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'Chineese startup nobody has heard of.'
...am... I racist for immediately thinking scam? Like.. they shoved a couple thumb drives in a fancy case level of scam?
No because Chinese isn't a race its a nationality. If you used one of the races there like Han The predominate race there. than yes it would be racist. The Han are in fact often refereed to has the real Chinese. But china is made up of many races not just the one.
Okay bud Chinese 99.999999999% of the time refers to Han. If you ask a Chinese person they will say 中国人, Chinese. Yes Han is the proper nomenclature but no Chinese person would make this argument.
I don't think that's true at all? From my experience and research, China seems quite proud of it's diversity. The five colors of the original ROC flag symbolized this diversity, though a bit simplified, as the "Five races under one union" (han, manchu, mongols, muslims, tibetans). This term is one of the "Three Principles of the People" formulated by Sun Yat-sen (who founded KMT and is venerated in both mainland China and Taiwan). It's foundational to both Chinese republics.
(but if we're talking about the language, then "Chinese" is mandarin Chinese unless otherwise specified)
I guess that would depend on whether you think of the country or a race when you think china. I think of the country and not the race. bud.