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by mechazawa 2988 days ago
"Chinese Man" would've been better yeah. I had to read it a twice before realizing that it wasn't about a China-themed super hero.
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rahimnathwani 2988 days ago
If the headline had read "Chinese man", I would have assumed the incident took place somewhere in the US.
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anonaccount0413 2988 days ago
If it did, then they would have just used "American."
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coldtea 2988 days ago
Like Englishman, the eccentric Oxbridge schooled aristocrat who fights crime at nights?

We use *man for all kinds of ethnicities, Chinaman or China man is no different.

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anonaccount0413 2988 days ago
No, that hero would be called Englandman.
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