Re: Ding Wen's interview

[sicklittlemonkey <Nick.Westgate@gmail.com>]

On 2月10日, 上午7时51分, wyeo <willie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chinese living in America are called American Chinese

You mean Chinese American. Or Asian American. American Chinese (in
English) would mean Americans raised in China. Probably quite
rare. ;-)

On Feb 11, 7:51 am, limtc <thyech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Theoretically this should be right, however Ding Wen and his sisters
> are born in Singapore. They are Malaysian because both me and my wife
> are not Singaporean (I am a Malaysian).

It's interesting how complicated this gets when people migrate. And
how some countries (actually Japan is the only one I know of) make it
more complicated.

I was born in England, raised mostly in NZ.
-> No problem: dual UK/NZ citizenship.

My sister was born in Malawi, raised mostly in NZ.
-> No problem: dual UK/NZ citizenship.

My daughter was born in Japan, will be raised in NZ.
-> Her family name is her mother's, not mine
-> When she turns 20, she (officially) has to choose Japanese or other
citizenship.

I hope it's not so complicated for you guys.

Cheers,
Nick.