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I don't agree that eyeballing a list of one law firm's clients says something about all Canadians of Chinese descent. If the data matches your eyeball estimate,

• scythe 10y ago
  I don't think that's what he's saying, and if any attempt to talk about the behavior of China's nouveau-riche -- a small, but comparatively very wealthy subset of Chinese investors in Canada -- is reduced to race-baiting about something which nobody seriously believes is characteristic of all Chinese immigrants (and which is the product of China's government's policies, not the investors' disposition) or for that matter even most of the recent ones -- after all, the vast majority of people are not wealthy -- then how can we ever reasonably discuss it?
  • hackuser 10y ago
    > race-baiting I didn't say or even think anything about racism. > I don't think that's what he's saying Then what do you think he/she is saying? Also, whatever group the commenter is talking about, my comment stands - this isn't really data about the larger group.
• balls187 10y ago
  As I was entering various first names, the number of chinese surnames stood out to me as well.