why are chinese people reffered to "Asians"?

Question

Asia is world largest continent its got second highest number of contries and lots of peopel from asian countries live in europ but when you hear the word "asian" you immediately think of a chinese or a japnese person. why is that?
Recently it was my son`s friends birthday and he ws invited. my son told me he is an asian and he needs to buy a present for him. I just went on my own to buy a present. i thought he is an asian he might like an action figuare, so i bought an 4 feet tall transforming action figuare which says some sentences in japnese and it had some japnese writting on it. when me and my son went to the birthday party and when i looked at the people around me and especialy at the kid whos birthday it was, he was asian but not chinese, he turned out to be a pakistani. I thought to my self "why are chinese people refferd to Asians?

Answer 1

Because China is in Asia....and not to be crude, but the majority of ppl i know cannot distinguish between different types of Asians :-/

Answer 2

you can not be blamed that the american education system has FAILED YOU !!!)


Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia – with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe – lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean, to the south by the Indian Ocean, and to the north by the Arctic Ocean.

These are all asian countries
central asia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan


eastern asia
China[14]
japan
macau
mongolia
north korea
south korea
taiwan

Northern Africa
Egypt
Northern Asia
Russia
south eastern asia
brunei
cambodia
indonesia
laos
malaysia
Burma
phillipines
singapore
thailand
East timor
Vietnam

Southern Asia
Afghanistan
banghledesh
Bhutan
India
IRAN
MALDIVES
Nepal
pakistan
Sri lanka

Western Asia
Armenia
Azerbaijan[26]
Bahrain
Cyprus[27
gaza
Georgia
Iraq
Israel
Jordon
Kawait
Lebanon
Oman
Quatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United arabs Emirates
West Bank and yemen


*** MOst americans won't believe this as many of these places they have called Europe ...lol
thats why sorry to be upfront they say America did not score well compare to so many countries on the Intelligence list


Don't care who boo hoos the truth hurts

Answer 3

When I think Asian, I think of any country that's associated with the Asian continent. Same with African, Eurpoean, and American I refer to as North and South American. When I refer to someone from China, I say Chinese. Or Korean, Brit, Arab, etc... Not out of distaste for another country, but that's the way of the world. lol

Answer 4

Maybe because China is part of the Asian Continent

Answer 5

for one China is in Asia. LOL

Secondly, I can't always distinguish between chinese and japanese and I don't want to be offensive. I made that mistake a long time ago and I felt really badly.

RX there are several theories, so the one you subscribe to isn't apodictic.
You can express that you subscribe to it but don't purport it has the only truth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

Answer 6

The continent of Asia.

Answer 7

When I hear Asian I actually think Indian or Pakistani, not Chinese or Japanese.

Answer 8

I think more so that it has to do with the "region" that one lives in.

Answer 9

amazing developing in economy
large population
LOL

Answer 10

I call them twinkies