what do you think of the Chinese community in your country ?

Answer 1

For many years I have purchased my family's fruits and vegetables at the Asian Market and enjoy the bantering that takes place whenever I go there.
The Chinese community’s willingness to share its culture and heritage, while accepting others, has enabled my friendship with the owner to grow steadily over the years.
In 2000, the owner and her daughter (who is my age) invited me to China and I had the honor of being a guest at the home of the owner's sister in Beijing. I have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for the Chinese people and feel fortunate to count those who showed me such warm hospitality as my friends.

Answer 2

I am also half Chinese and therefore a member of the Chinese-American community.

The Chinese have a long history in America. Indeed, there is reason to believe that we discovered this country centuries before Columbus. And, of course, Native Americans are our distant cousins.

Until recently we were a despised and discriminated against minority.

We are the only people who have been specifically refused entry to this country thru the notorious Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. That bit of racist ugliness was not repealed until December 17, 1943 when China was America's ally against the Japanese.

By the terms of the California Constitution of 1879 Chinese were forbidden to own property and to engage in occupations in which they competed with whites.

Nor did racism confine itself to legislative acts. Violence against Chinese was commonplace and entire Chinese communities were eradicated by mobs.

The denial of our constitutional, political and human rights was so pervasive that by the 1860s, the colloquial expression, "Not a Chinaman's Chance," became a part of American language.

In the post World War II era the influx of millions of educated Chinese fleeing communism has helped elevate the economic position of Chinese Americans and turn us into the "Model Minority." From being thought of as the "Yellow Peril" and habitués of opium dens we are now seen as uniformly intelligent, hard working and uncomplaining.

While the new stereotype may be more flattering than the old and engender better treatment, it is still a stereotype that dehumanizes Chinese Americans.

Almost all Americans are hyphenated Americans and it is fine to have a regard for ones roots but I hope the time will come when we are all just "Americans" and can be judged as individuals and not defend ourselves as members of a group.

Answer 3

On my opinion the Chinese community is hardworking and really respectful. They have a great drive to do well in school, and to work hard in the community. They also treat you with respect most of the time, and have a warm hospitality. They also keep my laundromat and grocery store running, so I like them.

Answer 4

I feel that as an immigrant community, they are an example of what foreigners should aspire to do with themselves once they come to America. On a whole, they are hard working people with ambition and ingenuity. They take pride in their neighborhoods and community, as well as pride in America. Most natural born Americans can't even say that.

Answer 5

In my limited experience, the Chinese I have met have been very hard working people who are trying to raise their families the best they can.

Answer 6

sometimes i think we cant generalised ppl according to race, but sometimes they do have same traits....funny....
anyway...chinese...i think it will have to depend on where they come from right? from china? from tw? or just the ethnic chinese?
they r very on, i mean hard working, go getter........
sometimes to the point of being impossible n scary......they r like superior species man, the survivors......at least the ones in my campus are

Answer 7

dont know really. i never hear any probelms from them so i guess they are gd ppl and jsut want to get on with their life in the best possible way

Answer 8

singapore's population has about 70% chinese.
for most of us, priority is family.

Answer 9

They are all exceptionally hard working people.

Answer 10

im part of it. im half chinese.