我小孩的班上的一个伊朗小朋友问一个华裔男孩, "are you Chinese?", 这个男孩回答,“no, I am Canadian", 那个伊朗男孩说," but still you are Chinese, right?" 这个华裔男孩竟然觉得好像受了侮辱,“I am Canadian, I was born here." 并且告诉了老师, 老师还组织了讨论,分析了 "Chinese" 的意思,伊朗男孩发言, " I am Canadian, too, I was born here too, but I am Iranian." 这就是英文和中文的区别。Chinese,是华裔,华人的意思。你就是有一万个国籍,护照,走到欧洲,亚洲,非洲,美洲,如果你爹,你妈是华裔,你就是Chinese.