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China employs non-Chinese to track and interfere with dissidents and critics of China in the US https://news.artnet.com/art-world/us-blames-china-operatives-scu
by fsckboy 4y ago
China employs non-Chinese to track and interfere with dissidents and critics of China in the US https://news.artnet.com/art-world/us-blames-china-operatives-sculpture-burning-2166879 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/us-blames-china-operatives...
and of course, plenty of Russians and Iranians are non-Asian (in appearance, Persia is in Asia of course)
- aliqot 4y agoRussia is partly asia as well.
- incompatible 4y agoGiven the diversity and size of Asia, and the fact that it has the majority of the world's population, describing somebody as "Asian" is rather vague.
- samcheng 4y agoIt's just shorthand in an old-fashioned slightly racist/ignorant way - they can't say "Yellow" or "Oriental" any more, and want a word to parallel "White" and "Black." I look forward to a post-racial future...
- givemeethekeys 4y agoI hear you. Generally when Americans say, "Asian", they mean, people from China, Japan, the Koreas, and to a lesser extent Filipino, Thai, Indo, Malay.. but mostly. Basically, if you have smaller eyes, then you are Asian. Otherwise, you are Russian or Indian .. etc, sort of like how some people consider people from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as "brown". Continental unity doesn't mean much for Asia as much as it does for Europe or Africa. Good luck correcting the millions. Just roll with it. Concentrate on whats most important to you.
- hackernewds 4y agoJust because it's accepted widely doesn't mean its right - else we would be wrongly using "its" forever like I've just done. Indians are completely and wholly Asian.