don't say "refers to". The lead to this article actually needs expanding and if this results in multiple meanings, "refers" might be appropriate. ] (]) 15:48, 7 August 2014 (UTC) | |||
Edipedia - the problem is that in English, "Chinese" is often used to mean Han Chinese. That's why Han Chinese should be mentioned in this disambiguous page. ] 23:12, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
== Qing Opening to the Ocean == | |||
This is an encyclopedia, which is supposed to tell people the right thing, not to reinforce wrong opinions ] 18:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
Another editor added ''The Qing Opening to the Ocean: Chinese Maritime Policies, 1684–1757'' to the References section. Since it was not cited as a reference for material in the article, I moved it to Further reading. | |||
== Ethnic Asian == | |||
Many people in the West, they don't even distinguish among Asians. All the people from Asian are ethnic Asian, including Chinese, Philopinos, Laos, etc. Chinese is Asian, but Asian is not only refer to Chinese. The same thing is true for Ethnic Chinese. Han Chinese is ethnic Chinese, but ethnic Chinese doesn't mean Han Chinese. ] 20:24, 2 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
I'm not sure whether the book is relevant to the topic of Chinese people. I've not read the book, but a review in the ''International Journal of Maritime History'' calls it a useful history of "the Chinese state's attitudes toward maritime trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth century". This does not sound specifically relevant the topic of Chinese people. ] (]) 03:53, 12 January 2016 (UTC) | |||
:I'm well aware of that. However, many Westerners are not aware of this. That's why this ambiguous page is needed. ] 20:29, 2 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
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I'm in no way want to remove this article. Instead, I'll suggest expand this article like ]. ] 20:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
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:No, but you want to remove the reference to ]. Well, '''I'm''' aware that "Chinese" doesn't only refer to Han Chinese. '''You're''' aware of the same thing. But a lot of Westerners do not know that. That's why Han Chinese needs to be mentioned. ] 20:35, 2 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
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This is an encyclopedia, which is supposed to tell people the right thing, not to reinforce wrong opinions ] 18:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
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:Your opinion of what is the right thing and what isn't is not relevant.—]<sup>(])</sup> 18:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
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It is relevant because you want to remove minorties from Chinese ethnic. ] 18:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
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You're being ridiculous. The fact is that all Chinese people are generally considered ethnic Chinese in the West, not just Han Chinese. You're the one expressing personal opinions here. ] 19:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
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== Most non-Han Chinese people who live outside ] are also simply referred as '''Chinese''' or '''ethnic Chinese''' in Western countries. == | |||
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Sorry, but until westerners start commonly referring to all the ethnic minorities in China as "Chinese", this is just not an acceptable addition. We're talking about the Russian ethnic minorities for example, or the Tibetans, or the Uyghurs, etc etc. I support including a link to ], but this claim is just far-fetched. ] 19:00, 30 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
== "Greater China" again == | |||
:There is a "most" in front of non-Han Chinese. I'm not saying all of them. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 2006-08-30 15:04:49</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
I undid "per cited source". Whether to refer to "China", "Greater China", or a specific set of nation-states has been a point of contention on this page, as is common in articles touching on history and politics. In the past another editor placed a "citation needed" tag on the claim that ''Chinese people'' . Harry Harding's article, "The concept of 'greater China'", specifically addresses that claim. Harding suggests that the term ''Greater China'' emerged in the 1980s, primarily to refer to "rapidly increasing interaction among Chinese societies around the world". He notes that the reference of the term varies, with some people using it to refer to "commercial ties among ethnic Chinese", others to "overseas Chinese", and still others to a set of places: Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and China, sometimes also including Singapore. | |||
::That's a far-fetched claim, too. You and I both know that the term "Chinese" is ambiguous. But most Westerners do not, and use the term mainly to refer to Han Chinese. ] 19:09, 30 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
The definition of ''Chinese people'' might be said to encompass people from "any regions or countries historically associated with 'China'", but the currently cited source makes no such claim. ] (]) 05:15, 1 August 2016 (UTC) | |||
That's just not right. There are a lot of non-Han Chinese ethnics whithin China proper. ] 19:13, 30 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
== Infobox == | |||
:Your opinion of what is the right thing and what isn't is not relevant.—]<sup>(])</sup> 18:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
The Infobox listing numbers of Chinese people in various countries seems inappropriate for this page. The point this page makes is that the phrase ''Chinese people'' can refer to various things (nationality, ethnicity, ancestry, etc.). Therefore a list of thirty-odd countries with citations to twenty-six different sources almost certainly mixes different meanings. {{ping|Lysimachi}} added the box, and {{ping|Lemongirl942}} once removed it then later modified its contents. I'd like to hear their opinions and work out a consensus with other editors before making any more changes. ] (]) 02:14, 20 September 2016 (UTC) | |||
:You're right, Yepre (or should I say Edipedia), and that's why the first bullet mentions Chinese citizenship, and the second bullet mentions ''Zhonghua Minzu''. Hey, I personally wish the term was not ambiguous myself. But that's just not reality. When most Westerners say "Chinese" in English, they are referring to the Han Chinese, as in the people as well as the culture and the civilisation. I don't necessarily like that, but that's just how it is. It's basically the same as when a Chinese person say 美國人, he is thinking of a white guy with blonde hair. ] 19:20, 30 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
:{{ping|Cnilep}}: I don't have very strong preference as to whether those numbers must be put here, but as far as I know all those references mention "Chinese" (in English or other languages), so this is definitely the page where they fit the best. Note that similar numbers can be found in pages such as ], ] and ]. I don't see why those numbers cannot be listed here. ] (]) 13:52, 20 September 2016 (UTC) | |||
:By the way, the reference for Taiwan doesn't say there are "22,287,000" "Chinese" in Taiwan. I doubt its verifiability. ] (]) 13:56, 20 September 2016 (UTC) | |||
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This is just wrong. ] 17:23, 1 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
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I don't see any problem with this sentence. I guess an ethnic prefix is needed only for some ethnic groups. Perhaps only Tibetans and Uyghurs are referred to by Western people with an ethnic prefix (for political reasons, e.g. to stress they are different from other Chinese people), and so the issue is with whether their numbers make the words "most non-Han Chinese" untrue. I guess if you have done some genuine research, you will find the answer is no. Tibetan and Uyghurs do NOT constitute a majority even in non-Han Chinese people. Believe it or not, we have 3 Chinese people here but none of them Han (Zhuang, Manchu, and Mongol), but they have no interest in mentioning our ethnicity (I guess they will become interested if Manchuria starts to seek independence from China:) So please be objective.] (]) | |||
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== Outside perspective on "Chinese" == | |||
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I think this debate quite absurd, as a westerner and from my perspective, many ethnic groups other than Han Chinese are referred to as simply Chinese. If we are talking about colloquial usage here (which it seems we are) then I would say 90% of Westerners don't even know there is a difference between Han Chinese and Tibetans or whatever else. To put it simply: if a westerner says "Chinese" in reference to a person, they could be referring to a person of any ethnic group (Manchu, Hui, Zhang, etc. from what I was on the ethnic page all fit) within China or related countries (China/HK/Taiwan), not just the ethnic Han majority (a distinction most people are not even aware of). The most appropriate thing to do is link to a page listing ALL Chinese ethnicities, majority and minority, that would likely be referred to by an outsider as Chinese, which means probably all distinct non-immigrant ethnicities that have historically lived in what is now the country of China. If there is no such page that covers all these, then you should link to the pages for both majority and minority ethnic groups. Use of "Chinese" does not distinguish between Han and other groups, so neither should these links here. --] 18:26, 10 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
Cheers.—] <span style="color:green;font-family:Rockwell">(])</span> 14:40, 22 November 2016 (UTC) | |||
:I think it will be very difficult to substantiate any opinions on this matter, simply because, as Rankler alludes to, most people don't know very much about anything. Although Zhuang is the largest minority in China, very few people outside of China and Southeast Asia know what Zhuang is. It's pretty meaningless to say that someone does or doesn't distinguish between A and B if they've never heard of either. However, since this is merely a disambiguation page, we should list all of the meanings which an educated person might be likely to use "Chinese" for.—]<sup>(])</sup> 18:52, 10 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
== Recent page move, redirect, etc. == | |||
::My main issue here would be that, if you only put Han Chinese there, it implies the usage is discerning when it is not, i.e. "someone who says Chinese must be referring to Han Chinese". Whereas in reality, either because they don't understand the distinction or don't care, this is not the case. "Chinese", colloquially, is very much a blanket term, so only linking to Han gives it a suggestion of specificity which it simply doesn't have in reality. --] 18:58, 10 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
Patience is appreciated for this somewhat complicated history: | |||
:On 30 November 2016 ] changed this article, replacing all content with a redirect to ]. The edit summary read, "] of several better written articles, 'Chinese people' is probably ] into Han Chinese, links won't really be broken due to overlapping meaning". That same day I reversed the change, leaving the edit summary, "Undid revision 752245025 by Prisencolin (talk) de facto article deletion". | |||
Well, that's why this is a disambiguation page. The page already offers those different views. It mentions that the term might refer to the Chinese nation, as in anyone with Chinese citizenship. And it also mentions that it could refer to Han Chinese specifically. It should be especially noted that many Western sources currently differentiates between what/who is Tibetan and what/who is Chinese, referring "Chinese" to Han Chinese. ] (] - ]) 19:01, 10 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
:I also left a comment at ]. In addition to noting my 'undo', I expressed my opinion that the term "Chinese people" refers not only to Han Chinese but also to other ethnic groups and nationalities. I then added ] to the article to reflect the fact that the article treats many related meanings of its title. See ]. | |||
:Are you suggesting, then, that Chinese in a non-citizenship sense ''cannot'' refer to any Chinese ethnicity other than Han Chinese? Because that's ridiculous. --] 00:40, 11 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
:My comment at the User talk page received no reply between 30 November and today (4 January). There was also no discussion on the article talk page, or anywhere else as far as I know. | |||
::No, this is a disambiguation page. We are interested in all the things it ''can'' refer to.—]<sup>(])</sup> 00:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
:On 3 January Prisencolin moved 'Chinese people' first to 'Chinese people (including minorities)' and then to ] several hours later. The edit summary of the first move stated, "], this is sort of a pov fork, ] into han"; the second noted "sounds pov". ] is currently a redirect to ], as it was briefly on 30 November. | |||
:::I agree, but I don't think Hong does. --] 01:29, 11 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
It is my opinion that the disambiguator "(in general)" suggests, contra Prisencolin's edit summaries, that this page treats the primary, albeit vague meaning. As I have suggested, ''Han'' is a synonym of one common meaning of ''Chinese people'', but the phrase has other equally common meanings, including "citizens of China", "Chinese ethnic groups", and "overseas Chinese" among others. | |||
::I'm not sure how you came to that assumption. All I said was that this page is a disambiguation page that offers several explanations to what the English term "Chinese people" may refer to, and that many western sources equate "Chinese people" to the Han Chinese. Check the second bullet on the page again, it should satisfy what you've mentioned here. - ] (] - ]) 00:56, 11 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
It would be helpful to hear from users such as ], ], ], or others who have opinions about the content of this article. ] (]) 02:21, 4 January 2017 (UTC) | |||
::: You just dodged my point, I said "in a non-citizenship sense". I know that natioanlity is already covered, and it should be, but to me what you're saying is that *except* in a citizenship/nationality sense, non-Han Chinese are never referred to as "Chinese". That's simply not true from a western perspective. So, non-Han Chinese should also be covered in the ''third'' bullet point, because they can and are referred to as "Chinese" in terms of ancestry/ethnicity/race, NOT only as a nationality. --] 01:29, 11 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
:Han Chinese is the subset of Chinese people that are most likely to be associated with the term, thus can be considered a form of ]. Yes the distinctions between ethnicity, ancestry, and nationality are hazy, but the plain fact is that the Han make up a supermajority of "citizens of China", "Chinese ethnic groups", and "overseas Chinese" and other contexts about "Chinese" and "people". The second paragraph of the ] says: {{tq|"However, if the '']'' of a term proposed for disambiguation is a broad concept or type of thing that is ''capable of being described in an article'', and a substantial portion of the links asserted to be ambiguous are instances or examples of that concept or type, then the page located at that title should be an article describing it, and ''not'' a disambiguation page. Where the primary topic of a term is a general topic that can be divided into subtopics, ..., the unqualified title should contain an article about the general topic rather than a disambiguation page."}} Idea that Chinese primarily means Han is controversial, but as far as the numbers game goes it's not meant to be chauvinist, neo-colonialist or anything else negative. Additionally, considering the current quality of this article, it's probably better to point our readers towards a more complete article that is mostly overlapping with with one. It's either that or perhaps the Han article itself should just be re-titled "Chinese people".--] (]) 03:57, 4 January 2017 (UTC) | |||
::I personally think this kind of a move requires an RFC. Technically speaking Han Chinese is a subset of Chinese people. And the term Chinese people is an ambiguous term applying to both ethnicity (in this case referring to Han Chinese) and nationality (in this case referring to citizens of PRC). I have asked to revert the move as it needs a discussion. Personally, I think an encyclopaedia should help readers understand the differences and nuances in the terms. --] (]) 01:31, 5 January 2017 (UTC) | |||
::::Like I said, the second bullet covers that, pay attention especially to the text I've bolded: | |||
::::*''The Chinese nation (Zhonghua minzu), a supra-ethnic concept which '''includes the Han Chinese and other established ethnic groups who have lived within the borders of China since at least the Qing Dynasty'''. This definition stems from a nationality perspective, and includes most overseas Chinese.'' | |||
::::It doesn't say you must be a PRC or ROC citizen to be referred to as "Chinese people", especially since it says that the term can be referred to the ethnic minorities living in China since the Qing dynasty - that's before the establishment of the PRC and the ROC. - ] (] - ]) 16:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
:::::If your argument is that the second point is all-encompassing then the third point is redundant and should be removed. If the third point is not redundant, then you're saying Chinese in a "purely ethnic" sense can only refer to Han Chinese and we're right back to where we started. The third point makes a very obvious claim, which is that: ''in "Western countries" the terms "Chinese" or "ethnic Chinese" are used to refer to "A person of Han Chinese ancestry" and also (by omission) NOT to other Chinese ethnic groups''. This is simply not the case, a person of Zhuang or Manchu ancestry would be considered ethnically Chinese in any Western country I'm aware of. The lack of awareness about Chinese ethnic groups means it is impossible for most people to make a Han/non-Han distinction ''even if they wanted to''. If the consensus is to delete the third point I'm fine with that as well, but as it stands its implied claim that there is a Western notion that non-Han Chinese are not ethnically Chinese is simply untrue. --] 03:06, 12 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
::::::Again, this page is a disambiguation page. That's why both the second and third bullets are presented. And I still insist that much of the time when a westerner says "Chinese" to refer to an ethnicity, he or she is referring to the Han Chinese. Sure, the lines get blurred when you're talking about the Manchu or the Zhuang, and maybe we can add another bullet specifically to discuss how westerners might not be able to tell a Manchu or a Zhuang from a Han Chinese, but rest assured, no westerner I've ever know would refer to a Mongol, Tibetan, Russian, Hmong, Korean, Uyghur, Vietnamese, etc etc, as simply "Chinese people". But all those are ethnic minority groups in China. - ] <sup>(] - ])</sup> 03:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
One thing that bothers me and seems rather inaccurate is that the Chinese page linked to this article refers to Chinese nationals (中國人 Zhōngguórén) specifically whereas the more general term for Chinese people regardless of specific ethnicity or nationality (華人 Huárén) is linked to a rather awkward disambiguation page titled ]. For clarification, while "Han people" is technically an ethnic subset of the Chinese people as you guys pointed out, the Chinese term Huárén more broadly covers Han and all the other ethnic groups traditionally considered Chinese regardless of nationality. However, these terms get mixed up between many Chinese people I know, both in Chinese and English. Many believe Huá people is 100% interchangeable with Hàn people due again, to the predominance of the Hàn in making up the Chinese people. Many Mainland Chinese make no distinction between Chinese nationals (中國人 Zhōngguórén) and people of the Chinese civilization (華人 Huárén), a distinction that Hong Kong people, Taiwanese people, Chinese Americans, Chinese Canadians, and other overseas Chinese take pains to make. Contrary to this article, usage of the term Huárén is not limited to Southeast Asia and is prevalent in all Chinese communities outside of Mainland China. | |||
I totally agree with Rankler. I don't understand what the other two editors' disambiguation means. They are giving different difinitions here using several bullet points. It is obviously ambiguous. How can it be disambiguous? It is just ridiculous to say a person in China is ethnic Chinese, while when he lives outside China. He is no longer considered ethnic Chinese. | |||
:Hello, ]. How are you doing? For what I mean by this being a disambiguation page, please read ]. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 18:01, 16 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
My point is that first, I don't think it makes sense for there to be a disambiguation page titled ]. An ethnic Chinese is technically a Han Chinese. Rather, this page, covering the broad term "Chinese" that in English can refer to ethnic identity (漢人 Hànrén) , cultural identity (華人 Huárén), or nationality (中國人 Zhōngguórén) could be the disambiguation instead. "Ethnic Chinese (disambiguation)" could be merged with this page with the Chinese interwiki link at 華人 Huárén, and this page becomes simply a disambiguation page. A different page could be set up for Chinese nationality (中國人 Zhōngguórén). | |||
It doesn't matter what it is. Your opinion is just wrong. ] 18:10, 16 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
:It's not really my opinion on anything. I'm just telling you what a disambiguation page is. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 18:23, 16 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
If not, and if you guys believe that the primary topic of "Chinese people" is some vague meaning encompassing all ethnic groups conventionally grouped under the Chinese civilization and cultural identity, then this page should remain a full-fledged article, albeit linked with the Chinese page on 華人 Huárén since this is the technical and common term in the Chinese language for this broad meaning. I am of the opinion that in English, when we say "Chinese" we mean Chinese in a very broad and generalized sense, not referring particularly to either ethnicity or nationality, but rather either or. This is why I believe that the primary topic for Chinese people is 華人 Huárén not "Chinese nationals" (中國人 Zhōngguórén) as the current Chinese interwiki link would imply for the readers. ] (]) 02:54, 5 August 2018 (UTC) | |||
Should it be ] instead? ] (]) 13:19, 15 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
== DNA section == | |||
==Taiwanese People== | |||
Although people in Taiwan are mostly Han Chinese, they should be called Taiwanese politically, because Taiwan is a country.--] 23:59, 1 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
Is this new subsection on DNA/Prima Nocta really appropriate here? This isn't my area. The content seems weirdly sourced. ] (]) 06:12, 11 September 2017 (UTC) | |||
* Taiwanese consider them as '''Huaren''', as '''oversea Chinese''' in S. E. Asia. Most of Taiwanese are of Han Chinese descent. You can refer them as Han Taiwanese. But Most Westerners confuses Chinese with Han. ] (]) 18:53, 25 December 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Article quality == | |||
It has come to my attention that this article is written fairly poorly in comparison to several other nationality-related articles. For example, there isn't a statistics-infobox on the right. Also, the demographics are covered very briefly throughout the article. ] (]) 05:16, 4 December 2019 (UTC) | |||
And also, there are Chinese people in Taiwan, but people born in Taiwan should be called Taiwanese people.--] 00:02, 2 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
== Picture of porter == | |||
Just like people in Beijing should be called Beijingers instead of Chinese? <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 2006-10-03 03:05:58</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
has been repeatedly removed even though it is appropriate for the page. It is an image of a Chinese man, on a page about Chinese people. The is a user that has . The is a person who has . The individuals who have removed this image are clearly not here to contribute productively, and therefore I see no rational justification for the image's removal. | |||
Further, ] and ] are examples of articles that place an image of a person from that demographic at the top of the article. | |||
Not really... In case you don't know, Taiwan is a country!--] 21:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
—] (]) 22:54, 29 December 2019 (UTC) | |||
Taiwanese means people who speak Taiwanese in Taiwan instead of Mandarin. | |||
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== Han Chinese == | |||
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To add {{tl|failed verification}} after the refs for Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore in the line "Han Chinese people also comprise approximately 95%, 92%, 89% and 74% of the population of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore respectively". The sources refer only to Chinese rather than Han. ] (]) 13:15, 15 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
: {{done}}, except with {{tl|better source needed}}. ] <small>(])</small> 01:06, 19 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
::<s>It's doubtful if such sources ever exist. That isn't asked in censuses, and no research has ever looked into the other fifty-five "nationalities" as identified in the People's Republic in these three countries.</s> ] (]) 12:48, 19 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
I don't get why Nres reverted my edit. I'm a native English speaker, and I can confirm that the most common meaning of "Chinese people" doesn't include people like Tibetans, Uygurs, Kazakhs, Lhobas, etc. Hopefully I've made a compromise version that includes both facts, although I have to say that I disagree. Tibetans for example are Chinese by ''nationality'', but not ethnically. —<span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype">]]</span> 16:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
:::<s>Or indeed in any other country.</s> ] (]) 11:16, 20 January 2021 (UTC)</s> <small>IP hopping sock. See ].</small> | |||
:BTW, this isn't really an article, but a disambig. page, which is supposed to lead readers to one place or another. By not giving emphasis to Han Chinese were are not helping the reader. —<span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype">]]</span> 16:03, 16 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
== Merger proposal == | |||
I'm a native English speaker, too. But I consider Chinese refers to all who originally comes from China. Besides, this article is about Chinese people not Chinese ethnic. Your edition is inappropriate. ] 16:06, 16 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
{{Discussion top|result=To '''not''' merge; distinct topics warranting separate discussion. ] (]) 07:57, 2 September 2022 (UTC)}} | |||
I propose merging '']'' into {{format link|Chinese people#Zhonghua minzu (the "Chinese nation")}}. A merger would not cause any article-size or ] problems in ]. --] (]) 09:05, 6 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
: I don't think that these are the same concept, '']'' is about the concept of a multi-ethnic "Chinese nation" and its political connotations and meaning while this article seems to be more about people from that country in a civic sense, the differences should probably be properly articulated rather than just grouped together as the same thing. While I recognise that these two concepts have significant overlapping areas they are fundamentally different things and need dedicated articles to explain these differences and their origins. --] (]) 09:44, 6 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
:I don't get it...Misplaced Pages is not about what you or I think, but what we can back-up with ]. The says: | |||
::@] I fail to see the difference you write about between civil and political meanings. Can you clarify a little what is the difference in connotations and meaning between the terms "Chinese nation" and "Chinese people"? For a specific analysis of the population of China there is ]. For the dominant Chinese ethnic group there is ]. ] (]) 09:57, 6 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
::: {{Reply|Balkovec}}, well, the concept of "a nation" and "a people" aren't the same, "a nation" is often seen as a monolithic ethnicity with one language and one culture, the concept of "中華民族" is supposed to be one of multiple races of people sharing the same "Chinese nation", meanwhile the idea of "the Chinese people" (中華人 / 中國人) is the idea that China is already a monolithic ] where all members are the same homogeneous people. The idea behind "中華民族" is that multiple ethnic groups share the same civilisation, ] are just one category of people that fall under this "nation", as the article reads "{{Green|Since the late 1980s, the most fundamental change of the PRC's nationalities and minorities policies is the renaming from "the Chinese People" (中国人民 or Zhōngguó rénmín) to "the Chinese Nation" (Zhōnghuá mínzú), signalling a shift away from a multi-national communist people's statehood of China to one multi-ethnic Chinese nation state with one single Chinese national identity.}}" Where the idea of 中國 is national while 中華 is that of a civilisation that shares a nation. | |||
:''1a. A native or inhabitant of China. b. A person of Chinese ancestry. '''c. See Han'''1. 2a. The sole member of the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, consisting of numerous languages and dialects such as Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, and Fujian. b. Any of the Sinitic varieties of speech spoken by the Chinese people. c. The official national language of China; Mandarin.'' | |||
::: A good contrast would be "]", there are no "Kinh Vietnamese", Vietnam is regarded as a "nation state" and all minorities are subordinate to the domination of the "民族越南" which is treated as interchangeable to the concept of Vietnam while minority kingdoms like ] are "gloriously subjugated", the same applies to Korea, while China where the majority ethnic group are the Han Chinese or Japan where the dominant ] are separate from the ]. Multi-ethnic societies have different concepts of "nations" if they seek to be a "nation state" than (supposed) monolithic / homogeneous "nation states" which tend to be solely based on the dominant ethnic group. In this concept of "the Chinese nation" other ethnic groups like the ] are regarded are "equally Chinese" as the Han people, while in some ] of "Chinese people" this only includes the Han (like how "Vietnamese people" and "Korean people" are used). --] (]) 17:18, 6 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
:—<span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype">]]</span> 02:46, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
::::@], I still can not understand the need for the existence of two articles. Your example with Japan is very indicative: there is an article about the dominant ] (in the case of China, this will be an article of the ]), and there is article about the ] (in the Chinese case, this will be an article of the ]). Japan's nationality policy has also changed, but there is no separate 'Japanese nation' article from 'Japanese people'. ] (]) 17:31, 6 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
::::: {{Reply|Balkovec}}, my bad, I used the wrong example. What I meant to say is that nationality and "nation" isn't the same, the idea behind ''Zhonghua Minzu'' isn't the same as "Chinese people" as a nationality. For example it leads to a lot of bullshit historiography like "{{Green|The concept of Zhonghua minzu nevertheless also leads to the reassessment of the role of many traditional hero figures. Heroes such as Yue Fei and Koxinga, who were originally often considered to have fought for China against barbarian incursions, have been recharacterized by some as minzu yingxiong (ethnic heroes) who fought not against barbarians but against other members of the Zhonghua minzu (the Jurchens and Manchus respectively). At the same time, China exemplified heroes such as Genghis Khan, who became a "national hero" as a member of the Zhonghua minzu.}}" from the ''Zhonghua Minzu'' article. Meanwhile the "Chinese people" article very clearly states that it's about either "Huaren" and "Zhongguo-ren", these concepts aren't the same as "the Chinese nation", these concepts are very much specifically about the political idea of "Chinese people" as relating to the PRC, note "{{Green|People from Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), may also be referred to as "Chinese" in various contexts, though they are usually referred to as "Taiwanese". The territory of Taiwan is disputed and the ROC has limited recognition of its sovereignty.}}" while the term ''Zhonghua Minzu'' can also include ]. | |||
I don't get it. American Heritage Dictionary obviously says a person of '''Chinese''' ancestry. Why someone wants to change it to Han Chinese here. The See Han in American Hertiage Dictionary is like see other relevant information (the ethnic majority in China). The current contents of this article contradicts with American Heritage Dictionary. | |||
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Also, this picture from Wiki commons is more accurate. Please don't replace. ] 15:52, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
:I provided sources that in English, one of the meanings of "Chinese" is the Han. According to ], it can be included in the article. If you have information from other sources that say "Chinese people" usually doesn't refer to the Han, please ]. | |||
:In regards to the map, we can have both, because the first one makes the Han Chinese stand out more. —<span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype">]]</span> 15:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
::::: The core issue is that "Chinese nationality" and the supposed "Chinese nation" aren't the same concept hence separate articles for them exist. Any subject of the Chinese state and their diaspora can be considered "Chinese people" while ''Zhonghua Minzu'' is the concept that argues that the subjects of this land share a cultural continuum. The latter is also a Chinese appropriation of the European concept of ] while the term "Chinese people" is no different from "]" referring to people associated with a country. --] (]) 07:28, 7 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
Here is a better source. ] 15:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
:'''Strong Oppose and Snowball Close''' ] includes all people of ] (], ], ], and ]), the ] includes all people with Chinese heritage (e.g. ], ], and ] etc.). They are not the same thing. | |||
:It says "Invalid input. No entries found: chinese|." :-/ —<span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype">]]</span> 16:00, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
:By the way, I noticed that this proposal was initiated by a ], please ] this discussion. Thank you. ] (]) 08:32, 9 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
Take one more look. ] 16:03, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
:'''Oppose''' Zhonghua Minzu has enough details to deserve its own article and not be merged into this one. --] (]) 15:38, 9 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
:Ok, I see it, but that's not how ] works. Just because a source ''doesn't'' say what my source says, doesn't mean we can erase that info from the article. I'm asking you to find '''contradictory''' information. —<span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype">]]</span> 16:09, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
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== Taiwan is not Roc == | |||
What do you mean erase. A person of Chinese ancestry is mentioned in both source. How can you erase that? ] 16:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
Please update ] (]) 15:39, 3 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
:That's not my point. My point is that I have a verifiable source that says the term "Chinese" can refer to the Han. So far, you haven't provided any sources to the contrary. —<span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype">]]</span> 16:15, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
== Requested move 17 July 2024 == | |||
As I pointed out before. The entry in American Heritage Dictionary is see Han. Han is Chinese doesn't mean only Han is Chinese. ] 16:19, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
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:I never said it did. There are many meanings. —<span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype">]]</span> 16:20, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
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The result of the move request was: '''not moved.''' <small>(])</small> ] 15:00, 24 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
I don't care about what you want to add. But do not delete my addition to Chinese people. My addition is backed by both American Heritage Dictionary and Merrian Webster Dictionary. It is NPOV. ] 16:49, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
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] → ? – I think this article should be moved to another title, possibly something like 'Chinese people (national)', and then the current title redirected to the ']' disambiguation page, because 'Chinese people' could equally refer to this article and to the ']' ethnic group. ] (]; ]) 06:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Your addition is redundant with the previous two bullet points.—]<sup>(])</sup> 16:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
:'''Oppose'''{{snd}}it isn't the case as claimed above that "Chinese people" can be used equally as equivalent to either the ethnic label "Han" or the national label "Chinese". Beyond that, fundamental issue, a parenthetical disambiguator would be the worst of all worlds. ]] 06:31, 17 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
Chinese Nation refers to Chiense citizens. An oversea Chinese who is not Han and not a citizen of PRC or ROC is not included in the first two bullets. Your addition of Han is actually redundant. Chinese includes Han. Why don't you have a look and see how the above two sources say what Chinese is? , . At least, we can't omit the first two main entries of these two. ] 16:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
* I oppose the title "Chinese people (national)" as confusing and unclear. What does the word "national" clarify there? For readers who are confused about the distinction between Chinese people in general and Han Chinese specifically, we already have a hatnote, and I think that's sufficient. —] (] '''·''' ]) 13:35, 17 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:In multi-ethnic countries, people often have a national identity and a sub-national ethnic identity ] (]) 12:28, 21 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
:The inclusion of "Han" is not redundant. For comparison, imagine if I said, "''Holland'' can refer to the Netherlands as a whole, or it can refer to the region of the provinces North Holland and South Holland." That second clause is not redundant, even though those provinces are inside the Netherlands.—]<sup>(])</sup> 17:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
*::That's true, but this article isn't about the national identity. It includes ] as well as Chinese people in greater China. —] (] '''·''' ]) 00:37, 22 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose'''. Not much of a solution in search of no problem whatsoever. -- ] (]) 12:53, 23 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
:For those just joining us, the addition in question is, "''A person of Chinese ancestry is referred to as Chinese or ethnic Chinese in Western countries. This definition stems from a genealogical perspective. Note that some overseas Chinese may not necessarily identify with either the PRC or the ROC.''" I just can't see that this adds very much to the article that isn't already covered in the first two bullet points. "A person of Chinese ancestry is referred as Chinese or ethnic Chinese" is basically circular. Why don't we just add a line to the second bullet point saying, "Descendents of the Chinese nation nation can also be considered Chinese people"?—]<sup>(])</sup> 18:22, 17 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
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FYI, we've been talking to a sockpuppet of a banned user this whole time, see ]. —<span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype">]]</span> 04:56, 18 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
Just for your further information, Nres is quite obviously not a native English speaker as he/she claims to be! | |||
] 02:35, 26 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
== Map in the article== | |||
<s>The map in the article is wrong. Please see the map from Universtiy of Texas. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]) {{{2|}}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --></s> (crossed-out comment by sock of banned user) <tt class="plainlinks">]]</tt> 04:29, 27 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
:What are the respective dates of these maps?—]<sup>(])</sup> 05:20, 23 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
I've just noticed the dispute over maps. Why not include both the "green" map and the "yellow" map in this page? The definition of "Chinese people" can mean either "Han Chinese" or "Chinese citizen" so it would seem fine to me to include both the Han map and the ethnolinguistic map. ] 05:36, 27 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
: Finally took a closer look at the map that's in there now (]); I can forgive the author for lumping Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic into an "Altaic" grouping or referring to ] as "Tajik" (even though Sarikoli's an Eastern Iranian language while Tajik is Western, it ''is'' the official name in China) ... but the aboriginal Taiwanese languages are listed as ]? Are you kidding me? Or is this just some outdated nomenclature that I've never heard of? I don't have any reason to be suspicious of the map itself and the boundaries it shows (which match roughly what I know), but I think we should cut the legend out of it and roll our own. Comments? ] 13:33, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
::, which some editor keeps removing, is better. In this map, "Malayo-Polynesian" is listed as "Malay-Polynesian" (which is wrong), and obviously "Indonesian" is wrong as well, although the Taiwanese Aborigines do speak languages in the Malayo-Polynesian family which are distantly related to ]. The older map doesn't include Taiwan, though, which simply appears in gray. ] 20:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
::: Well, given that it's in the public domain, "derivative works" (such as pasting a big white box over the embedded legend, and putting a wikified legend below it using {{tl|legend}}, or changing its text to be in line with real terminology instead of crap they made up) are permitted too. (I'm personally a fan of putting explanatory text outside of images rather than embedded in it, to make it easier to translate for other language versions.) Of course, if their boundaries are as accurate as their terminology, might not be worth it. ] 21:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Removal of POV == | |||
Han Chinese identify their ethnicity as Han. Ethnic Chinese doesn't refer to Han Chinese only. It is POV and a wrong one to say "A person of Han Chinese ancestry is often simply referred to as Chinese or ethnic Chinese in Western countries". In west, Chinese people mainly refers to overseas Chinese instead. ] 19:08, 13 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
:Not really. People in the west distinguish between, for example, Tibetans and Mongolians, apart from Han Chinese. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 23:21, 13 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
::You are off the point. The thing is that Han Chinese consider them as '''ethnically Han'''. Many Chinese people as well as people in the West consider Tibetans and Chinese Mongolian minorities as Chinese. They only distinguish them sometimes from '''Han''' Chinese. It doesn't necessarily mean Tibetans and Chinese Mongolians are not Chinese. In addition, overseas Chinese interact more with people in the West. They should be listed as one of the bullet points here. ] 17:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
:::The bulleted point refers to the English phrase "Chinese people" and the general understanding of that. When we see Fujian, Cantonese, Chaozhou, Hakka, Beijing people in North America we call them "Chinese people." So the bulleted point is correct. The thing is, we don't have many Chinese minorities here, or in other countries besides China. I did, however, attend college with a Korean Chinese. I didn't know for years that he was of Korean ancestry as he identified and represented himself simply as "Chinese." This is true also of my ethnic Dong friend who lives in Beijing. For many such people (as, for example, for German Americans, Italian Americans, etc.), their ethnic group is less important than their national identity. So I think it's fair to say that *many* non-Han PRC citizens would be considered as "Chinese people" when living in the West, and even consider themselves as such. It's not a big point. ] 17:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
We've been over this many many times. Check the discussion above. Your assertion that ethnic minorities in China are also considered "Chinese people" is not ignored. Check the second bullet point of the article. This is a disambiguous page, and the purpose is to cover all the different interpretations of "Chinese people". And to clarify, "Chinese people" doesn't necessarily mean "中國人". ] <small>(] - ])</small> 17:39, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
:That is ridiculous. "中國人" is the word by word translation of "Chinese people". Cantonese like to refer themselves as "华人". But "华" doesn't only refer to Han Chinese. There are "华府" (the US government), "中华民族", "中华人民共和国", "中华民国". They all use "华". It has nothing to do with Han Chinese. Who can help if Cantonese like to refer themselves as Chinese not Chinese people? Anyway, I don't think Cantonese should be listed as one of the bullet points here. ] 17:48, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
::Hakka and Hokkien people also refer to themselves as "唐人". Furthermore, most Overseas Chinese refer to themselves in Chinese as either "華人" or "唐人", specifically avoiding using "中國人", because they are not PRC citizens. But they still refer to themselves in English as "Chinese". This is especially true for Taiwanese people and Singaporeans. This is all a moot point though, because as I've said, the second bullet point of the article already covers what you've said. Also, the third bullet point does not state that ethnic minorities in China are ''not'' considered Chinese. In fact, nowhere in the article does it state that ethnic minorities in China are not considered Chinese. I'm not sure what your complaint is. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 17:56, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
What kind of logic is that Chinese minorities are Chinese but not considered ethnic Chinese? If there were ethnic American (there may be such word in non-English speaking countries), white Americans, African Americans and Asian Americans should all be considered ethnic American, not just only the white Americans. ] 18:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
:Han Chinese is a new concept to many people in the West. It shouldn't be one of the bullet points here. Most people in the West don't refer Chinese people to the Han people. ] 18:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
No editor has said that ethnic minorities in China are not considered "Chinese". The article also does not state that ethnic minorities in China are not considered "Chinese". ] <small>(] - ])</small> 18:09, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
:Then Chinese minorites are also considered ethnic Chinese. ] 18:13, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
::Hey, I agree. And the article does not say they are not. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 18:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
What's wrong with my previous wording (People of Chinese descent)? Yours are just misleading and full of distain. As if even though they are ethnic Han, people only consider them ethnic Chinese. 18:38, 14 December 2006 (UTC) <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
:Because it should be pointed out that people in the west often refer to Han Chinese as simply "Chinese". That statement does not say that ethnic minorities in China are not also considered "Chinese". Again, the second bullet point already covers ethnic minorities. This is a disambiguous page that's supposed to cover all the different meanings "Chinese people" may have. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 18:45, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
:::I agree with HongQiGong that in English, Han Chinese, Cantonese, Korean Chinese, Uighurs, Mongolian Chinese, etc. can be considered "Chinese" or "Chinese people." But they wouldn't all be considered "ethnic Chinese." In English, however, the term "ethnic Chinese" is generally understood to refer primarily to members of the Han ethnic group. That's just the way things are understood. Uighurs, for example, are "Chinese" or "Chinese people" because they are citizens of China (the PRC, to be exact), but their ethnicity/ethnic identification is clearly Uighur (Turkic/Islamic). The injection of the term "ethnic Chinese" confuses the issue because our bulleted points cover these issues adequately, stating that citizens of the PRC of whatever ethnic group can be considered "Chinese people" (but not necessarily always "ethnic Chinese"). By the way, Ated, are you a sock puppet of some other editor who has made similar points here in the past? That's not a good idea. ] 18:49, 14 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
==Ethnic Chinese people== | |||
Since this article is about both 華人 and 中國人 , I think there should be a new article named Ethnic Chinese people. There are a few things that bothers me in this article. First, it says the term '''Chinese people''' can be referred as citizens of the ROC, surely the Chinese people here is 華人 and not 中國人, and there is a resource. Well, if you guys don't want to create another artcle, then please at least split this article into two sections.--] 00:04, 5 January 2007 (UTC) | |||
:] already redirects to ]. And in my opinion that's basically what ] is anyway. Anyway, this is a disambiguous page, and it is supposed to offer all the common possible usage of the term "Chinese people". Given that "Chinese people" can refer to either 華人 or 中國人, we really ought to include the ROC on this page. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 01:57, 5 January 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Vandalised == | |||
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== disambiguation page == | |||
Is this really a disambiguation page? It looks like it is trying to be an article, as it doesn't conform to ] in any meaningful way. -- ] 13:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
:I've often thought this myself. Unfortunately some of the definitions listed are contentious, and I think that's why over time, they've grown to be more explanatory. But at some point, we should come to consensus on whether to make this article conform to ] or just not call it a disambig page altogether. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 16:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
::It might be worthwhile to kill this page and redirect it to ], another disambiguation page actually constituted as such, and which deals with many of the same distinctions. ]<font color="darkgreen">]</font> 17:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
:::Wow, I didn't even know ] existed. I'll put up a merge proposal. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 19:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
::::I'm not sure it's really a proposal to merge, since there's nothing here to merge over there. If the proposal fails, though, this should probably be either stubbed as an article or scrubbed as a dab. ]<font color="darkgreen">]</font> 13:13, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
Per the no consensus close at ] (was there really a lack of consensus?) and the fact that someone pulled the dab tag here, I've reformatted the page. It's not a great stub, but it's not an awful one either. Hopefully this will clear up the problem of the excess content. ]<font color="darkgreen"><small>]</small></font> 13:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:Well, 5 to 2 is not much of a consensus, and the poll ran for about 3 weeks at 3 to 2. I don't feel too strongly either way, but I'd like to see some expansion of this article if we're going to keep it. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 14:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
::My changes that made this into an actual stub were reverted with the edit summary ''Restore former, more useful version of this page. Discuss changes on "Discussion"'', so now we are back to an unclean dab page format. I'm not really understanding why they were reverted (I didn't remove any of the page content, for one thing) and I'm pretty sure that I did mention it here, but rather than get into an edit war, here I am on the talk page again. The current setup, dab page format with no dab tag, is really not conducive to expanding this as an article. If anyone agrees with the changes I made, please reinstate them. The current format is the least desirable solution. ]<font color="darkgreen"><small>]</small></font> 19:17, 15 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:::Thanks for your ideas, but the bulleted form is much cleaner, clearer, and easy to use. ] 19:25, 15 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
::::That's not the issue, though. The issue is that the formatting reflects a dab page (one not in synch with ]) and allows little possibility for the page to expand into a full-fledged article. You also may be considering it a dab page, since most of the time we refer to reading articles, rather than using them to navigate. As a dab page, this should be three lines long with one link per line. As a stub, it should be formatted to welcome the addition of new content. | |||
::::I made my position clear by making the changes, and I think you made yours clear as well by reverting me; I was hoping for outside opinions by posting here. ]<font color="darkgreen"><small>]</small></font> 19:41, 15 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:::Well, this might be the best case for ] -- the page, with its three bullets (which makes the page much easier to use and come up with the definition needed, in a quick and efficient manner) it has elements in its design of a dab page, but also has explanatory text. In fact, some dab pages do include a lot of explanatory text. So it's partially dab and partially not dab. It really doesn't matter what we call it, as long as the page is useful and serves its purpose in the clearest and best way possible. ] 19:44, 15 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
::::Does that mean you think it is already complete as it stands? ]<font color="darkgreen"><small>]</small></font> 20:44, 15 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:::No, all I'm saying is that the three bullets help to set off the information to allow users to get the information they need quickly and efficiently. Most of the information users will need is contained in the three WP pages linked to in the bulleted points. What information should be added in this article that is not already there? ] 20:47, 15 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Japanese interwiki == | |||
The Japanese interwiki was just changed (without comment) from 中国人 to 華人. Comments? ] 20:33, 18 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:I don't know how that article is written, but if it's anything like this article, then it's fine. Unless the terms are used differently in Japanese, that is. In Chinese, 中國人/中国人 is often used more specifically to refer to people from the PRC. While 華人 is used for Chinese people in general, as in people of Chinese descent, or ethnic Chinese. Although depending on who you ask, some people might say that the term refers specifically to Han Chinese. In everyday usage, 華人 is used most often by Overseas Chinese while people ''in'' China just use 中國人. I doubt any source can claim an authoritative definition, but this is how the terms are "defined" by usage, as far as I understand it. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 22:52, 18 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
Quick translation of the first paragraph of each, draw your own conclusions. My opinion is that neither one is any good because their focus is narrower than this page. ]: | |||
: 中国人 is the general term for the various ethnic groups in China (People's Republic of China, Republic of China). In the narrow sense, it refers only to the Han ethnic group, but contemporarily, its use in this context is rare. Before the Second World War, during the time when Japan called the Republic of China as "Shina" (支那), "Shiei", or "The Republic of Shina", Japanese people also called them "Shina people" (支那人). | |||
And ]: | |||
: 華人is the term for residents of Chinese (中国) descent who have taken up the nationality of the country of their destination of migration. It is distinguished from 華僑, who have not taken such nationality. | |||
Cheers, ] 23:47, 18 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:I don't know if those terms are correctly defined in terms of how they're used in Japanese, but if so, then I don't think those terms are really exact translations of "Chinese people" in English. And as far as I know, 華人 (in Chinese) can be used to refer to Chinese people in China as well, with Chinese citizenship. It's just that 中國人 is the more often term used within the PRC. Interwiki-ing articles like these is basically translating a term, and there's not always a one-to-one exact translation. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 01:49, 19 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
==]== | |||
He is a famous Chinese gymnast and entrepreneur, but he is not ]. | |||
He is an ethnic ]. | |||
He is definite a Chinese people. | |||
Don't put Chinese people = Han Chinese | |||
] 03:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
:I believe the Zhuang are the second largest ethnic group in China after the Han. However, if you read the article, you'll see that the first definition for "Chinese people" is: | |||
:*A person who resides in and holds citizenship of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong and Macau) or the Republic of China. This definition stems from a legal perspective. | |||
:Thus, your idea is correct, and reflected in the first definition--that he is a citizen of the People's Republic of China, and thus Chinese. But in English, "Chinese" alone may also mean "Han Chinese." So the article contains three definitions that may be used in English. ] 04:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
Must Overseas Chinese be Han? | |||
* Much American, including Chinese American doesn't know ] is ethnic ], she holds American citizenship now, but she must claims that she is an ]! ] 07:11, 4 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
:The ] article says that they can be Han, or not Han, depending on one's definition of the term: political or ethnic. ] 07:41, 4 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
:: Yeah, in general, it depends. I'm not surprised that Manchu, Zhuang, and others who are mother-tongue speakers of Chinese typically identify as Overseas Chinese and are referred to as such. Hui are a slightly more borderline case --- e.g. the Hui in Malaysia who haven't assimilated to the Malay community might be Overseas Chinese, but the ] in Central Asia or the ] in Burma often aren't included under the definition of "Overseas Chinese" (even though they're closely related to Hui people too). And Uyghurs in Turkey and Tibetans in Dharamsala almost certainly ''don't'' call themselves Overseas Chinese. ] 07:45, 4 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
::: ] can be considered as ] because they speak ], which is a Chinese ] of ]. Also some strange case like ] (佤族), they spanned over China and ], Va in China has own language, but Va in Myanmar can speak Chinese dialect of ]. It is because Va live in ] (佤邦), where Chinese is one of the ], and Va in Myanmar claim that they come from China. ] 18:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
::To be honest, it depends on who you ask. And the ] article is not exactly the greatest source of information on the subject matter. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 08:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Spitting == | |||
I think you should add a section about how Chinese people love to spit. I live in a North American city with a lot of Chinese immigrants, and I | |||
have also traveled to China, and I notice you guys love to snort and then spit big loogies in public. | |||
] 04:11, 30 May 2007 (UTC) | |||
:The PRC government is actively trying to suppress this "tradition" among the Beijing population for the 2008 Olympics. ] 04:18, 30 May 2007 (UTC) | |||
It's a hygiene problem. By most accounts, China is still a developing nation. Go to another developing nation and you'd see similar problems. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 04:55, 30 May 2007 (UTC) | |||
:''(Deleted irrelevant and offensive comment)'' | |||
== Expand so its like 'Asian People' == | |||
I am wondering if we should change it to appear like the asian people article ] ''']''' 07:33, 14 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Name Move? == | |||
Shouldn't this page not have "people" in its name, since Chinese can refer to the people (ie ''The Chinese''), and saying "Chinese people" is redundant? Or possibly a merge with Overseas Chinese into ethnic Chinese? ](] , ]) 22:12, 3 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
:I suggested a merge into ] a while ago, but there was no consensus with 5 votes for merging and 2 votes opposing - hardly a good majority support. See ]. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 22:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Green map == | |||
Why was the green map removed? I don't see that as irrelevant. ] 05:40, 3 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
==华人定義?== | |||
* Definition of '''Chinese people (Huaren)''', for Chinese readers only! | |||
'''中國有56族,都是],但不表示在中國以外的這些民族都是華人。''' | |||
'''華人'''一詞,是對]人民的泛稱,並不單指]。今日廣義的「中華民族人民」,'''包含地理上]境內各大小],以及這些民族在]內外之後裔,但有以下限制。''' | |||
* 華人定義 - 廣義包括中國公民(中國籍)和海外華人(非中國籍),狹義只包括後者。 | |||
* 根據華語僑華人定義 : | |||
** ]支持者(流亡藏人)和]支持者(流亡維吾爾人)一定不算是華人(海外華人)。 認同中國的]、]則算是華人。 | |||
** 大多數]血緣上認同]或],但國家認同則是中國,他們很多移民美國的在北美成立朝鮮族協會(Korean-'''Chinese''' Association),所以朝鮮族(當然指中國去的)算是華人。 (參考照片 和網址 。) | |||
** 中國]早已納入中華體系,但在東南亞的] (苗族同宗,因為曾參與秘密戰爭遭寮共屠殺,大舉移民美國)就絕對不是華人,美國人常將他們和華裔、韓裔混淆,北美赫蒙人或許認同自己的祖先(]來自中國),但不自認為華人,有的甚至憤恨]。 | |||
** 因為]引致滿漢之爭,但基本上]認同自己是中國人。 不計移民出國,滿族基本在中國,又是說],他們當然是華人。 (]亦毫無疑問,不過壯族亦是越南和寮國的少數民族,所以只有中國壯族才是華人。) | |||
** ],不論統獨,血緣上,台灣人大多是漢族,獨派自外於中國,但當中亦不少關心東南亞華人,注意中國人和華人,英文都是Chinese,法理上中國人是Chinese citizenship,海外華人則是Overseas Chinese。 所以撇開政治,台灣人是華人(台灣原住民大都被漢化,連總統]都承認自己是華人。) | |||
** 中亞]和緬甸佤邦]呢? 這個問題較複雜。 東甘人是回族,通用漢語(普通話的陝西方言),不過他們的回民祖先(]餘部)多是文盲,所以]後,蘇聯當局為他們創製漢語俄文,即東甘文。 佤語本身沒有文字,中國佤族在中共支持下創製拉丁佤文,他們亦通用漢語(普通話的雲南方言),而緬甸佤邦佤族人更特別,緬甸佤語沒有文字,但佤邦大力推廣漢語以來,不止雲南方言,佤邦佤族連標準普通話都能說,反而不懂緬甸語。 | |||
*** 要注意的是'''中亞東甘人、緬甸佤邦佤族人和新加坡、馬來西亞華人是三種僅有的操域外華語的民族''',中亞東甘人、緬甸佤邦佤族人都自認來自中國,中國對他們來說有向心力,所以他們應算是海外華人。 (華語僑是傾向承認前者是華人。) | |||
** 按 : 中國有56族,都是],但不表示在中國以外的這些民族都是華人 : (這些民族很多是有自己為主體或構成民族的國家) | |||
*** 朝鮮族(南韓、北韓,少量在中亞) | |||
*** 塔吉克族(塔吉克斯坦、烏茲別克斯坦、阿富汗) | |||
*** 烏孜別克族(烏茲別克斯坦) ~ 有觀點認為維吾爾族和烏孜別克族其實是同一民族。 | |||
*** 維吾爾族(少量在烏茲別克斯坦、吉爾吉斯斯坦、哈薩克斯坦) | |||
*** 哈薩克族(哈薩克斯坦) | |||
*** 柯爾哈茲族(吉爾吉斯斯坦) | |||
*** 蒙古族(蒙古國、俄羅斯布里特自治共和國、卡爾梅克自治共和國) | |||
*** 俄羅斯族(整個俄羅斯聯邦,不少在中亞) | |||
*** 塔塔爾族(烏克蘭Tatar地區俄羅斯、俄羅斯Tatar自治共和國) | |||
*** 土庫曼斯坦(撒拉族) | |||
*** 京族(越南) | |||
*** 壯族(小量在寮國、越南) | |||
*** 苗族(寮國、小量在越南) | |||
*** 傣族(泰國、緬甸撣邦) | |||
*** 景頗族(緬甸克欽族地區) | |||
*** 至於華族(基本是南方漢族,於新加坡、馬來西亞華人地區)、佤族(緬甸佤邦)、回族(中亞東甘人地區)則在之前討論過。 | |||
** 總括而言,漢族一定是華人,非漢族則要看認知和向心力(尤以國外有其民族者)。 | |||
] (]) 02:47, 6 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
===My Translation=== | |||
'''Chinese definition?''' | |||
China has 56 families, all the Chinese people, but does not mean that these peoples outside of China are Chinese. | |||
Chinese word is the Chinese people, Pan said, does not only refer to Han Chinese. Today generalized "Chinese people", including the geographical territory of the size of the peoples of China and their peoples in the descendants of the Greater China region and beyond, with the following restrictions. | |||
Chinese definitions - broad, including Chinese citizens (Chinese) and overseas Chinese (not Chinese nationals), and narrow only the latter. | |||
Overseas Chinese under the Chinese definition: | |||
Supporters of the Tibetan government in exile (exiled Tibetans), and supporters of East Turkistan (Uyghur exiles) must not be Chinese (overseas Chinese). Recognition of China's Tibetans, Uighurs will be Chinese. | |||
Blood on the recognition that most North Koreans in China or Korea, but it is the Chinese national identity, many of them immigrants established in North America, Korean American Association (Korean-Chinese Association), so the Korean (of course, refers to China's) be Chinese. (See Photo and at .) | |||
Miao of China has long been incorporated into the Chinese system, but the Hmong people in Southeast Asia (Hmong ancestry, because I have a secret war in Laos was a total massacre, large-scale immigration to America) is absolutely not the Chinese, Americans often to them and Chinese, Korean confusion, North America Hmong people might identify with their ancestors (Chi from China), but do not consider themselves Chinese, and some even resent Han Chinese. | |||
Man and Han Chinese clothing movement because of disputes arising, but basically the Manchus themselves as Chinese. Excluding immigrants abroad, Manchu basic in China, but also speak Chinese, of course they are Chinese. (Zhuang also no doubt, but also Vietnam and Laos Zhuang ethnic minority, the Zhuang is the only Chinese in China.) | |||
The people of Taiwan, regardless of unification and independence, blood, and Taiwanese are mostly Han Chinese, pro-independence from the outside in China, but also a lot of concern among the Chinese in Southeast Asia, attention to Chinese and Chinese, and English are Chinese, the Chinese legal principle is Chinese citizenship , the overseas Chinese are Overseas Chinese. So put aside politics, Taiwanese are ethnic Chinese (Taiwanese aborigines were mostly finished, and even President Chen Shui-bian admitted that he is Chinese.) | |||
Gan and Myanmar in the East Asia Wa Wa? The problem is more complex. Dong Gan Hui people, General Chinese (Mandarin, Shaanxi dialect), but their Muslim ancestors (Bai Yanhu remnants) are mostly illiterate, so the October Revolution, the Soviet authorities created for them in Chinese, Russian, or East Gan Wen. Wa language itself has no text, the Chinese Communist support in the Wa Wa created the Latin text, they are also common in Chinese (Mandarin dialect of Yunnan) and Myanmar are more particularly the Wa Wa, Wa of Myanmar language, no words, but since the Wa to promote Chinese language , not only in Yunnan dialect, with Wa Wa can speak standard Mandarin, but do not understand Burmese. | |||
Should be noted that the Oriental people Gan, Myanmar and Singapore, Wa Wa, the only Chinese in Malaysia are the three Chinese national extraterritorial operation, Gan Yadong people in Burma Wa Wa people consider themselves from China, they is a centripetal force, so they should be regarded as overseas Chinese. (Mandarin overseas is the tendency to recognize the former is Chinese.) | |||
Note: China has 56 families, all the Chinese people, but does not mean that these peoples outside of China are Chinese: (many of these ethnic groups or forming their own nation as the main countries) | |||
Korean (South Korea, North Korea, a few in Central Asia) | |||
Tajik (Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan) | |||
Ozbek (Uzbekistan) ~ with a view of ethnic Uighurs and Uzbeks in fact the same people. | |||
Uighur (small in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan) | |||
Kazakh (Kazakhstan) | |||
Keerhazi family (Kyrgyzstan) | |||
Mongolian (Mongolia, 俄罗斯布里特 Autonomous Republic, Autonomous Republic of Kaermeike) | |||
Russians (the Russian Federation, many in Central Asia) | |||
Tatars (Tatar regions of Ukraine, Russia, Russian Tatar Autonomous Republic) | |||
Turkmenistan (Sala) | |||
Jing (Vietnam) | |||
Zhuang (small in Laos, Vietnam) | |||
Hmong (Laos, a small amount in Vietnam) | |||
Dai (Thailand, Myanmar Shan State) | |||
Jingpo (Kachin area of Myanmar) | |||
As for the ethnic Chinese (Han is basically the south, in Singapore, Malaysia, the Chinese area), Wa (Wa of Myanmar), Hui (people in the East Asia region Gan) is discussed in the previous. | |||
All in all, the Han Chinese must be non-Han Chinese will depend on understanding and solidarity (especially foreign national who has). | |||
] (]) 07:45, 7 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
=== Babel Fish translation === | |||
(as a Chinese reader) from Traditional Chinese: | |||
<blockquote> | |||
The ''' China has 56 races, all is ], but did not express outside China's these nationalities all is the Chinese people. ''' ''' a Chinese people ''' word, is to ] people's general term, and not merely refers to ]. Today generalized "Chinese nation people", ''' contains in the geography ] within the boundaries various sizes ], as well as these nationalities in ] inside and outside descendants below, but has limits. ''' | |||
* The Chinese people define - generally include the Chinese citizens (Chinese nationality) and the overseas Chinese people (non- Chinese nationality), the narrow sense only includes latter. | |||
* Defines according to Chinese foreign national Chinese people: | |||
** ] the supporter (goes into exile Tibetan) and ] the supporter (goes into exile Uighur) certainly is not the Chinese people (overseas Chinese people). Approves China ], ] are the Chinese people. | |||
** majority ] in the blood relationship approves ] or ], but the national approval is China, they very immigrate US to establish the Korean National Minority association in North America (Korean-'''Chinese''' Association), therefore the Korean National Minority (certainly refers to China to go) is the Chinese people. (Reference picture and website . ) | |||
** China ] already brings into line with the Chinese system, but in Southeast Asia ] (Miao nationality ??, because once participated in secret war to suffer Laos altogether to slaughter, perhaps on a large scale immigrated US) on ? to was not the Chinese people, the American often them and the person of Chinese descent, the Han lineage confusion, the North America Hermon person approves own ancestor (] comes from China), but does not confess for the Chinese people, some even resenting ]. | |||
** because of ] to bring about struggle the Manchus and han Chinese, but basically ] approves oneself is a Chinese. Does not count immigrates to go abroad, Manchu nationality basically in China, also says ], they certainly are the Chinese people. (] also without a doubt, but Zhuang nationality also is Vietnamese and Laos's national minority, therefore has the Chinese Zhuang nationality is only the Chinese people. ) | |||
** ], no matter the series is alone, in the blood relationship, the Taiwan person mostly is the Han Nationality, the alone faction steps aside from to China, but middle also many cared about the Southeast Asia Chinese people, pay attention to the Chinese and the Chinese people, English all are Chinese, in the legal principle theory of law the Chinese are Chinese citizenship, the overseas Chinese people are Overseas Chinese. Therefore puts aside politics, the Taiwan person is the Chinese people (the Taiwan original resident is mostly sinicized, President Lian ] all acknowledged oneself is the Chinese people. ) | |||
** central Asia ] with Burmese ? nation ]? This question is more complex. East Gan Jen is a Hui tribe, general Chinese (standard spoken Chinese Shaanxi dialect), but their Hui person ancestor (] -odd) are many is an illiterate person, therefore ], the Soviet government formulates Chinese Russian for them, namely east Gansu article. ? language itself does not have the writing, the Chinese Wa national minority to formulate the Latin ? article under the Chinese Communist Party support, their also general Chinese (standard spoken Chinese Yunnan dialect), but the Burmese ? nation Wa national minority person specially, the Burmese ? language does not have the writing, since but ? the nation vigorously has promoted Chinese, continues the Yunnan dialect, ? the nation Wa national minority continually standard standard spoken Chinese all can say, instead does not understand Burmese. | |||
*** must pay attention is east the ''' central Asia Gan Jen, the Burmese ? nation Wa national minority person and Singapore, the Malaysian Chinese people is three kinds only has holds outside the territory Chinese national ''', east the central Asia Gan Jen, the Burmese ? nation Wa national minority people all confessed from China, China to them said has the centripetal force, therefore they should be the overseas Chinese people. (Chinese foreign national is the tendency acknowledged former is Chinese people. ) | |||
** presses: China has 56 races, all is ], but did not express outside China's these nationalities all is the Chinese people: (These nationalities very many have oneself for main body or constitution nationality's country) the | |||
*** Korean National Minority (South Korea, North Korea, few in central Asia) the | |||
*** Tadjik race (?????, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan) the | |||
*** Uzbek race (Uzbekistan) ~ has the viewpoint to think the Uygur national minority and the Uzbek race actually are the ethnic identity. | |||
*** Uygur national minority (few in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, ?????) | |||
*** Kazakh national minority (?????) | |||
*** Curre Kazak this race (Kyrgyzstan) | |||
*** Mongolian nationality (Mongolian country with long history, Russian Britt autonomous republic, Cull plum gram autonomous republic) | |||
*** Eluosi national minority (entire Russian federation, Many in the central Asia) | |||
*** ???? (Ukraine Tatar area Russia, the Russian Tatar autonomous republic) the | |||
*** Turkmenistan (???) the | |||
*** Jing national minority (Vietnam) the | |||
*** Zhuang nationality (small amount in Laos, Vietnam) the | |||
*** Miao nationality (Laos, small amount in Vietnam) the | |||
*** Dai national minority (Thailand, Burma ??) the | |||
*** Jingpo national minority (Burmese gram Qin race area) | |||
*** (is basic as for the Chinese race is south the Han Nationality, to Singapore, Malaysian Chinese people area), Wa national minority (Burmese ? nation), Hui tribe (east central Asia Gansu person area) in before has discussed. | |||
** in summary, the Han Nationality certainly is the Chinese people, the non- Han Nationality must look the cognition and the centripetal force (especially to overseas have its nationality). | |||
</blockquote> | |||
-- ] (]) 05:11, 29 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
===Google Language Tools Translation=== | |||
Another translation: made by | |||
China has 56 races, are the Chinese nation, but this does not mean that those outside China are the Chinese nation. | |||
Chinese term for Chinese people of the pan that does not only refer to the Han. Today, the broader notion of "Chinese people", including the geographical size of China's territory of the nation, and these peoples in the Greater China region and outside of descent, with the following restrictions. | |||
Chinese definitions - broad, including Chinese citizens (Chinese) and the overseas Chinese (not Chinese), a narrow sense, including only the latter. | |||
According to the definition of Chinese Overseas Chinese: | |||
Supporters of the Tibetan government in exile (exile) and supporters of East Turkistan (Uyghur exiles) must not be regarded as Chinese (overseas Chinese). Recognition of China's Tibetans, Uighurs are regarded as Chinese. | |||
Korean blood on the majority of Chinese or Koreans agree that North Korea, but it is China's national identity, many of them emigrated to the U.S. in North America, the establishment of the Korean Association (Korean-Chinese Association), so Korean (of course, referring to China's) is Chinese. (Refer to photos and the Web site .) | |||
Miao of China have already been incorporated into the Chinese system, but the Hmong people in Southeast Asia (Hmong ancestry, because I have been involved in a secret war has been a total massacre Liu, large-scale immigration the United States) is not the Chinese, Americans, and they often Chinese, Korean confused, North America Hmong people may agree with their ancestors (Chiyou from China), but does not think the Chinese, and some even resent the Han nationality. | |||
Han served as the movement caused by dispute over Man, but they are basically the Manchu Chinese. Excluding immigrants abroad, Manchu basic in China, it is said in Chinese, they are Chinese. (Zhuang, no doubt, but is also Zhuang ethnic minority in Vietnam and Laos, it is the only Chinese Zhuang nationality in China.) | |||
The people of Taiwan, regardless of independence or unification, of blood, the Taiwanese are mostly Han Chinese, pro-independence from China, but also a lot of concern among the Chinese in Southeast Asia, the attention of Chinese and Chinese, both of them are Chinese, the legal context, China is a Chinese citizenship , the overseas Chinese is the Overseas Chinese. So put aside politics, the people of Taiwan are Chinese (Taiwan aborigines are to be finished, and even President Chen Shui-bian have to admit that he is Chinese.) | |||
Gambari and Myanmar in the East Asia Wa Wa State? The more complicated the problem. East Gan Hui people, General Chinese (Mandarin dialect of Shaanxi), but their ancestors Muslims (more than the Department of白彦虎) are illiterate, so after the October Revolution, the Soviet authorities for their creation of the Russian language, the East Gan. Wa no written language itself, the Chinese support of Wa in the creation of the Chinese Communist Wa Latin text, they are common in Chinese (Mandarin dialect of Yunnan), and Wa Wa State of Myanmar are more special, no written language the Wa of Myanmar, but the Wa state has been vigorously promoting the Chinese language not only in Yunnan dialect, even the standard Wa Wa State can speak Mandarin, but do not understand Burmese. | |||
It should be noted that people in East Asia Gan, Wa Wa State of Myanmar and Singapore, the Malaysian Chinese are the only three outside the Chinese-speaking people, people in East Asia Gan, Wa Wa State of Myanmar people themselves from China, and China for their There is the centripetal force, so they should be regarded as overseas Chinese. (Overseas Chinese are inclined to recognize the former is a Chinese.) | |||
Note: There are 56 ethnic Chinese are the Chinese nation, but this does not mean that those outside China, Chinese people are: (many of these peoples have their own nation as the main body of the country or pose) | |||
Korean (South Korea, North Korea, a small number of in Central Asia) | |||
Tajik (Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan) | |||
Uzbek (Uzbekistan) ~ The view was expressed that the Uighur and Uzbek is the same nation. | |||
Uighur (a small amount in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan) | |||
Kazakh (Kazakhstan) | |||
柯尔哈兹family (Kyrgyzstan) | |||
Mongolian (Mongolia, the Russian autonomous republic of Britt, the Autonomous Republic of Kalmykia) | |||
Russian (the Russian Federation, many in Central Asia) | |||
Tatar (Tatar region of Ukraine, Russia, Russian Tatar Autonomous Republic) | |||
Turkmenistan (Salar) | |||
Jing (Viet Nam) | |||
Zhuang (a small amount in Laos, Viet Nam) | |||
Hmong (Laos, a small amount in Vietnam) | |||
Dai (Thailand, Myanmar Shan State) | |||
Jingpo (Kachin area of Myanmar) | |||
As for the Chinese (Han is basically the South, in Singapore, Malaysia, in Chinese), Wa (Wa State in Myanmar), Hui (Gan Yadong people in the region) are discussed in the previous. | |||
All in all, some Han Chinese, non-Han and the centripetal force will depend on cognitive (especially in foreign countries who have their nation). | |||
] (]) 10:13, 12 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
== "Chinese nationals or citizens" == | |||
*''Zhongguoren'' 中国人 - refers to a person who is holding the citizenship of the People's Republic of China or the Republic of China, sometimes known as "Chinese nationals or citizens". | |||
This should be clarified. How referes to these people as "Chinese nationals or citizens"? In English a "Chinese national" would normally be considered a citizen of the PRC (from the PRC). We need some citation and if the citation only applies to one area (like if the citation is a PRC or ROC law) then that needs to be stated. ] (]) 14:33, 21 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
== Missing from article == | |||
Shouldn't ], ], and ] be terms listed in the "Chinese terms associated with Chinese people" section? ] (]) 21:47, 16 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
== Deletion == | |||
This article has been around since July 2008. It only has one reference, and that reference's status as a reliable source is doubtful. If there are no reliable sources, then there shouldn't be an article. If there are, then someone who cares enough about this article to keep it needs to find them. ] (]) 16:45, 20 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
== Cantonese Pronunciation == | |||
How confusing... I know it's become faddish on many Misplaced Pages pages due to the activism of a minority, but is there really any reason this EN.wikipedia article should be using Jyutping, a deliberately de-Anglicised system of romanisation rendering much of the pronunciation worthless to the uninitiated, instead of the wider, English-intuitive Yale (or even Sidney Lau or "Cantonese Pinyin") here? Those Js and Zs need to be Ys and Js. ] (]) 04:00, 3 February 2011 (UTC) |
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Define "China" in lead section
My rewritten text included the following sentence, which was removed by User:Beardfrun:
- While China most typically refers to the People's Republic of China in contemporary usage, the name can also refer to Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, or other areas in East Asia currently or historically considered Chinese.
Since that sentence was removed, there are no links to Taiwan, Hong Kong, or Macau on the page (nor to East Asia or Mainland China, but those are less central to the notion of "Chinese people"). Notwithstanding Beardfrun's edit summary, "Most of these are explained in the three sections below," there is no explanation of the somewhat controversial relationships among these places on the page. It's my personal opinion that nuanced explanations are not really necessary on this page, but there should be links to pages where the details are explained. Cnilep (talk) 00:01, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
- What about China (geographical region) or Chinese civilisation? 203.145.95.250 (talk) 12:57, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
It refers, doesn't it?
Recently User:Bhny edited the lead section with the somewhat elliptical edit summary "WP:REFERS". According to the essay "Writing better articles", leads should avoid the wording "Foo refers to..." in favor of "Foo is...". However, according to the same section of the same page, "Disambiguation pages mention the term, so in such cases it is correct to write "The term Great Schism refers to" etc.
This page is a WP:DABCONCEPT, which might be thought of as an article with disambiguation page-like function. One of the canonical examples of a broad concept article, Football, begins, "Football refers to a number of sports" etc. However, another canonical example, Particle begins, "In the physical sciences, a particle is a small localized object" etc.
So, is this page about the label Chinese people and the various things that refers to, or is it about the concept of Chinese people? Cnilep (talk) 04:07, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the link to dabconcept. I still think my edit was correct as the whole lead is just one sentence with one meaning. If there were a few distinct meanings, "refers to" would make sense, otherwise it is redundant. Most of the examples on dabconcept don't say "refers to". The lead to this article actually needs expanding and if this results in multiple meanings, "refers" might be appropriate. Bhny (talk) 15:48, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
Qing Opening to the Ocean
Another editor added The Qing Opening to the Ocean: Chinese Maritime Policies, 1684–1757 to the References section. Since it was not cited as a reference for material in the article, I moved it to Further reading.
I'm not sure whether the book is relevant to the topic of Chinese people. I've not read the book, but a review in the International Journal of Maritime History calls it a useful history of "the Chinese state's attitudes toward maritime trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth century". This does not sound specifically relevant the topic of Chinese people. Cnilep (talk) 03:53, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
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"Greater China" again
I undid these edits "per cited source". Whether to refer to "China", "Greater China", or a specific set of nation-states has been a point of contention on this page, as is common in articles touching on history and politics. In the past another editor placed a "citation needed" tag on the claim that Chinese people refers to Greater China. Harry Harding's article, "The concept of 'greater China'", specifically addresses that claim. Harding suggests that the term Greater China emerged in the 1980s, primarily to refer to "rapidly increasing interaction among Chinese societies around the world". He notes that the reference of the term varies, with some people using it to refer to "commercial ties among ethnic Chinese", others to "overseas Chinese", and still others to a set of places: Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and China, sometimes also including Singapore.
The definition of Chinese people might be said to encompass people from "any regions or countries historically associated with 'China'", but the currently cited source makes no such claim. Cnilep (talk) 05:15, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
Infobox
The Infobox listing numbers of Chinese people in various countries seems inappropriate for this page. The point this page makes is that the phrase Chinese people can refer to various things (nationality, ethnicity, ancestry, etc.). Therefore a list of thirty-odd countries with citations to twenty-six different sources almost certainly mixes different meanings. @Lysimachi: added the box, and @Lemongirl942: once removed it then later modified its contents. I'd like to hear their opinions and work out a consensus with other editors before making any more changes. Cnilep (talk) 02:14, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
- @Cnilep:: I don't have very strong preference as to whether those numbers must be put here, but as far as I know all those references mention "Chinese" (in English or other languages), so this is definitely the page where they fit the best. Note that similar numbers can be found in pages such as Vietnamese people, Taiwanese people and Japanese people. I don't see why those numbers cannot be listed here. Lysimachi (talk) 13:52, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
- By the way, the reference for Taiwan doesn't say there are "22,287,000" "Chinese" in Taiwan. I doubt its verifiability. Lysimachi (talk) 13:56, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
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Recent page move, redirect, etc.
Patience is appreciated for this somewhat complicated history:
- On 30 November 2016 User:Prisencolin changed this article, replacing all content with a redirect to Han Chinese. The edit summary read, "WP:POVFORK of several better written articles, 'Chinese people' is probably WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT into Han Chinese, links won't really be broken due to overlapping meaning". That same day I reversed the change, leaving the edit summary, "Undid revision 752245025 by Prisencolin (talk) de facto article deletion".
- I also left a comment at User talk:Prisencolin#Chinese people. In addition to noting my 'undo', I expressed my opinion that the term "Chinese people" refers not only to Han Chinese but also to other ethnic groups and nationalities. I then added Category:Broad-concept articles to the article to reflect the fact that the article treats many related meanings of its title. See Misplaced Pages:Broad-concept article.
- My comment at the User talk page received no reply between 30 November and today (4 January). There was also no discussion on the article talk page, or anywhere else as far as I know.
- On 3 January Prisencolin moved 'Chinese people' first to 'Chinese people (including minorities)' and then to Chinese people (in general) several hours later. The edit summary of the first move stated, "WP:BOLD, this is sort of a pov fork, WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT into han"; the second noted "sounds pov". Chinese people is currently a redirect to Han Chinese, as it was briefly on 30 November.
It is my opinion that the disambiguator "(in general)" suggests, contra Prisencolin's edit summaries, that this page treats the primary, albeit vague meaning. As I have suggested, Han is a synonym of one common meaning of Chinese people, but the phrase has other equally common meanings, including "citizens of China", "Chinese ethnic groups", and "overseas Chinese" among others.
It would be helpful to hear from users such as User:Beardfrun, User:Lysimachi, User:Lemongirl942, or others who have opinions about the content of this article. Cnilep (talk) 02:21, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
- Han Chinese is the subset of Chinese people that are most likely to be associated with the term, thus can be considered a form of WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT. Yes the distinctions between ethnicity, ancestry, and nationality are hazy, but the plain fact is that the Han make up a supermajority of "citizens of China", "Chinese ethnic groups", and "overseas Chinese" and other contexts about "Chinese" and "people". The second paragraph of the WP:BCA says:
"However, if the primary meaning of a term proposed for disambiguation is a broad concept or type of thing that is capable of being described in an article, and a substantial portion of the links asserted to be ambiguous are instances or examples of that concept or type, then the page located at that title should be an article describing it, and not a disambiguation page. Where the primary topic of a term is a general topic that can be divided into subtopics, ..., the unqualified title should contain an article about the general topic rather than a disambiguation page."
Idea that Chinese primarily means Han is controversial, but as far as the numbers game goes it's not meant to be chauvinist, neo-colonialist or anything else negative. Additionally, considering the current quality of this article, it's probably better to point our readers towards a more complete article that is mostly overlapping with with one. It's either that or perhaps the Han article itself should just be re-titled "Chinese people".--Prisencolin (talk) 03:57, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
- I personally think this kind of a move requires an RFC. Technically speaking Han Chinese is a subset of Chinese people. And the term Chinese people is an ambiguous term applying to both ethnicity (in this case referring to Han Chinese) and nationality (in this case referring to citizens of PRC). I have asked to revert the move as it needs a discussion. Personally, I think an encyclopaedia should help readers understand the differences and nuances in the terms. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 01:31, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
One thing that bothers me and seems rather inaccurate is that the Chinese page linked to this article refers to Chinese nationals (中國人 Zhōngguórén) specifically whereas the more general term for Chinese people regardless of specific ethnicity or nationality (華人 Huárén) is linked to a rather awkward disambiguation page titled Ethnic Chinese. For clarification, while "Han people" is technically an ethnic subset of the Chinese people as you guys pointed out, the Chinese term Huárén more broadly covers Han and all the other ethnic groups traditionally considered Chinese regardless of nationality. However, these terms get mixed up between many Chinese people I know, both in Chinese and English. Many believe Huá people is 100% interchangeable with Hàn people due again, to the predominance of the Hàn in making up the Chinese people. Many Mainland Chinese make no distinction between Chinese nationals (中國人 Zhōngguórén) and people of the Chinese civilization (華人 Huárén), a distinction that Hong Kong people, Taiwanese people, Chinese Americans, Chinese Canadians, and other overseas Chinese take pains to make. Contrary to this article, usage of the term Huárén is not limited to Southeast Asia and is prevalent in all Chinese communities outside of Mainland China.
My point is that first, I don't think it makes sense for there to be a disambiguation page titled Ethnic Chinese. An ethnic Chinese is technically a Han Chinese. Rather, this page, covering the broad term "Chinese" that in English can refer to ethnic identity (漢人 Hànrén) , cultural identity (華人 Huárén), or nationality (中國人 Zhōngguórén) could be the disambiguation instead. "Ethnic Chinese (disambiguation)" could be merged with this page with the Chinese interwiki link at 華人 Huárén, and this page becomes simply a disambiguation page. A different page could be set up for Chinese nationality (中國人 Zhōngguórén).
If not, and if you guys believe that the primary topic of "Chinese people" is some vague meaning encompassing all ethnic groups conventionally grouped under the Chinese civilization and cultural identity, then this page should remain a full-fledged article, albeit linked with the Chinese page on 華人 Huárén since this is the technical and common term in the Chinese language for this broad meaning. I am of the opinion that in English, when we say "Chinese" we mean Chinese in a very broad and generalized sense, not referring particularly to either ethnicity or nationality, but rather either or. This is why I believe that the primary topic for Chinese people is 華人 Huárén not "Chinese nationals" (中國人 Zhōngguórén) as the current Chinese interwiki link would imply for the readers. Sol Pacificus (talk) 02:54, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
Should it be Chinese peoples instead? 203.145.95.250 (talk) 13:19, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
DNA section
Is this new subsection on DNA/Prima Nocta really appropriate here? This isn't my area. The content seems weirdly sourced. Jessicapierce (talk) 06:12, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Article quality
It has come to my attention that this article is written fairly poorly in comparison to several other nationality-related articles. For example, there isn't a statistics-infobox on the right. Also, the demographics are covered very briefly throughout the article. Jargo Nautilus (talk) 05:16, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
Picture of porter
This image has been repeatedly removed even though it is appropriate for the page. It is an image of a Chinese man, on a page about Chinese people. The first person to remove the image is a user that has referred to Chinese people as "ugly". The second person to remove the image is a person who has referred to a Javanese man as a "Dirty barbaric flat nosed indonesian javanese subhuman". The individuals who have removed this image are clearly not here to contribute productively, and therefore I see no rational justification for the image's removal.
Further, Koreans and Vietnamese people are examples of articles that place an image of a person from that demographic at the top of the article.
—Tookabreather (talk) 22:54, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
- The editor who recently removed this picture (Namwonyap) also vandalised the article by inserting a photograph of Javanese people with the following caption: "Dirty barbaric flat nosed indonesian javanese subhuman with its wife." I don't believe that their opposition to the inclusion of this image of a Chinese porter should be taken seriously. Edit: The editor's account was confirmed as a sockpuppet account today and they have been indefinitely banned. Jargo Nautilus (talk) 05:11, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
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To add {{failed verification}} after the refs for Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore in the line "Han Chinese people also comprise approximately 95%, 92%, 89% and 74% of the population of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore respectively". The sources refer only to Chinese rather than Han. 203.145.95.250 (talk) 13:15, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Done, except with {{better source needed}}. ◢ Ganbaruby! (Say hi!) 01:06, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
It's doubtful if such sources ever exist. That isn't asked in censuses, and no research has ever looked into the other fifty-five "nationalities" as identified in the People's Republic in these three countries.219.76.24.202 (talk) 12:48, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
Or indeed in any other country.219.76.24.202 (talk) 11:16, 20 January 2021 (UTC) IP hopping sock. See Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/14.0.180.170/Archive.
Merger proposal
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- To not merge; distinct topics warranting separate discussion. Klbrain (talk) 07:57, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
I propose merging Zhonghua minzu into Chinese people § Zhonghua minzu (the "Chinese nation"). A merger would not cause any article-size or weighting problems in Chinese people. --Balkovec (talk) 09:05, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
- I don't think that these are the same concept, Zhonghua minzu is about the concept of a multi-ethnic "Chinese nation" and its political connotations and meaning while this article seems to be more about people from that country in a civic sense, the differences should probably be properly articulated rather than just grouped together as the same thing. While I recognise that these two concepts have significant overlapping areas they are fundamentally different things and need dedicated articles to explain these differences and their origins. --Donald Trung (talk) 09:44, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Donald Trung I fail to see the difference you write about between civil and political meanings. Can you clarify a little what is the difference in connotations and meaning between the terms "Chinese nation" and "Chinese people"? For a specific analysis of the population of China there is Demographics of China. For the dominant Chinese ethnic group there is Han Chinese. Balkovec (talk) 09:57, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Balkovec:, well, the concept of "a nation" and "a people" aren't the same, "a nation" is often seen as a monolithic ethnicity with one language and one culture, the concept of "中華民族" is supposed to be one of multiple races of people sharing the same "Chinese nation", meanwhile the idea of "the Chinese people" (中華人 / 中國人) is the idea that China is already a monolithic nation state where all members are the same homogeneous people. The idea behind "中華民族" is that multiple ethnic groups share the same civilisation, Han Chinese are just one category of people that fall under this "nation", as the article reads "Since the late 1980s, the most fundamental change of the PRC's nationalities and minorities policies is the renaming from "the Chinese People" (中国人民 or Zhōngguó rénmín) to "the Chinese Nation" (Zhōnghuá mínzú), signalling a shift away from a multi-national communist people's statehood of China to one multi-ethnic Chinese nation state with one single Chinese national identity." Where the idea of 中國 is national while 中華 is that of a civilisation that shares a nation.
- A good contrast would be "Vietnamese people", there are no "Kinh Vietnamese", Vietnam is regarded as a "nation state" and all minorities are subordinate to the domination of the "民族越南" which is treated as interchangeable to the concept of Vietnam while minority kingdoms like Champa are "gloriously subjugated", the same applies to Korea, while China where the majority ethnic group are the Han Chinese or Japan where the dominant Yamato ethnicity are separate from the Japanese nation. Multi-ethnic societies have different concepts of "nations" if they seek to be a "nation state" than (supposed) monolithic / homogeneous "nation states" which tend to be solely based on the dominant ethnic group. In this concept of "the Chinese nation" other ethnic groups like the Manchu people are regarded are "equally Chinese" as the Han people, while in some chauvinistic interpretations of "Chinese people" this only includes the Han (like how "Vietnamese people" and "Korean people" are used). --Donald Trung (talk) 17:18, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Donald Trung, I still can not understand the need for the existence of two articles. Your example with Japan is very indicative: there is an article about the dominant Yamato ethnicity (in the case of China, this will be an article of the Han Chinese), and there is article about the Japanese nation (in the Chinese case, this will be an article of the Chinese people). Japan's nationality policy has also changed, but there is no separate 'Japanese nation' article from 'Japanese people'. Balkovec (talk) 17:31, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
- A good contrast would be "Vietnamese people", there are no "Kinh Vietnamese", Vietnam is regarded as a "nation state" and all minorities are subordinate to the domination of the "民族越南" which is treated as interchangeable to the concept of Vietnam while minority kingdoms like Champa are "gloriously subjugated", the same applies to Korea, while China where the majority ethnic group are the Han Chinese or Japan where the dominant Yamato ethnicity are separate from the Japanese nation. Multi-ethnic societies have different concepts of "nations" if they seek to be a "nation state" than (supposed) monolithic / homogeneous "nation states" which tend to be solely based on the dominant ethnic group. In this concept of "the Chinese nation" other ethnic groups like the Manchu people are regarded are "equally Chinese" as the Han people, while in some chauvinistic interpretations of "Chinese people" this only includes the Han (like how "Vietnamese people" and "Korean people" are used). --Donald Trung (talk) 17:18, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Balkovec:, my bad, I used the wrong example. What I meant to say is that nationality and "nation" isn't the same, the idea behind Zhonghua Minzu isn't the same as "Chinese people" as a nationality. For example it leads to a lot of bullshit historiography like "The concept of Zhonghua minzu nevertheless also leads to the reassessment of the role of many traditional hero figures. Heroes such as Yue Fei and Koxinga, who were originally often considered to have fought for China against barbarian incursions, have been recharacterized by some as minzu yingxiong (ethnic heroes) who fought not against barbarians but against other members of the Zhonghua minzu (the Jurchens and Manchus respectively). At the same time, China exemplified heroes such as Genghis Khan, who became a "national hero" as a member of the Zhonghua minzu." from the Zhonghua Minzu article. Meanwhile the "Chinese people" article very clearly states that it's about either "Huaren" and "Zhongguo-ren", these concepts aren't the same as "the Chinese nation", these concepts are very much specifically about the political idea of "Chinese people" as relating to the PRC, note "People from Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), may also be referred to as "Chinese" in various contexts, though they are usually referred to as "Taiwanese". The territory of Taiwan is disputed and the ROC has limited recognition of its sovereignty." while the term Zhonghua Minzu can also include Republic of China nationals.
- The core issue is that "Chinese nationality" and the supposed "Chinese nation" aren't the same concept hence separate articles for them exist. Any subject of the Chinese state and their diaspora can be considered "Chinese people" while Zhonghua Minzu is the concept that argues that the subjects of this land share a cultural continuum. The latter is also a Chinese appropriation of the European concept of nationalism while the term "Chinese people" is no different from "Austro-Hungarian people" referring to people associated with a country. --Donald Trung (talk) 07:28, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
- Strong Oppose and Snowball Close Zhonghua minzu includes all people of Greater China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan), the Chinese people includes all people with Chinese heritage (e.g. Chinese Singaporeans, Malaysian Chinese, and Chinese Americans etc.). They are not the same thing.
- By the way, I noticed that this proposal was initiated by a WP:SOCK, please WP:SNOWCLOSE this discussion. Thank you. 2001:8003:9008:1301:B53A:FCA1:6300:2556 (talk) 08:32, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose Zhonghua Minzu has enough details to deserve its own article and not be merged into this one. --JasonMacker (talk) 15:38, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
Taiwan is not Roc
Please update 2600:1012:A01B:52C3:884E:4242:B949:B892 (talk) 15:39, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
Requested move 17 July 2024
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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Frost 15:00, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
Chinese people → ? – I think this article should be moved to another title, possibly something like 'Chinese people (national)', and then the current title redirected to the 'Chinese' disambiguation page, because 'Chinese people' could equally refer to this article and to the 'Han Chinese' ethnic group. PK2 (talk; contributions) 06:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – it isn't the case as claimed above that "Chinese people" can be used equally as equivalent to either the ethnic label "Han" or the national label "Chinese". Beyond that, fundamental issue, a parenthetical disambiguator would be the worst of all worlds. Remsense诉 06:31, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- I oppose the title "Chinese people (national)" as confusing and unclear. What does the word "national" clarify there? For readers who are confused about the distinction between Chinese people in general and Han Chinese specifically, we already have a hatnote, and I think that's sufficient. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 13:35, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- In multi-ethnic countries, people often have a national identity and a sub-national ethnic identity Kowal2701 (talk) 12:28, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- That's true, but this article isn't about the national identity. It includes overseas Chinese as well as Chinese people in greater China. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 00:37, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- In multi-ethnic countries, people often have a national identity and a sub-national ethnic identity Kowal2701 (talk) 12:28, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose. Not much of a solution in search of no problem whatsoever. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:53, 23 July 2024 (UTC)