zhongguoren

I argue that ethnic identity and regional identity are crucial to the definition and understanding of present-day Chinese people (zhongguoren).

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

"Helan dong yindu gongsi yu zhongguoren zai Dayuan yidai de jingji guanxi" 荷蘭東印度公司與中國人在大員一帶的經濟關係 (1625 – 1640).

How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

131The appearance of yunnanren modified the idea of Chineseness, or Chinese identity, in that Yunnan was regarded as an integral part of China, and yunnanren, as a basic regional constituent of Chinese people (zhongguoren).

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

But if the Chinese got on their high horse and demanded that we start referring to them as “zhongguoren” or at least something closer to that than “Chinese”), I suppose Mr. Esper would fall obediently in line, since they are non-white.)

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