American-born Chinese

Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:About Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox ethnic group American-born Chinese (abbreviated as ABC) is a term widely used to refer to Chinese people who were born in the United States and received U.S. citizenship due to birthright citizenship in the United States.

Contested usage

In comparison to the term Chinese American, American-born Chinese may not always denote U.S. citizenship, (mainland) Chinese nationals that were born in the United States often renounce their U.S. citizenship due to China prohibiting its citizens from holding multiple citizenships. According to some, the term has perpetual foreigner connotations. It has been noted that the term differs from existing patterns of immigrant designation in American English. For example, Peter Thiel is considered a "German-born American". In this case, the first demographic word refers to the person's citizenship at birth, and the second refers to his citizenship at present. However, in the case of "American-born Chinese," the first demographic word refers to the subject's citizenship at birth (or at present) and the second word to ethnicity.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

It has also been observed that, in practice, the term American-born Chinese includes hundreds of thousands of Americans of Chinese descent who were (technically speaking) not born in America, but rather brought over by their parents at a young age. This indicates that the term may be a misnomer.

Demographics

Template:Expand section In differing degrees, many ABCs draw together Chinese family culture with American societal culture, developing a transnational life and identity.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> However, this begins to shift in subsequent generations as families structures change through interracial marriage. In 2000, approximately 45% of American-born Chinese marry non-Chinese Americans; this is contrasted with Chinese Americans more generally, whereby 81.5% of men and 77.9% of women married other Chinese Americans.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In popular culture

The term was used in the 2006 graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, entitled American Born Chinese.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The book was adapted into the series of the same name for Disney+.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The term was used in the book Crazy Rich Asians, by Kevin Kwan, which has been adapted into a movie of the same name.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

See also

• Natural-born-citizen clause
• Demographics of the United States
• List of Chinese Americans
• Jook-sing (竹升) is a Cantonese term for an overseas Chinese person who was born in a Western environment and/or a Chinese person who more readily or strongly identifies with Western culture than traditional Chinese culture.
• American-Born Confused Desi (ABCD)
• Third culture kid (TCK)