Multiracial people in China
混血兒 / 混血儿 | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 混血兒 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 混血儿 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | mixed-blood child(ren) | ||||||||
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Multiracial people in the People's Republic of China are those considered to belong to more than one race or whose parents are considered to belong to different races. In a Chinese context, this generally involves one parent belonging to the Han majority and the other belonging to one of the nation's minority groups. In foreign coverage, discussion generally focuses on the children of a Chinese citizen and a foreigner.
History
For decades following the Chinese Communist Revolution, marriages between laowai (non-East Asian foreigners) and Chinese were unusual and perhaps even nonexistent during the Cultural Revolution, but they were never explicitly banned or judged unacceptable on a racial basis. It was only in the mid-1970s that the first petitions for permission to marry foreigners were accepted, with the thawing of diplomatic ties between China and the United States. Such marriages remained relatively unusual for another two decades.[1]
From 1994 to 2008, each year has seen about 3,000 more mixed race marriages in Shanghai than the previous year.[2] This has caused a major shift in China's attitudes to race and to Chinese children of mixed race heritage, because of globalization.[3][4][5][6]
Notable people
- Chloe Bennet
- Maj. Art Chin (Sino-Japanese War/WWII veteran combat aviator for the Chinese Air Force)[7][8]
- Ding Hui
- Nancy Kwan
- Bruce Lee
- Lin Hu
- Lou Jing
- Karen Mok
- Anthony Wong
- Celina Jade
- Michelle Reis
See also
References
- ^ Hilton, Isabel (2009-11-05). "How volleyball and pop have shaken China's idea of race". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ^ "Can a Mixed-Race Contestant Become a Chinese Idol?". Time. 2009-09-23. Archived from the original on September 28, 2009. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ^ "For China's Mixed-Race Lou Jing, It's a Hard Road to Acceptance". MTV. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ^ "Half and half, Chinese and Western, get best of both worlds". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ^ Toy, Vivian S. (2008-05-04). "Stopping Traffic in the People's Republic". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ^ "China's Changing Views on Race". The New York Times. 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ^ "浩气长存——陈瑞钿传奇". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "World War 2 Flying Ace Arthur Chin's Amazing True Story". 7 October 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.