Húnxuěr
Hùnxiěr (Chinese: 混血兒)[1] is a Chinese language term referring to mixed race people. It literally means "mixed-blood child".
History
For decades following the Chinese Revolution of 1949, marriages between foreigners and Chinese people were unusual, and perhaps non-existing during the Cultural Revolution, but they were never explicitly banned or judged unacceptable on a racial basis. It wasn't until the mid-1970s that the first petitions for permission to marry foreigners were accepted, with the thawing of diplomatic relationship between China and the USA, and such marriages remained relatively unusual for a further two decades.[2]
From 1994 to 2008, each year has seen about 3,000 more mixed-race marriages in Shanghai than the previous year.[3] This has caused a major shift in China's attitudes to race and of Chinese children of mixed race heritage due to globalization.[4][5][6][7][8]
Notable mixed race Chinese
References
- ↑ "Half and half, Chinese and Western, get best of both worlds". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ↑ Hilton, Isabel (2009-11-05). "How volleyball and pop have shaken China's idea of race". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ↑ "Can a Mixed-Race Contestant Become a Chinese Idol?". Time. 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ↑ "For China’s Mixed-Race Lou Jing, It’s a Hard Road to Acceptance". MTV. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ↑ "Half and half, Chinese and Western, get best of both worlds". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ↑ Toy, Vivian S. (2008-05-04). "Stopping Traffic in the People’s Republic". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ↑ "China’s Changing Views on Race". The New York Times. 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ↑ "Attn: parents of mixed Chinese kids". Global Times. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
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