What does it mean to say that I'm Chinese? I honestly do not understand, since I refer to myself as 'Canadian'.

My arguments that I'm not chinese are as follows:

- my passport says I'm Canadian
- when I go to Hong Kong or China I have to go to the 'foreigners' queue. There's a 'Chinese' queue for Chinese people and an 'Foreigners' queue for the rest of the planet.
- There's a Canadian flag tattooed to my neck for some reason
- My last name is not indicative of my Chinese-ness. If I married, that person could take my last name and...become Chinese? Wat

That said, the argument that I'm chinese:

- My birth certificate might say that I'm Chinese. I'm not sure. I have to check

Two topics: what do you have to say to my spa...argument? And do you view yourself as a different nationality than um...I'm not sure how to finish the question since I don't consider race a valid term.

kgo!