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Chinese Americans (Chinese: trad. 華裔美國人, simp. 华裔美国人, pin. Huáyì Měiguórén; t 美籍華人, s 美籍华人, p Měijí Huárén) are Americans of Chinese – particularly Han Chinese – descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans are immigrants along with their descendants from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, as well as Malaysia, Singapore, and other countries in Southeast Asia and South America that include large populations of Chinese diaspora. Overall demographic research tends to include immigrants from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan as well as overseas Chinese who have immigrated from South East Asia into the broadly defined Chinese American category as both the governments of the Republic of China and the United States refer Taiwanese Americans as a separate subgroup of Chinese Americans.
The Chinese American community is the largest overseas Chinese community in North America, closely followed by the Chinese communities in Canada and Mexico. It is also the fourth largest in the Chinese diaspora, behind the Chinese communities in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The Chinese American community is the largest ethnic group of Asian Americans, comprising 25.9% of the Asian American population as of 2010. They constitute 1.2% of the United States, including those with partial Chinese ancestry. According to the 2010 census, the Chinese American population numbered approximately 3.8 million.
An American-born Chinese or "ABC" is a stereotype that describes a person born in the United States of Chinese ethnic descent, a category of Chinese American. Many are second-generation (parents who are naturalized U.S. citizens) born after the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965 were free from limits on immigration from East Asia. It can be used as a "compliment" for Chinese who are very knowledgeable about America's culture[citation needed], or as an insult for Chinese who have "lost their pride" from their parent's country. When used pejoratively, the term serves as a device to discriminate and separate Chinese-Americans as a class different from those born in Chinese speaking countries. However, this sort of categorization oversimplifies the social realities and identities of many Chinese-Americans. It is often overlooked that innumerable Chinese-Americans are still connected to their parents' heritage, and it perhaps too quickly valorizes an attachment to an ancestor culture in favor of assimilation and integration within a new one.
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:
Race (hereditary reasons), nationality, citizenship, place of residence (geographical factors), and ancestry (historical and genealogical factors) can be used to define someone as Chinese.
Actors: Sidney Toler (actor), Jack Norton (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Jack Mower (actor), Al Bridge (actor), George Eldredge (actor), John Gallaudet (actor), John Hamilton (actor), Charles Jordan (actor), Harry Depp (actor), Lyle Latell (actor), James B. Leong (actor), Frank Mayo (actor), Mantan Moreland (actor), Victor Sen Yung (actor),
Plot: Chinese detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is on his way to San Francisco to take over a murder case when he meets a woman, Mrs. Conover (Mary Gordon), who is searching for her missing daughter and a young man, Jeff Tilford (Bruce Kellogg), who is looking for his missing fiancee. Investigation by Charlie discloses they are both looking for the same girl, Mary Conover (Tanis Chandler). Chan eventually uncovers a murder gang, which has been collecting the life insurance of its victims.
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