American-born Chinese
For other uses, see American-born Chinese (disambiguation).
"American-born Chinese" or "ABC" describes a person born in the United States of Chinese ethnic descent, a category of Chinese American. Many are second-generation (meaning that they have at least one parent born outside the United States) and were born after the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965, which liberalized pre-existing limits on immigration from East Asia.
Note that in Australia, this abbreviation may also be used to refer to an Australian-born Chinese person.
See also
- 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.
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