All chinese people with an exception of that guy that is in the NBA, are short..very short, why is that?
2006-08-23 16:53:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
because they sleep in drawers......and their country is like an overpopulated fishtank.....the less room they have....the less they grow....hopefully this answers yer question
2006-08-24 17:02:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
A lot of it is diet. When a diet consists mostly of protein, the people will usually grow far taller than those whose diet is primarily vegetarian.
An example: in Mexico, the native peoples there before the arrival of the Europeans were fairly short--women were about 4'11 and men about 5'3-5'6. Their diet was based on centeotl, or maize corn. The Plains Indians, such as the Sioux and Cheyenne, whose main staple was of animal origin, were quite tall--men were averaging over six feet.
In China, the staple is often vegetarian in nature, thus their stature is shorter. However as diets come to include more protein-based foods, the average height will grow considerably.
2006-08-24 00:04:25 · answer #2 · answered by Songbird 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
That's a total stereotype. I know plenty of chinese people who are over 6 ft. Actually all the chinese people i know are really tall. I think you're stereotyping chinese people from like TV or maybe a small group of chinese people you see. They might not even be chinese. But yeah I could ask "why are african american people so tall?". and its not true for all african american people. They're not ALL tall.
The chinese people YOU know might be short b/c they just are!
2006-08-23 23:58:29 · answer #3 · answered by Julie 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess you mean Asians generally, because chinese are not small. Where I live I get chinese TV channels and they are not small people, but not fat either.
2006-08-24 00:01:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you really are interested in this topic, why don't you go an study anthropology, at least read Pearson's Introduction to Anthropology.
Too much a challenge? that's what I thought.
2006-08-24 00:26:28 · answer #5 · answered by Pablo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You havent seen many chinese lol, 6 footers are not unusual.
2006-08-24 00:01:18 · answer #6 · answered by Ken B 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Do you know why there is no Disneyland in China?
Because everyone would be too short to go on the fun rides.
2006-08-24 00:00:12 · answer #7 · answered by chetahbill 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Isn't one of the basketball players from china and really tall... I've seen a lot of asians, lived in korea, way tall--- yeah, total stereotype.
2006-08-24 00:00:55 · answer #8 · answered by erotikos_stratiotis 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That's stereotyping...
I know of many tall Chinese and they aren't even from China.
2006-08-24 00:00:04 · answer #9 · answered by warasouth 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If by small you mean short, one word: Genetics.
2006-08-24 00:04:33 · answer #10 · answered by Jylsamynne 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its God made the chinese peoples small.
2006-08-24 00:21:31 · answer #11 · answered by margie38us j 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋