If a white person is born in China, is that person an American Chinese?

Question

Sri-Lankan American, Congan American, Netherland-Antillan American

Being that the white person is from the United States of America. America does have a majority ethnic group, it's typically northern European with mostly German, Irish, English, and others. And what would the Chinese term for that citizenship be, as "Asian American or even Chinese American" exists as an actual term in the English language.

Answer 1

Not every country has citizenship by birth.
If you're born in the USA regardless of where your parents are from you're automatically a citizen. Not true for many other countries.

Answer 2

Some really bad assumptions here. Firstly, lots and lots of Americans are not white. Lots and lots of white people are not Americans. And American is a political identification, not an ethnic one, whereas Chinese, Sri Lankan, Congan, etc., are ethnic delineations. When people start talking about backgrounds and such at work, I volunteer that my parents were from Canada. But that doesn't really say much about ethnicity, either. It reminds me of that rather oxymoronic term you hear once in a while about Arabs who are citizens of Israel (you know, Israeli Arabs). Mainly I think it's just a way to further define what we don't have in common than in what we do have in common.

OK then, consider this. People who are ethnically Chinese who live in the US are equally considered Chinese Americans and American Chinese by some sources. By the definition you allude to, that caucasian person of US parents is also American Chinese. So then, either way, the ethnic Chinese and American Caucasoid are functional equivalents, and that's only if one can assume that anyone born in China is considered by the Chinese government to be a Chinese citizen. My guess is that they are more stringent about that than we in the US are.

Answer 3

Good grief! Are we bringing back the concept of the hypenated American again? First, suppose the white person is from Canada?

The legal answer is that a child who is born outside the US of US citizens IS an American citizen. I have known some people who were born in China of missionary parents, so this isn't b.s. Whether the Chinese consider the child as a Chinese citizen is another matter (although I doubt it).

Answer 4

First China would not comprehend start as a precise of citizenship. basically the indigenous human beings of China whose ancestry is chinese language could be electorate of China. for this reason it could be under particular circumstances that a Black human beings could be born in China. back the youngster's determine would not be chinese language. that is in basic terms like infants born on distant places soil via mothers and fathers who're American armed forces. An occasion of that's comic Martin Lawrence who became into born in Frankfurt Germany. using fact his father became right into a soldier interior the U.S. armed forces he's an American. Charlize Theron is an Afrikaner of German, French and Dutch Boer good. She grew to grow to be a naturalized American citizen in 2007. That make her nationality American no longer African American. African American isn't a nationality yet an ethnic group between Black human beings.

Answer 5

well if he lives there he would be. But if he was just born there then he would just have dual citizen ship. So when he became 18 he could deciede if he wanted to _____ American or just American.

Answer 6

yes. I know that because my teacher is white and he was born in south africa so that makes him african american.

Answer 7

definitely yes.he was born in china right, but his got a white blood. so he can be considered american chinese.sounds weird but he is......

Answer 8

Depends, is it on a U.S. military base? If so you're American.

I'm not sure but I believe they allow you to apply for duel citizenship.