"Chinaman" strikes me as a term that's only offensive to non-Chinese. Although 中国人 Zhōng guó rén = China person, Chinaman is close to literal. The whole "pers

"Chinaman" strikes me as a term that's only offensive to non-Chinese. Although 中国人 Zhōng guó rén = China person, Chinaman is close to literal. The whole "person" instead of "man" is also a Western fad, since 他/她 tā = he/she is naturally ambiguous spoken, and 人 rén = person/people occurs naturally when gender is less relevant.