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Here’s a masterlist of over 420+ Chinese faceclaims with their age and ethnicity noted if there was a reliable source! If you have any suggestions or know any missing information feel free to send us an ask. Please give this post a like or reblog if you found it useful.

FEMALE:

Vera Wang (1949) — Fashion Designer

Liu Xiao Qing (1955) — Actor

Deng Jie (1957) — Actor

Velina Hasu Houston (1957) African-American, Pikuni Blackfoot, Japanese, Chinese, Native Hawaiian, Cuban, Argentinian, Brazilian, Armenian, Greek, German, English — Playwright and Author.

Jennifer Tilly (1958) ½ Chinese ½ Finnish, Irish, First Nations — Actor

Liu Xue Hua (1959) — Actor

Teresa Mo (1959) Hongkonger — Actor

Ding Jiali (1959) — Actor

Leanne Liu (1959) — Actor

Candice Yu (1959) Hongkonger — Actor

Kiki Sheung (1959) Hongkonger — Actor

Candice Yu (1959) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Ni Ping (1959) — Actor and TV Host.

Emily Chu (1960) Hongkonger — Actor

Lü Liping (1960) — Actor

Olivia Cheng (1960) Hongkonger — Actor

Kara Hui (1960) Manchu — Actor

Idy Chan (1960) Hongkonger — Actor

Meg Tilly (1960) ½ Chinese ½ Finnish, Irish, First Nations — Actor

Rae Dawn Chong (1961) ½ Chinese, Scots-Irish ½ Black Canadian, Cherokee — Actor

Joan Chen (1961) — Actor

Song Dandan (1961) — Actor

Rae Dawn Chong (1961) Chinese, Scots-Irish / African-American — Actor

Joan Chen (1961) — Actor, Director, Screenwriter, and Producer

Mao Weitao (1962) — Actor and Singer

Hong Yue (1962) — Actor

Rosamund Kwan (1962) Manchu / Chinese — Actor

Kingdom Yuen (1962) Hongkonger — Actor

Jaime Chik (1962) Hongkonger — Actor

Michelle Yeoh (1962) — Actor

Cecilia Yip (1963) Hongkonger — Actor

Ming Na Wen (1963) — Actor

Carrie Ng (1963) Hongkonger — Actor

Charlene Tse (1963) Hongkonger — Actor

Li Lingyu (1963) — Actor and Singer

He Saifei (1963) — Actor

Ming-Na Wen (1963) — Actor

Phoebe Cates (1963) ¾ Ashkenazi Jewish ¼ Chinese — Actor and Model

Maggie Cheung (1964) Hongkonger — Actor

Chen Jin (1964) — Actor

Esther Kwan (1964) Hongkonger — Actor

Fu Yiwei (1964) — Actor

Moon Lee (1964) Hongkonger — Actor

Carina Lau (1964) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Gong Li (1965) — Actor

Yu Hui (1965) — Actor

Maggie Shiu (1965) — Actor

Amy Yip (1965) Hongkonger — Actor

Kathy Chow (1966) Machu — Actor

Irene Wan (1966) Hongkonger — Actor

May Mei-Mei Lo (1966) Hongkonger — Actor

Sheren Tang (1966) Hongkonger — Actor

Bai Ling (1966) — Actor

Cutie Mui (1966) Hongkonger — Actor and TV Host

Loletta Lee (1966) Hongkonger — Actor

Vivian Wu (1966) — Actor

Monica Chan (1966) Hongkonger — Actor and Model

Ellen Chan (1966) Hongkonger — Actor

Shirley Kwan (1966) Hongkonger — Singer

Xu Fan (1967) — Actor

Celine Ma (1967) Hongkonger — Actor

Li Shengsu (1967) — Actor and Singer

Jin Xing (1967) — Dancer and Actress — Trans

Vivian Chow (1967) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Amy Kwok (1967) Hongkonger — Actor

Elvina Kong (1967) Hongkonger — Actor and Presenter

Florence Kwok (1968) Hongkonger — Actor

Chen Hong (1968) — Actor

Chingmy Yau (1968) Hongkonger — Actor

Ju Xue (1968) Chinese — Actor

Kelly Hu (1968) English, Chinese, Hawaiian — Actor

Louisa So (1968) Hongkonger — Actor

Yvonne Yung (1968) Hongkonger — Actor

Lucy Liu (1968) — Actor

Canny Leung (1968) Hongkonger — Singer and Author

Boh Runga (1969) ½ Chinese ½ Māori — Singer

Kenix Kwok (1969) Hongkonger — Actor

Naomi Campbell (1970) Jamaican (African, ¼ Chinese, possibly other) — Actor and Model

Maxine Bahns (1971) ½ German ½ Chinese, Portuguese-Brazilian — Actor and Singer

Yuen Wing Yi (1971) — Actor

Li Bingbing (1973) — Actor

Sharin Foo (1973) 2/4 Danish,¼ Chinese — Musician

Natassia Malthe (1974) ½ Norwegian, ½ Chinese-Malaysian — Actor and Model

China Chow (1974) Chinese, Japanese, German — Model and Actor

Zhou Xun (1974) — Actor

Coco Lee (1975) ½ Hongkonger ½ Chinese — Singer, Dancer, and Actor

He Meitian (1975) — Actor

Katja Schuurman (1975) Chinese, Dutch, Surinamese — Actor, Singer and TV Personality.

Sheh Charmaine (1975) Hongkonger — Actor

KT Tunstall (1975) ½ Chinese, Scottish ½ Irish — Singer

Bic Runga (1976) ½ Chinese ½ Māori — Singer

Zhao Wei (1976) — Actor

Li Xiao Ran (1976) — Actor

Chen Si Si (1976) — Actor

Yang Ming Na (1976) — Actor

Lu Min Tao (1978) — Actor

Gong Beibi (1978) — Actor

Nicole Lyn (1978) Afro-Jamaican, Chinese, Anglo — Actor

Liu Tao (1978) — Actor

Michaela Conlin (1978) ½ Chinese, ½ Irish — Actor

Zhang Ziyi (1979) — Actor

Bérénice Marlohe (1979) ½ Chinese, Cambodian ½ French — Actor

Chen Hao (1979) — Actor, Singer, and Model

Elaine Tan (1979) — Actor

Chen Yao (1979) — Actor

Gao Yuan Yuan (1979) — Actor

Zhao Yuan Yuan (1979) — Actor

Wu Hang Yee / Wu Myolie (1979) Hongkonger — Actor

Yeung Yi / Tavia Yeung (1979) Hongkonger — Actor

Cecilia Cheung (1980) ¼ White British, ¾ Hongkonger — Actor

Lena Hall (1980) Filipino, Spanish, possibly Chinese, Swedish, English, possibly other — Actor and Singer

Chen Lili (1980) — Singer, Model and Actor — Trans

Mylène Jampanoï (1980) ½ Chinese ½ Breton — Actor

Olivia Munn (1980) ½ Chinese, ½ English, Scottish, German — Model and Actor

Jolin Tsai (1980) 75% Han Chinese 25% Aboriginal Taiwanese (Papora) — Singer

Chung Ka Lai/Gillian Chung (1981) Hongkonger — Actor

Fan Bingbing (1981) — Actor

Liza Lapira (1981) Filipino, Spanish, Chinese — Actor

Zhang Meng/Zhang Alina (1988) — Actor

Yang Rong (1981) — Actor

Zhang Xin Yi (1981) — Actor

Francine Prieto (1982) ½ Filipino, Chinese ½ Norwegian — Actress, Singer, and Model

Gemma Chan (1982) — Actor

Jia Xiao Chen/Jia JJ (1982) — Actor

Lee Kai Sum (1982) Hongkonger — Actor

Li Xiao Lu (1982) — Actor

Kristin Kreuk (1982) ½ Chinese, with some Scottish and African, ½ Dutch — Actor

Sun Li/Sun Betty (1982) — Actor

Constance Wu (1982) Han Chinese — Actor

Yan Yi Dan (1982) — Actor

Wang Ou/Angel Wang (1982) — Actor

Christina Chong (1983) ½ Chinese ½ English — Actor

Lan Xi (1983) — Actor

Tang Yan/Tiffany Tang (1983) — Actor

Teresa Castillo (1983) Mexican, Chinese, Spanish — Actor

Huang Lu (1983) — Actor

Alexa Chung (1983) 37.5% Chinese 62.5% English and Scottish — Fashion Designer, TV presenter, Model and Writer.

Yasmin Lee (1983) Thai, Cambodian and Chinese — Model — Trans

Jiang Xin (1983) — Actor

Chung Ka Yan/Linda Chung (1984) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Bai Xui/Bai Fay (1984) — Actor

Wu You (1984) — Actor

Wang Li Kun (1985) — Actor

Li Cheng Yuan (1984) — Actor

Xhang Li (1984) — Actor

Hai Lu (1984) — Actor

Jane Zhang (1984) — Singer

Lu Jia Rong/Lu Kelsey (1984) — Actor

Tami Chynn (1984) Chinese, Cherokee, Afro-Jamaican, English — Singer and Dancer

Qi Wei (1984) — Actor and Singer

Du Ruo Xi (1985) — Actor

Heart Evangelista (1985) Filipino (Tagalog), Chinese, Spanish (Asturian) — Actor and Model.

Juliana Harkavy (1985) ½ Ashkenazi Jewish ½ Dominican Republic, African, Chinese — Actor

Celina Jade (1985) ½ Chinese ½ English, Irish, German, French — Actor, Singer, Model and Martial Artist

Tong Yi La/Yi Yi (1989) — Actor

Angel Locsin (1985) Filipino (including Hiligaynon), Chinese, Spanish (Galician) — Actor

Jessica Lu (1985) ½ Chinese, Japanese ½ Chinese — Actor

Jing Lusi (1985) — Actor

Joséphine Jobert (1985) Sephardi Jewish / Martiniquais, Spanish, possibly Chinese — Actor

Kirby Ann Basken (1985) ½ Norwegian ½ Filipino (Tagalog), Chinese — Model

Li Sheng (1985) — Actor

Cindy Sun (1985) — Actor

Suzuki Emi (1985) — Model and Actor

Tong Yao (1985) — Actor

Tessanne Chin (1985) ½ Chinese, Cherokee Native American ½ Jewish, Afro-Jamaican, likely other — Singer

Tao Xin Ran (1986) — Actor

Michelle Bai (1986) — Actor

Gan Ting Ting (1986) — Actor

Jia Qing (1986) — Actor

Maggie Jiang (1986) — Actor

Lin Peng (1986) — Actor

Yang Mi (1986) — Actor

Mao Lin Lin/Nikia Mao (1986) — Actor

Liu Shishi (1987) — Actor

Victoria Song (1987) — Actor and Idol.

Sun Yao Qi (1987) — Actor

Wang Olivia (1987) — Actor

Yuan Shan Shan/Mabel Yuan (1987) — Actor

Zhang Xin Yu/Zhang Viann (1987) — Actor

Cao Lu (1987) — Actor and Singer

Ellen Adarna (1988) 68.75% Filipino (Cebuano), 25% Chinese, 6.25% unknown — Actress and Model

Jiao Jun Yan (1987) — Actor

Li Fei Er (1987) — Actor

Liu Yifei (1987) — Actor

Li Chun/Li Frida (1988) — Actor

Amanda Du-Pont (1988) Portuguese, Chinese, French and Swazi — Actor

Ma Si Chun/Sandra Ma (1988) — Actor

Mao Xiaotong (1988) — Actor

Wang Feifei (1987) — Actor and Idol

Zhao Li Ying (1987) — Actor

Crystal Yu (1988) Hongkonger — Actor

Feng Jing (1988) — Actor

Adesuwa Aighewi (1988) Nigerian / Chinese — Model

Han Qing Zi/Kan Adi (1988) — Actor

Hou Meng Yao (1988) — Actor

Jing Tian (1988) — Actor and Singer

Liu Wen (1988) — Model

Li Yi Xiao (1988) — Actor

Li Xi Rui/Sierra Li (1989) — Actor

Lou Yi Xiao (1988) — Actor

Ni Ni (1988) — Actor

Sarah Geronimo (1988) Filipino, Chinese — Singer and Actor

Wang Xiao Chen (1988) — Actor

Ying Liu/Ying Er (1988) — Actor

Zhang Meng/Zhang Lemon (1988) — Actor

Meng Jia (1989) — Actor and Singer

Helena Chan (1989) Swedish, Chinese — TV Presenter and Model

Anna Akana (1989) Japanese, Native Hawaiian, possibly English, Irish, German, French, Chinese / Filipino, possibly Spanish — Actor, Author and Comedian

Ayesha Curry (1989) ½ Polish, African-American ½ Chinese, African-Jamaican — Actor

Sun Fei Fei (1989) — Model

Xi Mengyao/Ming Xi (1989) — Model

Angelababy (1989) ¼ German, ¼ Hongkonger, ½ Shanghainese — Actor

An Yue Xi (1989) — Actor

Sammi Maria (1989) English, Afro Guyanese, Chinese — YouTuber

He Sui (1989) — Model and Actor

Jiang Kai Tong (1989) — Actor

Jiang Meng Jie (1989) — Actor

Mi Lu/Mi Viola (1989) — Actor

Miller/Vespa Miller (1989) — Actor

Shen Meng Chen (1989) — Actor

Adrianne Ho (1989) Chinese, French — Model

Sui He (1989) — Actor and Model.

Tang Yi Xin/Tang Tina (1989) — Actor

Xiao Wen Ju (1989) — Model

Awkwafina (1989) Chinese / Korean — Rapper and Actor

Zhang Han Yun/Zhang Baby (1989) — Actor

Zhang Tian Ai/Crystal Zhang (1990) — Actor

Li Yitong (1990) — Actor

Elizabeth Tan (1990) — Actor

Gong Mi (1990) — Actor

Jin Chen (1990) — Actor

Katie Findlay (1990) Portuguese, Chinese, English, Scottish — Actor

Li Qin (1990) — Actor

Li Xin Ai (1990) ¼ Russian, ¾ Chinese — Actor

Li Yi Tong (1990) — Actor and Idol

Phillipa Soo (1990) ½ Chinese ½ English, Scottish, Irish — Actor and Singer

Tan Song Yun (1990) — Actor

Zhao Ying Juan/Zhao Sarah (1990) — Actor

Malese Jow (1991) ½ Chinese ½ English, Scottish — Actor

Diane Nadia Adu-Gyamfi / Moko (1991) ¾ Ghanaian, ¼ Chinese — Singer

Hu Bing Qing (1992) — Actor

You Jing Ru/You Una (1992) — Actor

Liu Mei Han/Liu Mikan (1991) — Actor and Singer

Zheng Shuang (1991) — Actor

Zhou Dongyu (1992) — Actor

Hanli Hoefer (1992) Peranakan Chinese / White - VJ

Jessica Henwick (1992) ½ English, ½ Chinese-Singaporean — Actor

Janice Wu (1992) — Actor

Sveta Black (1992) African, Chinese — Model

Yang Zi (1992) — Actor

Maria Lynn Ehren (1992) Swedish / Thai Chinese — Actor and Model

Zhang Yu Xi (1993) — Actor

Hashimoto Tenka (1993) ½ Japanese, ½ Chinese — Actor

He Jia Ying (1993) — Actor

Qiao Xin (1993) — Actor

Sun Xiao Nu/Sun Yi (1993) — Actor

Jing Wen (1994) — Model

Cao Xi Yue (1994) — Actor

Natasha Liu Bordizzo (1994) 1/2 Chinese ½ Italian — Actor and Model.

Jessica Sula (1994) ½ Estonian, German ½ Afro-Trinidadian, Chinese — Actor

Ju Jing Yi (1994) — Actor and Idol

Liu Ying Lun (1994) — Actor

Wu Xuan Yi (1995) — Idol

Xing Fei/Xing Fair (1994) — Actor

Xu Lu/LuLu Xu (1994) — Actor

Zhou Yu Tong (1994) — Actor

Naiyu Xu (1995) — Model

Ou Yang Ni Ni (1996) — Actor

Qie Lu Tong (1995) — Actor

Feng Zhi Mo (1996) — Actor

Fernanda Ly (1996) stated as being “of Chinese descent” — Model

Cymphonique Miller (1996) Black, Filipino, French, Indian, Hawaiian, Spanish & Chinese — singer and actress.

Lin Yun (1996) — Actor

Liu Xie Ning/Sally (1996) — Idol

Wong Viian/Vivi (1996) Hongkonger — Idol

Bea Binene (1997) ½ Chinese ½ Filipino — Actress and TV Host.

Guan Xiao Tong (1997) — Actor

Wang Yu Wen (1997) — Actor

Amber Midthunder (1997 ) English, Hudeshabina Nakoda Sioux, Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux and Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Dakota Sioux — Actor

Xu Jiao (1997) — Actor

Zhang Xue Ying/Zhang Sophie (1997) — Actor

Brianne Tju (1998) Chinese, Indonesian — Actor

Cheng Xiao (1998) — Idol

Chong Ting Yan/Elkie Chong (1998) Hongkonger — Idol.

Meng Mei Qi (1998) — Idol

Zhao Jia Min (1998) — Actor and Idol

Zhou Jieqiong/Kyulkung (1998 ) — Idol

Tiffany Espensen (1999) — Actor

Xiao Cai Qi (1999) — Actor

Auli’i Cravalho (2000) Native Hawaiian, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Irish, Chinese — Actress and Singer.

Ou Yang Na Na (2000) — Actor

Haley Tju (2001) Chinese, Indonesian — Actor

Jiang Yi Yi (2001) — Actor

Liu Xin Qi (?) — Actor

Zang Hong Na (?) — Actor

Zhang Xin Yuan (?) — Model

Sijia Kang (?) — Model

Ling Chen (?) — Model

Liu Shihan (?) — Model — Trans

Brandi Kinard (?) Muscogee, Chinese, Black, Irish — Model

Vanessa Hong (?) — Model

Xinzi Wang (?) — Model

Faye Kingslee (?) Chinese / White — Actor

Problematic:

Sandrine Holt (1972) ½ Chinese ½ French — Actor and Model — played the character of Annuka, an Algonquin character. And in Pocahontas: The Legend. Pocahontas, a Pamunkey girl.

Kelsey Chow (1991) Chinese, English — Actor — claimed to be Cherokee and took Native roles when she is not.

Chloe Bennet (1992) ½ White-American, ½ Chinese — Actor — supports Logan Paul.

Courtney Eaton (1996) ½ Chinese, Maori, Cook Islander ½ English — Actor — played an Egyptian.

MALE:

Tommy Chong (1938) Scottish-Irish, Chinese — Actor and Comedian

Kenny Ho (1959) Hongkonger — Actor

Waise Lee (1959) Hongkonger — Actor

Berg Ng (1960) Hongkonger — Actor

Robin Shou (1960) Hongkonger — Actor and Martial Artist

Dayo Wong (1960) Hongkonger — Actor and Comedian

Tin Kai-man (1961) Hongkonger — Actor

Jacky Cheung (1961) — Actor and Singer

Felix Wong (1961) Hongkonger — Actor

Andy Lau (1961) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Elvis Tsui (1961) — Actor

Anthony Wong (1961) — Actor

Tony Leung (1962) — Actor and Singer.

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1962) Hongkonger — Actor

Stephen Chow (1962) Hongkonger — Actor

Alex To (1962) ½ Filipino ½ Chinese — Actor and Singer

Gilbert Lam (1962) Hongkonger — Actor

Gallen Lo (1962) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Russell Wong (1963) ½ Chinese ½ Dutch, French — Actor

Alex Fong (1963) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Chin Siu-ho (1963) — Actor and Martial Artist

Sun Xing (1963) Malaysian Chinese / Chinese — Actor and Singer

Roy Cheung (1963) Hongkonger — Actor

Donnie Yen (1963) — Actor and Martial Artist

Siu-Fai Cheung (1963) Hongkonger — Actor

Jet Li (1963) — Actor and Martial Artist

Tats Lau (1963) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Tse Kwan-ho (1963) Hongkonger — Actor

Russell Wong (1963) ½ Chinese ½ Dutch, French — Actor

Kenneth Chan Kai-tai (1964) Hongkonger — Actor and TV Host

Roger Kwok (1964) Hongkonger — Actor

Joe Ma (1964) Hongkonger — Actor

David Siu (1964) Hongkonger — Actor

Lam Suet (1964) — Actor

Deric Wan (1964) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Joey Leung (1964) Hongkonger — Actor

Wayne Lai (1964) Hongkonger — Actor

Bowie Lam (1964) Hongkonger — Actor

Ching Wan Lau (1964) Hongkonger — Actor

Derek Kok (1964) Hongkonger — Actor

Nick Cheung (1967) Hongkonger — Actor

Richard Yap (1967) — Actor and Model

Aaron Kwok (1965) Hongkonger — Actor, Singer and Dancer

Dicky Cheung (1965) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Vincent Kok (1965) Hongkonger — Actor

Hung Yan-yan (1965) — Actor, Martial Artist and Stuntman

Eric Kot (1966) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Leon Lai (1966) Hakka Chinese — Actor and Singer

Philip Keung (1965) Hongkonger — Actor

Wong He (1967) Hongkonger — Actor, Singer and Presenter

Stephen Au (1967) Hongkonger — Actor

Marco Ngai (1967) Hongkonger — Actor

Louis Yuen (1967) Hongkonger — Actor

Frankie Lam (1967) Hongkonger — Actor

Jan Lamb (1967) Hongkonger / Chinese — Actor and Singer

Byron Mann (1967) — Actor

Gordon Lam (1967) Hongkonger — Actor

Ben Wong (1967) Hongkonger — Actor

Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching (1967) Hongkonger.

Sunny Chan (1967) — Actor

Andy Hui (1967) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Jordan Chan (1967) Hongkonger — Actor and Singer

Ekin Cheng (1967) — Actor and Singer

Hu Jun (1968) — Actor

Zhang Xiao Long (1969) — Actor

Joel de la Fuente (1969) Filipino, Chinese, Malaysian, Spanish, Portugese — Actor

Anthony Ruivivar (1970) ½ Filipino, Chinese, Spanish ½ German, Scottish — Actor

Huang Lei (1971) — Actor and Screenwriter

Tom Wu (1972) Hongkonger — Actor

Lau Hawick (1974) — Actor

Wallace Chung (1974) Hongkonger — Actor

Daniel Chan Hui Tung (1975) Hongkonger — Actor

Chen Kun (1976) — Actor

Feng Zu (1977) — Actor

Lu Yi (1976) — Actor

Jin Dong (1976) — Actor

Huang Xiao Ming (1977) — Actor

Qiao Zhen Yu (1978) —Actor

Wang Xiao (1978) — Actor

Yang Zhi Gang (1978) — Actor

Yan Kuan/Kevin Yan (1979) — Actor

Chen Hing Wa/Edison Chen (1980) 87.5% Hongkonger 12.5% Portuguese — Actor and Musician.

Han Dong (1980) — Actor and Singer

Zhang Dan Feng/Zhang Andy (1981) — Actor

Li Guang Jie (1981) — Actor

Luo Jin (1981) — Actor and Singer

hou Yi Wei (1982) — Actor

Abe Tsuyoshi (1982) ¼ Japanese, ¾ Chinese — Actor

Harry Shum Jr. (1982) ½ Chinese ½ Hongkonger — Actor

Qi Ji (1982) — Actor

Wang Kai (1982) — Actor

Vincent Rodriguez III (1982) Filipino, Chinese, Spanish — Actor and Singer

Yuan Justin (1982) — Actor

Gao Wei Guang/Gao Vengo (1983) — Actor

Sun Jian (1983) — Actor

Sun Yi Zhou/Sean Sun (1983) — Actor

Xu Hai Qiao/Xu Joe (1983) — Actor

Zhang Xiao Chen/Edward Zhang (1983) — Actor

Song Min Yu (1984) — Actor

Dai Yang Tian/Dai Xiang Yu (1984) — Actor

Godfrey Gao (1984) ½ Taiwanese, ½ Peranakan Chinese — Actor

Liu Chang De (1984) — Actor

Ye Zu Xin (1984) — Actor

Zhang Han (1984) — Actor

Zhang He (1984) — Actor and Idol

Huang Xuan (1985) — Actor

Chen Wei Ting/William Chan (1985) Hongkonger — Actor

Max Minghella (1985) Italian, Hongkonger, Chinese, Jewish, Indian Parsi, English, Irish, Swedish — Actor

Xu Zheng Xi/Tsui Jeremy (1985) — Actor

Wei Chen (1986) — Actor and Singer

Chan Ka Lok/Carlos Chan (1986) Hongkonger — Actor

Huang Ming (1986) — Actor

Jing Chao (1986) — Actor

Liu Chang (1986) — Actor and Model

Ma Tian Yu (1986) — Actor

Mao Zi Jun (1986) — Actor

Wang Zheng (1986) — Actor

Peng Guan Ying (1986) — Actor

Yin Zheng/Andrew Tin (1986) — Actor

Zheng Kai (1986) — Actor

Zhou Mi (1986) — Actor and Idol

Zhu Zi Xiao/Zhu Peer (1986) — Actor

Aarif Rahman (1987) Chinese, Arab-Malaysian, Hongkonger — Actor

Fu Xin Bo (1987) — Actor

Lewis Tan (1987) ½ Irish, ½ Chinese — Actor

Shannon Kook (1987) ½ Chinese ½ Mixed South African — Actor

Wei Qian Xiang/Shawn Wei (1987) — Actor

Wu Hao Ze (1987) — Actor

Yang Le (1987) — Actor

Chen Xiao/Xiao Xiao (1987) — Actor

Guo Jia Hao (1987) — Actor

Li Yifeng (1987) — Actor

Ludi Lin (1987) — Actor

Yu Hao Ming (1987) — Actor and Singer

Jin Hao/Jin Vernon (1988) — Actor

Steven R. McQueen (1988) 75% mix of Scottish, English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant Cornish, Dutch, and Welsh25% mix of Filipino [Kapampangan, Waray], Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Chinese — Actor

Lin Geng Xin (1988) — Actor

Meng Rui (1988) — Actor

Xu Feng (1988) — Actor

Zhang Yun Long/Zhang Leon (1988) — Actor

Dou Xiao (1988) — Actor

Fu Long Fei (1988) — Actor

Li Xin Liang (1988) — Actor

Nichkhun (1988) — Actor and Idol

Lou Yun Xi (1988) — Actor

Yu Meng Long/Alan Yu (1988) — Actor

Zhu Yi Long (1988) — Actor

Gao Han Yu (1989) — Actor

Chen Xiang/Sean Chen (1989) — Actor

Wang Yan Lin (1989) — Actor

Zhang Xiao Qian (1989) — Actor

Wei Da Xuan (1989) — Actor

Cui Hang (1989) — Actor

Xu Jia Wei (1989) — Actor

Henry Lau (1989) Hongkonger, Taiwanese —Actor and Idol

Jing Boran (1989) ⅛ Russian, ⅞ Chinese — Actor and Singer

Ren Jia Lun (1989) — Actor and Singer

Sam Tsui (1989) European, Hongkonger — Singer

Boran Jing (1989) — Singer and Actor

Bai yu/Bai White (1990) — Actor

Fu Jia (1990) — Actor

Hu Xia (1990) — Actor

Shu Ya Xin (1990) — Actor

Ma Ke/Mark Ma (1990) — Actor

Zhang Yu Jian (1990) — Actor

Chai Ge (1990) — Actor

Chen Xue Dong/Chen Cheney (1990) — Actor

Cheng Yi (1990) — Actor

Liu Rui Lin (1990) — Actor

Mai Heng Li/Prince Mak (1990) — Idol

Wu Yifan/Kris Wu (1990) — Actor and Singer

Xu Ke (1990) — Actor

Zhou Yixuan (1990) — Actor and Idol

Lu Han (1990) — Actor and Singer

Jiang Chao (1991) — Actor and Idol

Allen Ye (1991) — Model

Kong Chui Nan/Kong Korn (1991) — Actor

Gao Tai Yu (1991) — Actor

Han Cheng Yu (1991) — Actor

Jiang Jin Fu (1991) — Actor

Qin Jun Jie (1991) — Actor

Adam Chicksen (1991) English, Zimbabwean, Chinese — Footballer

Xiao Zhan (1991) — Actor

Yang Yang (1991) — Actor

Yao Lucas (1991) — Actor

Zhang Yixing/Lay (1991) — Actor and Idol

Zhang Zhe Han (1991) — Actor

Lu Zhuo (1992) — Actor

Fan Shi Qi/Fan Kris (1992) — Actor

AJ Muhlach (1992) Filipino (including Bicolano), Chinese, Spanish — Singer

Deng Lun (1992) — Actor

Feng Jian Yu (1992) — Actor

Bai Cheng Jun (1992) — Actor

Cai Zhao (1992) — Actor

Gong Jun (1992) — Actor

Han Dong Jun/Elvis Han (1992) — Actor

Huang Jing Yu/Huang Johnny (1992) — Actor

Niu Jun Feng (1992) — Actor

Ou Hao (1992) — Actor

Sheng Yi Lun/Peter Sheng (1992) — Actor

Zhang Bin Bin/Zhang Vin (1993) — Actor

Jia Zheng Yu (1993) — Actor

Tong Meng Shi (1993) — Actor

Wang Qing (1993) — Actor

Bai Jing Ting (1993) — Actor

Dong Zi Jian (1993) — Actor

Du Tian Hao (1993) — Actor

Huang Li Ge (1993) — Actor

Huang Zitao (1993) — Actor and Singer

Jin Han (1993) — Actor

Nomura Shuhei (1993) ¼ Chinese, ¾ Japanese — Actor

Pan Zi Jian (1993) — Actor

Wu Jia Cheng (1993) — Actor and Singer

Zheng Ye Cheng (1993) — Actor

Yang Xu Wen (1994) — Actor

Liu Dong Qin (1994) — Actor

Chen Qiu Shi (1994) — Actor

Chen Ruo Xuan (1994) — Actor

Li Wenhan (1994) — Actor and Idol

Peng Yu Chang (1994) — Actor

You Zhangjing (1994) — Singer

Wang Bo Wen (1994) — Actor and Singer

Xu Wei Zhou (1994) — Actor

Yan Zi Dong (1994) — Actor

Yang Ye Ming (1994) — Actor

Yu Xiao Tong (1994) — Actor

Guan Hong (1995) — Actor

Alen Rios (1995) Mexican, Guatemalan, Chinese, German — Actor

Jiang Zi Le (1995) — Actor

David Yang (1995) — Model

Brandon Soo Hoo (1995) — Actor

Chen Wen (1995) — Actor

Zhang Ming En (1995) — Actor

Lin Feng Song (1996) — Actor

Wen Junhui (1996) — Idol

Leo Sheng (1996) — Youtuber — Trans

Dong Sicheng/WinWin (1997) — Idol

Gong Zheng (1997) — Actor

Guo Jun Chen (1997) — Actor

Liu Hao Ran (1997) — Actor

Luo Yi Hang (1997)

Wang Yibo (1997) — Actor and Idol

Xu Ming Hao (1997) — Idol

Zeng Shun Xi (1997) — Actor

Zhang Jiong Min (1997) — Actor

Yuan Bo (1997) — Model

Hu Xu Chen (1998) — Actor

Huang Jun Jie (1998) — Actor

Song Wei Long (1999) — Actor

Wang Jun Kai (1999) — Actor and Idol

Wu Lei/Leo Wu (1999) — Actor

Zhang Yi Jie (1999) — Actor

Song Weilong (1999) — Actor and Model

Huang Ren Jun (2000) — Idol

Jackson Yi (2000) — Actor and Idol

Marius Yo (2000) Japanese, Chinese / German — Actor and Singer

Wang Yuan/Roy Wang (2000) — Actor and Idol

Gong Zheng Nan (?) — Actor

Ho Hou Man/Ho Dominic (?) — Idol and Actor

Liang Zhen Lun (?) — Actor

Xiao Meng (?) — Actor and Makeup Artist.

Hao Yun Xian (?) — Model

Akeem Osborne (?) Jamaican, British, Chinese — Model

Jaime M. Callica (?) Trinidadian, Chinese, Indian, Spanish — Actor

Problematic:

B.D. Wong (1960) — Actor — played trans woman.

Ross Butler (1990) ½ Chinese-Malaysian ½ British Dutch — Actor — 13 Reason Why.

Jackson Wang (1994) Hongkonger — Idol — cultural appropriation. .

Non-Binary:

Chella Man (1998) Chinese, Jewish — Genderqueer (he/him) — deaf — Model

More links:

http://mydramalist.com/people/

http://xiaolongrph.tumblr.com/post/148182821830/heres-a-masterlist-of-140-actors-of-chinese - we didn’t use but it looks super helpful!

#rph #fc help #chinese fc #chinese fcs #underused fc

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In the home kitchen, most mothers reign supreme. Tales of dads cooking are becoming more common but by and large, women still prevail over the stove.

But no two families are the same and in some homes, it is the fathers who have played a dominant role in producing cherished family meals, often cooking every day for their nearest and dearest – in the name of familial love.

Paying homage to his mother’s food

At the Nunis dining table, dinner is in progress. Dad Glenn Nunis, 48, has just cooked a huge meal and his wife Coco, 43, and three kids Matthew, 22, Shane, 18, and Hope, 17, are busy helping themselves to their favourite dishes. Smiles of joy are etched on everyone’s faces, none more so than Glenn, who is gazing down at his family with unfettered happiness.

“Seeing my kids eat what I have made is very fulfilling. Most of the time, there is nothing left,” he says, laughing.

Glenn cooks for his family every day. From left: Shane, Hope, Glenn, Matthew and Coco. Photo: The Star/Sam Tham

Glenn cooks for his family every day now, but interestingly he didn’t actually cook at all until leaving home as an adult. His late mother was a talented Eurasian home cook and it was his two sisters who were often in the kitchen with her.

“I think it was expected that my sisters would help her. I only helped cut vegetables during festive seasons, like Christmas.

“But my interest in cooking started when I left the house and wasn’t staying with my mum anymore. That’s when I missed her cooking so I used to call her and ask her how to cook this and that. And she would tell me over the phone, although she used the agak-agak method, so I had to learn as I went along,” he says.

After he married his wife and had kids, Glenn’s interest in cooking burgeoned and he inevitably became the main cook in the family, a role he continues to relish even while holding down a full-time job as an IT manager.

“He cooks mostly every day and I think it helps that we live five minutes away from his office. So he’s back home by 6.30pm and normally, he’s already prepared everything the night before, so the cooking process is much quicker. But cooking is really his passion – he even takes the time to garnish meals like a real chef,” says proud wife Coco.

Coco is so invested in Glenn’s meals that she has even gone through the trouble of photographing everything he cooks and uploading it onto an album she has created on Facebook.

“So now we have an album of everything I’ve cooked,” says Glenn, smiling.

Cooking took on an even more important role in Glenn’s life after his parents passed away unexpectedly in an accident in 2015. Since then, he has become even more determined to continue cooking the heritage Eurasian dishes he learnt from his mother.

One of his mother’s recipes that Glenn continues to make to this day is her prawn pineapple curry, a robust, spicy affair interlaced with plump cubes of pineapple and tender prawns.

Glenn is compiling an e-book of all his recipes in the hopes that his children will pick up cooking in the future. Photo: The Star/Sam Tham

“This is a recipe from my grandmother that was passed down to my mum. My mum made the curry paste from scratch and I do the same thing too. And it’s a hit – my wife likes it and the kids love it as well,” he says.

Glenn’s flavourful chicken pongtey was also trawled from his late mother’s recipe arsenal. “That is something that my mum used to make for us when we were growing up, especially when we were younger because we couldn’t handle spicy food at the time,” he says.

Because their grandmother played such a pivotal role in their lives, Glenn’s children also remember her cooking and have delivered the ultimate compliment to their father: “My dad’s food tastes exactly the same as my grandmother’s food,” says Matthew simply.

As his children are fast growing up, Glenn is now busy compiling all his recipes in an e-book, to ensure that his kids will be able to easily cook the meals he has prepared for them for years, should they ever want to.

The recipes in the book run the gamut from heirloom Eurasian recipes to meals he created himself as well as Filipino fare gleaned from his travels to the Philippines with Coco, who is Filipino.

“I am hoping that the kids will pick up the recipes and learn. I am actually compiling it the way I cook it, so that is something that I can leave behind for them one day,” he says.

Glenn says he knows he’s a bit different from other dads as most of his male friends who are also dads don’t cook at all. But to him, cooking is all about family anyway, which is why he loves doing it.

“I guess I am different from other dads in a sense, but it pleases me to see my family enjoying the food I make,” he says.

CHICKEN PONGTEY

Serves 6

For pounding together to a paste 5 to 6 cloves garlic 4 shallots

For cooking 2 tbsp oil 2 tbsp heaped minced tauchu (bean paste) 1kg chicken thigh, cut into 4 pieces per thigh 1 tbsp thick caramel black soy sauce 2 chicken stock cubes diluted in 2 cups of hot water 1 small sengkuang, cut into bite-sized pieces 2 carrots, rolling cut 3 potatoes, cut into quarters salt and sugar to taste

To make In a pestle and mortar, pound garlic and shallots to a paste. Set aside. Heat oil in a wok and on low heat, lightly stir-fry the garlic and shallot paste; do not let it brown. Add the minced tauchu, stir constantly on low heat until fragrant. Add chicken and stir on medium heat for about 1 minute. Then add the thick sauce until the chicken is fully coated in the sauce. Add chicken stock. Simmer with lid closed for about 10 minutes. Add the sengkuang, carrots and potatoes, cover with lid and allow to cook on medium heat until the chicken and vegetables are cooked, about 15 minutes. Add salt and sugar to taste and serve hot.

PINEAPPLE PRAWN CURRY Serves 6

For blending into a paste 20 dried chillies, rinsed and soaked in hot water 4 medium red onions 4cm turmeric 2cm lengkuas 4-5 cloves garlic 3 stalks lemongrass 2cm young ginger

For cooking 2 tbsp oil 1 chicken stock cube, diluted in 1 cup water salt to taste 1 tbsp assam jawa (tamarind paste), diluted in 1 cup water 1 small whole honey pineapple, cut into wedges sugar to taste 1kg medium sized prawns, deveined, shells intact

To cook In a blender, blend all the ingredients for blending until smooth. Set aside. In a wok, add oil and stir-fry the blended rempah paste on medium-low heat until a layer of oil emerges, about 2 minutes. Add chicken stock and salt. Add the strained tamarind juice and cut pineapples and let simmer for about 2 minutes. Add sugar to taste and simmer for 10 minutes. Add prawns towards the end, stir to combine and allow prawns to cook until just tender. Once done, serve hot with white rice.

A lifetime of cooking

In his daughter’s sun-drenched kitchen, 72-year-old Henry Kok is cooking up a storm. His performance – and yes, it is indeed a sight to behold – is nothing short of masterful, like a ballet dancer gracefully alternating between different movements – deftness you will instantly see as he slices spring onions with precision, fries up some prawns and stirs the sauce for a dish.

In less than 30 minutes, Henry has whipped up three stunning dishes, barely breaking a sweat and maintaining his sweet, disarming smile.

In many ways, Kok’s prowess in the kitchen began at a very young age, as a child growing up in a financially-strapped family in Perak.

“I was one of seven siblings and when I was small, I used to help my mother in the kitchen. We were fortunate because my father’s boss let us stay in a wooden house with plenty of space. So to help ease the burden of buying groceries, we reared our own ducks and turkeys and planted vegetables and fruits, so we were more or less self-sufficient,” says Kok.

Kok learnt how to cook from his mother but adapted and changed many recipes along the way. When he moved to KL for work, he continued to cook for his siblings, many of whom had also moved to KL for job opportunities.

“When my siblings moved to KL, we all lived together and I was the only one who churned out all the food and everyone enjoyed it. Along the way, I experimented and came up with a lot of dishes myself. So that’s my passion,” says Kok, grinning.

Even after he married his wife Margie Chong, 73, (herself a talented cook) and had his two daughters – Wendy Kok, 48, and Mabel Kok, 45, he continued to cook.

“I’ve been cooking for umpteen years, my family enjoys my food. Even when I was very, very, busy, I would go home and cook,” he enthuses.

Kok is a devoted father and grandfather who believes that a family that eats together, stays together. From left: Darren, Wendy, Cassandra, Margie, Kok, Mabel and Steven. Photo: The Star/Yap Chee Hong

This is made all the more impressive given that Kok is one of the co-founders (alongside his two brothers) of Bina Warehouse, Malaysia’s leading specialist retailer and distributor of luxury bathroom and kitchen brands.

So even as he was building a mega business, he still found the time to cook for his family every day!

“It was an experience from when we were young. My dad used to make us get involved in kitchen activities like going to the market, cooking and cleaning, so we learnt from there and it’s always been a memory from young that we are a cooking family. Having watched and learnt from my dad, I also cook every day for my family,” says Mabel, who is now the CEO of Bina Warehouse.

These days, Kok has semi-retired from the business, although he still serves as the company’s managing director and puts in regular half-days.

But his passion for cooking remains and Kok still cooks for his daughters, their spouses Darren Chong, 39, and Steven Chu, 49, and granddaughter Cassandra Chu, 15, at least three times a week.

“Sometimes I go to their houses in Seputeh and I’ll bring the food I’ve cooked for them and sometimes they come to my home in Ampang and I cook for them there. I strongly believe that a family that eats together, stays together,” he affirms.

Some of Kok’s signature dishes include his assam fish, a triumphantly buoyant, lively affair with fiery underpinnings and citrusy elements underscoring the entire meal.

“It’s a Nyonya dish and the conventional way of cooking it is to use tamarind juice but I thought ‘I want to give the dish some oomph, I want the sourness and sweetness to stand out’. So I began to experiment with kalamansi juice and also pineapple juice. I added it together with tamarind juice – so there are three types of sour juices – and it turned out so beautiful. I’m happy with it,” he says.

Kok’s zest-driven deep-fried prawns with honey lemon curd sauce is also a thing of beauty, as the crunchy prawns are coated in a rich, sumptuous lemon curd-honey-mayonnaise sauce that elevates it to a whole new dimension.

“It’s also my own concoction. I’ve got a nephew whose wife makes homemade lemon curd jam, so I bought some and thought ‘Why not come up with a dish by making use of lemon curd jam?’ So I experimented and came up with this,” he says simply.

Kok says he doesn’t really think of himself as an anomaly, despite the fact that most home cooks are – for whatever reason – often female.

“I think fathers have been cooking, just that it’s not made known. The perception is that ladies always cook, but I’ve been cooking all my life. I have always been the main cook, more than anybody else. And cooking makes me happy,” he says succinctly.

“To which, Kok’s only grandchild Cassandra pipes in, “I don’t think he’s unusual – we’re all just so proud of him,” she says, beaming up at her grandfather.

HENRY’S ASSAM FISH Serves 8 to 10

1 golden pomfret, about 800g (can be replaced with snapper) 7 to 8 okra, tip removed 10 tbsp cooking oil 3 stalks lemongrass, white part only, smashed lightly 15 to 20 shallots, blended 10 cloves garlic, blended 5 to 6 dried chillies, blended 10 fresh red chillies, blended 5 candlenuts, pounded 5cm belacan (6mm thick), flattened to 2mm and toasted over gas fire 6cm fresh turmeric, pounded 2 bunga kantan (torch ginger buds), sliced a bunch of daun kesum (Vietnamese mint), sliced thinly 2 tbsp tamarind pulp, soaked in rice bowl filled with 3/4 water 1 whole pineapple, halved (1/2 cut into slices for curry, the other 1/2 juiced) 10-12 kalamansi limes, juiced salt to taste sugar to taste

To make Steam fish until cooked; discard steaming liquid. Microwave okra until tender, then cut into 2cm slices. Heat wok with cooking oil. Fry lemongrass with blended shallots and garlic. Add blended chillies, candlenuts, belacan, turmeric, bunga kantan and daun kesum and stir to combine. Add tamarind juice, pineapple juice and kalamansi juice and stir to combine. Add salt and sugar, then put in pineapple slices and adjust seasoning to taste. Add okra and fish right at the end and stir to coat evenly for 1 to 2 minutes until flavours soak fish. Serve hot with rice.

DEEP-FRIED PRAWNS WITH HONEY LEMON CURD Serves 8 to 10

2 green apples, skin removed and diced 4 tbsp lemon curd 4 tbsp mayonnaise 1 tbsp honey 700 to 700g class A prawns, shelled and deveined salt and pepper to taste pinch of five-spice powder rice flour to coat a plate

In a bowl, mix apples with lemon curd, mayonnaise and honey. Season prawns with salt, pepper and five-spice powder and coat well in rice flour until batter is evenly distributed. In a frying pan, deep-fry prawns until cooked but still tender. Coat prawns well in lemon curd mixture and serve immediately.

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1/6/17

I arrived at Baiyun airport about 2am on Friday morning, it took me over 24 hours to get here due to me wanting cheap ticket and also flight getting cancelled due to lots of smog in Beijing. I also had to pick up my luggages from Beijing and re-check in. It was really difficult to get from Terminal to Terminal to catch my rescheduled flight with two luggages. A mid-age man took my luggage and started walking me to my terminal. I was touched and thought he worked at the airport. However, after I reached my terminal, he asked for 20 dollars, stupid me was taken by surprise and asked “dollars or RMB?”, I was soooo tired. Later I realized, no matter what his answer was, it should have been RMB. I would never forget this encounter because I realize even if I am not at my 100%, I need to remain alert and clear-headed to do well in China. Ms Lin who I know from childhood picked me up from the airport with her husband and my dad and drove home.

The next morning, me and dad came to a dimsum place across the street to make sure I turn in my sexual harassment certificate for work (it’s very noisy although free wifi), I also contacted Martina to schedule for weekly check-in. Hopefully it all turns out ok and I don’t have to explain that I am in China. Later, we went to get a sim card for me, in China, you need a resident card/or passport to open one. $50 for 2G which is not bad, there’s also what is called an “idle hour” where some company offer extra data for hours used after 11pm. Researching for the best deal is prominent in china, we spent over an hour trying to find the best deal between mobile shops that are only a block away from each other. Attitudes of the servers are really bad and they would not disclose all the information, so it is up to someone to be inquisitive. Later, I was walking and twisted my ankle and didn’t think much about it and went to curl my hair at a local salon (from referral of the glasses place). They spent 3 hours on my hair and I intent to return to dye my hair the next day.

Dad and I scheduled to have dinner with mom’s best friend and her family at a fancy Chinese place. Very good food and super clean. They shared their trip in U.S with me very excitedly, and then we got on the topic of “what can Chinese residents invest in?”. According to her, policy can change within a day so it’s important to be extremely flexible. Stock market in china is shit and real estate policy changing all the time is making it a very volatile market. There were policies in which control people from buying too much, for example, if your first house is not paid off, you need to put 70% as down payment for your second house. Later, the real estate sank so the government revised it to 30%. These policies are all implemented within couple years. Also retirement age has suddenly extended from age 55 to 65 with no incremental steps (this is how we lead to investment). Later, they saw that I was crippled and went to the hospital with me. It’s a specialty hospital for bones, anything after closing time is considered Emergency. I pretended to be their daughter and used their healthcare. Employer healthcare works as a % of salary, so the daughter has about $300 every month to be reimbursed towards healthcare. Scan was about a couple hundred and exam was about $70. It’s open work space for the doctors, then they exam and write notes. However, everyone can access them, so sometimes people cut in line or put their medical papers on their desk so they would see them first. They sent me to get an X-ray, radiologist was rude and asked me to “put whatever hurts onto the table”. Devices were outdated and dirty. Afterwards, the doctor looks at the scan and prescribe. Sometimes, you can request them to prescribe you certain medicine. Interesting Chinese healthcare system experience.

1/9

I am on my way to Shanghai by taking the GaoTie (the fast train). Was told by He MingChong’s dad that he will be going to YiWu, which is a wholesaler paradise. However, he’s driving there which takes two days. He suggested that I take the train and spend time with Mabel in Shanghai and then meet up with him on the way back. Train takes only 8 hours.

Want to log some thoughts about yesterday’s meeting with Vidas CEO, he was explaining the idea he has for America. In china, most cabinet/kitchen models are showroom only with no storage in the back. In America, it’s the opposite. It’s like a cabinet supermarket. People go in to literally touch and feel the cabinets and then buy them to go. He explains that it Is backwards and can cause strains to cashflow due to storage fees and cabinets that aren’t sold for a long time. However, he cannot enter the SF market abruptly and ignoring the way of doing things right now. In America, most Chinese Americans rely on their ShiFu (the ones doing the manual work for the furnishing) and pick their furniture piece by piece – so he is looking for partners. His goal is to work with design consulting companies and have them work with Vidas designers. He wants to provide team services to high end customers who wants to customize their kitchen. I didn’t learn much about business, but I did learn some customs of talking business in China. You take them out for food, order expensive dishes, and then take them to your territory, and you “drink tea”. Drink tea is so prominent, even when I am at someone’s house, we are constantly being poured tea. Vidas CEO was very soft spoken and attentive, which is good to know that you don’t need to be aggressive to do business in China. However, when I asked about how he started, he was very hesitant. And just repeated the mission of Vidas. I guess giving very little information to others is a skill of its own- so is repetition to drive home the point when you have nothing else to talk about.

Wechat is a big thing in china. You use it to pay, use it to order tickets, and it’s linked to your bank account. So when I tried to buy tickets, I wasn’t able to do so, and had to ask someone. The train station itself is also very complicated, would need an hour of buffer time. There’s restaurants on the train and security check in for bags. It’s almost Chinese new year in china, which means lots of stealing because lots of non-mainlanders are trying to bring something back home. I was told not to sleep on the 8 hour train!

I went to visit He MingChong’s house. Real estate is another big thing in China. My dad told the story of how we were about to immigrate, so was gonna sell the house for 200k, however, now it’s worth over 2 million. The house He MingChong bought in 2005 was one million, now it’s 10 million. It’s a 3 story house in Pang Yu. Then we drove to ShunDe to eat fish. They catch the fish from the pond and slice them and hot pot it. We also went to a restaurant with Monogolian Bao, and bought some lamb skewers which were very good. You can see plenty of mountains running through China on the train, it’s quite untouched and pretty.

1/11/17

Bought my last minute ticket to Shanghai and took a 8 hour train ride and arrived at Shanghai. Mabel picked me up and we went for a dinner at a fusion Hongkongnese place in a fancy mall. I ordered an angel hair pasta and she ordered a duck risotto. Then we went to her place which is next to the Xing Hai Music school. Her neighbor is applying for the music school so you hear piano sometimes. Her place is small, but her room is quite tidy. We had good talks about life at night and about the despair we feel about the economy and guys in china. The next day, we had shanghai breakfast at a hole in the wall, and I sent her to her work at The Economist. I went to the famous temple and garden in Shanghai and took a walk next to the water and found a cute café to rest my feet. At night, we went into the wrong restaurant and had vegetarian food. We talked about her love life, and her fear of not liking it when she knows a guy likes her and that she can’t tell the difference between friendship and love.

I bid her goodbye at 7am this morning and took the train to Yi Wu, where I spent half the time resting my feet and half the other time browsing the wholesale goods. There are an incredible amount of merchandise from sporting goods (where I bought a pair of shoes) and accessories and toys, etc. There are 5 districts, I only had time for 2. Basic idea is you buy in bulk, sometimes small items wholesale at 1000 pc, and sometimes at a dozen. Drones can whole sale at 18 pcs, at 300rmb each. Later, I met up with He MingChong’s dad and his coworker, who has a stake in the company. He is running a second factory, where he shares his shares with his employees. We then went to visit the VP of a company who showed us the storage of bikes that he has in stock and went to eat dinner. Dinner conversations are good, and he is very knowledgable. Making “things” smart is a very common wish for the products, I guess tech is not caught up yet. Again, the reoccurring theme of service economy kept coming up. He was saying how with scooters, someone came to him and said he will change the batteries for the elderly using the disability mobiles. Also, it is confirmed that virtual business is no longer the hot market, and many are looking elsewhere. At night, I had talks with the dad and conversed about how everyone in Shanghai is a business man, but bc the environment in china doesn’t encourage it, everyone is trying to scam someone or escape tax.

1/14/17

First, I need to record about the last bits of the journey with He Ming Chong daddy’s journey. He was telling me about how from placing an order to getting a payment for an order usually takes up to 60 days. Between factories and factories, for example, if HeMingChong’s daddy gets an order from a client, they would start making the stuff without the client’s payment. However, in manufacturing, they would need to order from another manufacturer. Therefore, if the other manufacturer does not give them the stuff in time, they cannot turn over to the client. And even if they turn over the stuff to the client, the client would procrastinate in making the payment. (Bosses are happy when employees are able to drag it out in payment, perhaps due to cashflow?) Therefore, it’s extremely difficult for small manufacturers to function. Because they need to pay others to make stuff or spend money on making their own product, and then because the client doesn’t pay them yet, they might end up having to spend lots of time in the negatives. I asked what if the products malfunction, they say then the client will drag out the payment even longer. This is not a good practice, but it has been the standard of doing business in China.

The next day, I was able to get together ten-ish elementary school friends at Mann Café, a very cute, wooden furniture coffee place. The teacher also came. We had some conversations about what we are doing as a job. Some are doing design, some are doing 文工，some in marketing, some in event planning. There was this girl who wants to explore the world by going to Australia…however, I don’t think you can explore the world with a boyfriend. And also she did not plan on when yet, she just wants to “play”. I think that is a quite naïve and without purpose. At night, there was this other guy who joined us, he partnered with his ex-coworkers in opening a wig shop. Mostly retail model. A lot of the “bosses” in China have the same look. Slick black jacket, the habit of smoking, the low voice talking, the need to drink, the opening of the topics in a very casual way, the sit-back posture. Someone was telling me about how local Cantonese people are conservative compared to out of the province. The “foreigners” are more willing to take out a loan to start a business, whereas locals want to build a foundation and work a full time job to buy a house. However, once you buy a house, because the houses are so unaffordable, the chances of you doing other things are limited. Especially when the marriage age in china is so low. Your life is basically spent at one job, at one place, paying for one house, working for someone else’s dream at a very young age without having the options to explore. With millennials sharing the same type of “lifestyle” (eg. Only working at the same company for little more than a year), Chinese young working class have it very hard. I wonder where the young working classes look for inspirations? Foreign books? Foreign talk shows? What about their local resources. I went on a date with Wu Jiaoyang today at Grandma’s House at this shopping mall near my house, food was good and we chatted about her life at Chicago for two years, and how she wants to return. She studied Economy as a master student at Illinoise-Champagne. Same place that Jayson went for Psychology. She also informed me that personal statement business is popular, especially for students whose grades aren’t that good and family want to send them aboard to study, they won’t have the ability to write it themselves. If they contact some middle agency, it’s going to cost more. Later on, we went to a bookstore – I really enjoy the coffee shops here. Very nice.

1/24/17

I am at 海底捞 waiting for my number to be called, it’s been two hours. There are nails and snacks in front of the restaurant while you wait. I think it’s the service that people are buying in. I did something stupid earlier, when they led me in and gave me a table, it was a small table and I didn’t ask for a regular table for 6 people. I didn’t consider that there would be food and then there would be no space. I then later on asked for a bigger table, but they said there was none. Foreseeing consequences. I still need to work on it.

I went to Kayla’s wedding thing on 20th-23rd. It was quite a stressful time. Kerwin’s mom was the planner but was for some reason, very reluctant to share the logistics of the wedding – when asked, she would say just wait till rehearsal the next day. However, there was details that she was telling me that was unable to connect or don’t make sense. She was putting on a wedding that looks good on the surface but chaotic at the end. We didn’t have enough bridesmaid or groomsman until the very end. It was a very good looking wedding with traditional Chinese decorations and outfits. There were these VIP rooms that were filled with smokes and alcohol, guessing it was the government officials.

1/29/17

The next couple days when I come back, it was mostly seeing relatives. I also got to see my brother (elementary school friend) and his friends for the Escape Room and karaoke. It was lots of fun. The escape room wasn’t complicated or difficult, but it was just too many people and hard to get close to the clues. But it was huge and well decorated. My brother and his gf gave me a Pandora necklace, I was wayyy surprised. Even my blood related brother didn’t even care to do so. I went shopping with Auntie Jingjing the next day, and got a good idea of how much clothing costs here. I also went to play toy picking machine with another elementary school friend and got a lot of toys. I learned how to strategically pick toys. The business thoughts are less prominent now, I think I am a bit discouraged by the complication of doing business in China. I think I am also slowly discouraged by how troublesome Execly was, and limiting my imagination to very limited scope.

NOTES:

Shopping List for when I come back:

-couple bottles of wine and brand bag for Auntie Jing Jing and Bachong uncle

-running shoes for Brother and his gf

Ideas: dash cam, shoes, bras, university vlog

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