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I'm curious why you think that someone who left China at age 4 "isn't culturally Chinese": a child famously absorbs a great deal of culture from their parents and these particular parents grew up, married and had at least one kid in China.

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And then they moved to America, and grew up in America, were educated in America, and spent a lifetime immersed in and influenced by American culture. That makes them culturally American. Theirs is a fundamentally different experience than having been raised in China and immersed in Chinese culture regardless of the influence of their parents.

Apart from being obvious given the facts, the author even admits this. So I'm curious why you believe them to be a liar regarding their own lived experience?

Chinese American is not native Chinese. They are two distinct cultures.

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