Talk:British Chinese

message: There are currently 80 (eighty) external links in this article, occupying over half of the article. Wikipedia is not a repository of links, nor a directory for every British Chinese association in the country. Please see Wikipedia:External links before adding any more. Thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:14, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to be bold and snip ALL the external links from the article, with the exception of articles/essays from reliable sources which could be used as sources for further developing the article. I've left the list of removed links below, so if anyone wants to insert individual links back in (observing Wikipedia:External links), please go ahead, but do not just paste the whole list back in. cab 08:14, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: This is ridiculous  the article says "People from mainland China and Taiwan and their descendants constitute a relatively small proportion of the British Chinese community" but then goes onto say "29% in Hong Kong, 25% England, 19% China, 8% Malaysia, 4% Vietnam, 3% Singapore, 2.4% Scotland, 2% Taiwan, 0.9% Wales, 0.1% Northern Ireland"
If 19 + 2 = 21% of people are born in Mainland or Taiwan, whilst 29% are from HK. There there is only an 8% difference. Therefore I would NOT say people from Mainland or Taiwan are SMALL!!
Somebody should change this statement or give me some other figures!
:Perhaps it was not very well written but I think the first sentence was trying to say that the proportion of people from mainland China and Taiwan and their descendants living in the UK is small compared to Chinese people worldwide, ie people from mainland China and Taiwan make up 90-95 per cent of Chinese people worldwide, but in the UK they only make less than about 25 percent of Chinese people, (19 + 2 + descendants). LDHan 16:07, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The two statements appeared to be contradictory but are both accurate based on the 2001 census because in the first sentence, "people from Mainland China and Taiwan" describe the proportion of people coming DIRECTLY from Mainland and Taiwan, rather than their place of birth. A large number of people migrated from Mainland to Hong Kong as refugees before the 80's and would consider themselves "Hong Kong Chinese" when they migrated to the UK afterwards. So although according to the place of birth, 19% were from China, a high proportion in this group would described themselves people from Hong Kong rather than people from Mainland China. This distinction is important before the return of Hong Kong's soverienty to China in 1997 as Hong Kong is a distinct seperate region. Since then, some researchers have started to group people from Hong Kong under the whole of China. In addition, in the 6 years since the last census in 2001, there have been a large influx of mainland China migrants coming to the UK, although there have been no official source to confirm the extent in numbers, various media reports have regularly quoted a figure of up to an additional of 200,000, making the mainland Chinese a majority rather than a minority as stated in the article. In the absence of official figures until 2011, a possible re-write could be something like this: "For a long time, most of the British Chinese are people or are descended from people who were themselves overseas Chinese when they came to the United Kingdom. The majority are from former British colonies, such as Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and also other countries such as Vietnam. People from mainland China and Taiwan and their descendants constitute a relatively minor proportion of the British Chinese community until recently. The first new arrivals made up of non-status migrants who arrived either asylum seekers or through human trafficking throughout the late 90's, they were followed by professionals with  Work permits or on the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme. A large number work in the Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) sector. " Chineseartlover 06:56, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have now found article in the cover story of Zoneeast Magazine, which will support the rewrite, and will add the rewrite into the main text accordingly. Please add other citation if possible. Thanks Chineseartlover 08:28, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Origins of British Chinese

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Vmaealbum.jpg

message: Is this actually used for referring to Chinese people in Britain in reliable sources, or is it just a term made up by analogy to "Chinese American"? Aside from the tens of thousands of GHits about relations between the United Kingdom and China, the only uses I can find referring to people are older books about Chinese people in former British colonies who acquired British Subject status, not Chinese people in Britain proper.  Compare also "british chinese students" (443 GHits ) to "chinese british students" (no GHits ). Cheers, cab 00:17, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's cultural differences. Linguistically, the first word describes the second, so the second word is what the person is perceived as. UK probably doesn't subscribe to the all inclusive mentality like US, Canada, Australia, etc. So immigrants would always be viewed as immigrants in the UK. Otherwise we should have the term "Chinese Briton". (BTW, Indian decedents in the UK are also called British Indian.) --Voidvector (talk) 18:36, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The name "Chinese British" 

message: At the moment the infobox photos has KT Tunstall (quarter Chinese), Gok Wan (half Chinese) and Max Minghella (half Chinese), the Max Minghella photo has an extra person so making it look like there are four. I don't think these are representative of the British Chinese. LDHan (talk) 19:52, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Max Minghella's mother doesn't look very Chinese. His mother is maybe mixed. Max is probably 1/4 Chinese just like KT Tunstall. Sonic99 (talk) 18:25, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article is about 'people of Chinese ancestory'. That definiton does not require people to be 'pure' Chinese, so the inclusion of half-Chinese people is not inappropriate. The pictures here could always be changed, but to what? Pictures on Wikipedia are limited as they have to meet criteria on ownership on use, and scrolling down some pages of British Chinese people, a lot do not have photos.  What images would people prefer?  Indisciplined (talk) 18:26, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

text: What do you exactly propose then? Shapiro-israel (talk) 10:38, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wasn't proposing a change at all. I was merely saying that those who want to change the images will have to come up with alternative ones. So far, no-one has done that. Indisciplined (talk) 14:26, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's why I wasn't talking to you as you can tell from the indent. I was talking to the moaner at the top called LDHan. I detest it when people moan but don't make any recommendation. Shapiro-israel (talk) 22:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox photo 

message: The Chinese British population is small in the UK. I don't think there is a future for the British Chinese. They will all be assimilated and mixed into the white British population. Otherwise they can just immigrate to another country where there are more Chinese. Sonic99 (talk) 18:20, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chinese British Population 

message: This article has become little more than a reinforcement of popular myths and is highly patronising to many people around the globe as a result. In particular, this article:
1.Falsely implies that most Cantonese, Hokkien and Taiwanese peoples are of Chinese ethnicity. In fact nothing else can be further from the truth. In fact, their ancestors were the victims of one of the worst genocides in world history at the hands of various Chinese armies. Once subjugated, the existences of distinct Cantonese, Hokkien and Taiwanese ethnic identities (as opposed to 'regional' identities) were 'conveniently' forgotten by most people in the world (and tragically to this day). Thus from this point of view, the label of Chinese ethnicity was a brutal imposition upon the Cantonese, Hokkien and Taiwanese peoples against the wills of the said local peoples.
2.Implies that Taiwan is part of China. The reality is that Taiwan is **NOT** part of China and will never be for the foreseeable future. Over the past several millennia, the Taiwanese have maintained a distinct ethnic identity totally separate from the Chinese ethnicity. Therefore, to describe the Taiwanese as 'Chinese' is not merely wrong; it is downright offensive.
3.Fails to make any real distinctions between the concepts of ancestry and ethnicity whatsoever. There is more to ethnicity than simply being descended from a particular ancestor. Naturally, ethnic identities evolve and may even change over time (but not counting genocides). One could even argue that the concept of ancestry is nothing more than a political and social misconstruct since a recent scientific study has proven beyond reasonable doubt that all modern humans were descended from Africans.
The above points, in particular, MUST be taken seriously. Someone who is an expert on the subject matter of this article must edit this article IMMEDIATELY to remove the blatant biases in the article (including population figures).
Note: I would have attempted to correct some of the biases in the article, but owing to the fact that most of the required references are very difficult to obtain (and generally not found on the internet), I have called for an expert to fix the article instead. 122.105.144.54 (talk) 13:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Rather than just mouthing off, un-named contributor, you actually have to be put forward evidence for your assertions.  So far, you have not done so. Indisciplined (talk) 18:50, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article has become a racist joke 

message: Please note that the Hoa people are NOT considered ethnic Chinese by immigrants from China, Hong Kong or Taiwan; the 'Hoa' are considered 'Vietnamese'. In light of this, I urge all editors to check that this and all related articles reflect the said classification. 122.105.144.54 (talk) 13:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, please provide evidence for this assertion. Indisciplined (talk) 18:50, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  '''Attention all editors''' 

message: Since no one has responded to the above concerns outlined in the previous two sections in a meaningful way, I have flagged the article as biased and inaccurate. The article is urgently in need of review and editing by a neutral third-party. 122.105.149.241 (talk) 12:40, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This un-named contributor has not even cited why they consider the article "biased and inaccurate" and has not "flagged" it in any way. If you have a point to make, explain it and back it up with sources. Indisciplined (talk) 18:53, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urgent need for review to counter systematic bias

message: Does anyone know why this article has a hatnote link to Sindarin at the top? That's a fictional language from J.R.R. Tolkein's Middle-Earth, and as far as I know it has nothing to do with British Chinese people. Robofish (talk) 13:54, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Never noticed it before but now you've mentioned it, a search for when it was added and the editor's contributions at the same time turned up the intended link, i.e. it looks like just a typo, which coincidentally happened to be another language though clearly not the right one. So fixed it.--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 14:36, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strange disambiguation link 

message: This article is in pretty bad shape. The history is gigantic and largely unsourced (like much of the rest of the article). It contains inappropriate and undue sections like Advice and support, mental health etc. Needs a thorough cleanup. Christopher Connor (talk) 23:27, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article comments 

message: Agreed that this article is in bad shape. Notice how the numbers used in the introductory text (giving a number of about 250K) is different than the number used in the boxed summary (on the right) which states 500K. From my own research of the 2001 Census, I have obtained a number of 470K. I do not know where the 250K number comes from, other than the fact that it links to another Wiki page. Wiki should not cite itself. I will change the numbers and add my source (UK Bureau of Statistics) unless someone has a better source.
Drminnesota (talk) 07:16, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK Census 2001 

message: I propose that we delete this entire section. The section right above it: "Socioeconomics", can be broken up into its two root words, socio- meaning society, and economics which can refer to business. Therefore, there are two sections that are dedicated to society and economics - this one, however, is wholly unreliable. This whole section is redundant and contains no references. It is also possibly based on personal opinion. Consider deleting the entire section and rewriting parts of the history in the intro of "Socioeconomics"
Drminnesota (talk) 18:31, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputes about Society and Business 

message: Where does this 1% number come from? Falkiewu (talk) 07:20, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, the population number is extremely variable... Can someone provide the link to the latest UK census, it appears that this data is either unavailable to the public or is archived to a point that it is almost hidden. If only it was like the US census data... Drminnesota (talk) 18:33, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population math is really bad 

message: I would refer to this, at Talk:Model_minority#Dubious. I thank you. -- KC9TV 22:39, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious 

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message: Hey, I just wanted to mention that reference number 58 just links to the home page of the ONS. Would it be proper practise to put a citation needed tag here?
Moogle1595 (talk) 14:01, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You could replace the ref with  or leave the ref and add a  tag. Keith D (talk) 14:50, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Health and Welfare  

message: “Today, most British Chinese are descended from people of former British colonies, such as: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Mauritius“
The majority of British Chinese are from China. Rustygecko (talk) 03:47, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most British Chinese are descended from people of former British colonies - FALSE 

message: What does socioeconomically widespread? It isn't mentioned in the article used as a reference. Rustygecko (talk) 03:51, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The word widespread is used at British Chinese#Demographics and was in the first version of the article, with both suggesting that it was meant in a geographic sense rather than a socioeconomic one (presumably meaning not concentrated in particular locations). The word socioeconomic got added here. Cordless Larry (talk) 07:14, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed the wording and added some sources to the demographics section. Cordless Larry (talk) 07:30, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  the Chinese are socioeconomically more widespread 

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