The invented Chinese names of the 2019 Canadian federal election

Re:The invented Chinese names of the 2019 Canadian federal e... by iakie on Monday October 21, 2019 @05:50PM (#21317853)

I understand what you mean, but when Vancouver locals say "asian", they really mean "east asian" (Chinese/Japanese/Korea). I live in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb, where ethnic Indian is about 30%-40% of population. The local newspaper often refers them as "South Asian community".

But I'm surprised that BBC use "Asian" to refer "East Asian". I'm under the impression that in UK, they use "Asian" to refer "South Asian".

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Re:The invented Chinese names of the 2019 Canadian federal e... by GordonS on Monday October 21, 2019 @06:10PM (#21318049)

UK person here. Many (most?) people would say you were "Asian" of you were from anywhere in Asia apart from the Indian subcontinent.

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