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Re:Word usage guidance and alternative terms by Volundr on Monday April 19, 2021 @11:18AM (#26863687)
Asking honestly... They do? I've never seen it happen in any Chinese media I've consumed, though not speaking Chinese that could have more to do with the translators. I've certainly never heard an American of Chinese decent refer to themselves this way.

Can we get more context on this?

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Re:Word usage guidance and alternative terms by RestlessMind on Monday April 19, 2021 @01:04PM (#26865119)
I am not a Chinese person but I have came across "banana"[1] in multiple places, most famously in the movie "Crazy Rich Asians"

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana,_Coconut,_and_Twinkie

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Re:Word usage guidance and alternative terms by nmfisher on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:42AM (#26887328)
Americans of Chinese descent are not Chinese. My wife is Beijing born-and-bred and refers to (East) Asians as yellow people, as do many of her friends.

If you want a more objective source and can read Chinese, there's a Baidu Baike (think Chinese wiktionary) page for the term (黄种人):

https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%BB%84%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%...

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Re:Word usage guidance and alternative terms by japorized on Monday April 19, 2021 @10:14PM (#26869995)
They do, but it’s not as common as black and white in English (American) media. There’s even an old song, pretty well-known, that has 2 lines that can be translated as “Black eyes, black hair, and yellow skin, forever more shall be the descendants of the dragon” (descendants of the dragon means of Chinese descent in the context of the song).
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