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You also speak English like a native. How did that happen?

@davidwen maybe you should meet David Wen, he is a Chinese American who has been living in Netherland for a few years. :)

Regardless of your nationality, everybody should be proud of your own heritage and culture. Be who you are and find the balance.

My Chinese Dutch friend sent me this-I’m a Chinese American living in The Netherlands who grew up in San Francisco’s Chinatown-your story resonates with mine too. Immigrant parents (especially my mom) who came with nothing and gave us everything. And being bicultural. It’s a story that many of us overseas Chinese share too. And it’s so important to tell these stories of our parents and our culture, so I wish you all the best and good luck!

Mijn opa kwam in de jaren 50 naar Nederland vanuit Sicilië en moest ook voor alles aanpassen. Hij kon op zijn minst 5 talen maar niet Nederlands. Dat kon hij nog steeds niet toen hij oud was. Mijn oma is Nederlands (ook een mengsel van Indisch, Brits, Duits and Joods) en die heeft hem veel geleerd. Mijn vader is Nederlands met een beetje duits, dus ben ik maar 25% Siciliaans waarvan dat ook gemengd is tussen allemaal volkeren (we komen uit Chiusa Sclafani een door noormannen gestichte dorp) en toch hoe ik me opgevoed ben voel ik me meer Siciliaans dan Nederlands. Ik luister meer naar Italiaanse muziek en ik kook veel liever Italiaans, Ik kan ook net zo goed Siciliaans verstaan alhoewel praten wat moeilijker is. Ik doe well mee met dat cultuurtje van jullie maar dat Nederlandse identiteit is gewoon niet zo sterk bij mij.

As a Dutch man married for almost 20 years to a chinese born chinese wife, I know it is not easy, be proud of yourself

It is perfectly normal to ask a person where they’re from (originally) in my opinion. When I, a Dutch white skinned person, visit to the north, where my brother lives, people ask me where I’m from. They say I sound from the western part of The Netherlands, specifically (around) Amsterdam. Im not offended, although I should be, I don’t wanna be associated with people from Amsterdam, they’re a special bunch. Most people are just curious and interested, and have no harm in mind.

This is a really sensitive one one !! I personally dont like this ultra nationalistic kind of mind state, how ever embracing ur culture language & being just yourself gives u abit of peace 🕊️

Waar is die supermarkt

Respect for your mother. She must be a tough cookie.

need more vlogs die zijn super leuk om to kijken :)

is your father dutch or Chinese because your title is quite vague are you dutch Chinese or Chinese Chinese living in the Netherlands and did you not have a dutch father ??? just say your Chinese father ditch your Chinese mother

I am a 66 yo male, born in (then) Djakarta. From an 'Indisch' (mixed Dutch-Indonesian) military background. My parents & their 5 sons came in January 1967 to the Netherlands as it was the last possibility for people of mixed ancestry (remnants of Dutch colonialism) to come. Call it sth of a repatriation. Racism was sth I really endured. I grew up not far from Geuzenveld, in Osdorp. On one occasion was asked by a 'friend' not to enter his house, because his mother hated coloured people. Suffice to say that that was the last time I ever spoke to him. Even later racism was still lurking. But I refused to get defined by these nasty experiences. Other people don't get to determine who I am. Although born in Indonesia, and I am aware of & appreciate my Indonesian culture & background, I am Dutch & feel Dutch. Not because Indonesia is inferior to the Netherlands, but this country shaped me in every which way. The fact that I am gay as the oldest of 5 boys has also a lot with that. Also I know what it means to be a Christian in a country where at least 80% were Muslim. Don't get me wrong, my dear mother was Muslim, so was her father who was a devout. He was the one who told me that Jews, Christians and Muslims were children of Abraham. That we were related & shouldn't fight or hate each other. Problem was that you were still different than the other children. Here in Amsterdam I feel protected & secure. As a student I lived in England for a while, and I took an Interrail on several occasions. I love Europe, but Amsterdam is the place where I want to be & someday to die. You don't notice you live in a paradise, till you are out of it. Sure the Netherlands has its problems, but somehow or other we managed to talk the problems away & stay in communication. Last but not least I want to proclaim this to the world: 'Amsterdam, er is geen stad die ook maar aan je tippen kan.'

As an Dutch “ethnic European” in the Netherlands I never ask a Dutch person who “has the looks from another continent” about “where do you come from”… I just want to get to know the person as a person, not “why someone looks differently from me”. It’s up to anyone themselves to reveal their identity, whether it’s cultural, gender or looks. The world today is mixed and it’s a wealth to get to know people who are different from yourself. Evolutionary the most diverse population will be the strongest to stand the future.

As an Dutch “ethnic European” in the Netherlands I never ask a Dutch person who “has the looks from another continent” about “where do you come from”… I just want to get to know the person as a person, not “why someone looks differently from me”. It’s up to anyone themselves to reveal their identity, whether it’s cultural, gender or looks. The world today is mixed and it’s a wealth to get to know people who are different from yourself. Evolutionary the most diverse population will be the strongest to stand the future.

Your title already says how you feel: A Dutch Chinese is a Chinese. A Chinese Dutch is Dutch.

Je bent pas een Nederlander als je thuis ook Nederlands praat. Punt. Anders ben je net een toerist.

Very annoying: Subtitles i can't get rid of in the same language as spoken...

Support all Asians living in Western countries!

@Mrhouse must be racist Trump supporter!

Mrhouse must be racist Trump supporter!

Have you already started your book about the Chinese who came to the Netherlands?

Personally as I have been a non native anywhere I lived I don't identify myself with my DNA heritage but as a being and that's very liberating instead of being trapped with labels "I'm this or I'm that" I prefer this is my planet and I am me

Let me know if you visit Leeuwarden, i give you a tour 🫡

You are Malaysian !... You will fit in more in Malaysia

You don't make the impression that you are either dutch or chinese. You are talking with a fluent american- english accent. So what has this to do with dutch or chinese ?

I am born in Canada and served in a military form. Being born in a foreign Country would be quite a struggle. My Parents cold calm out look made my immersion actually very easy. My parents are from Scotland so a bit of a difference.

Voel ik me meer Nederlands of Chinees loopt vervolgens een Aziatisch toko binnen Punt is gemaakt dat was een snelle video dankjewel 😂

Doesn't matter. Just being yourself is more important and feeling happy. Be proud of where you come. The race that you are is the human race, like every living human being.from.

I Will geven you a tip. Helmerbuurt. Behind overtoom

I Will geven you a tip: duende dos, nieuwe willemstraat 1, take the paella. Dir. Marnixstraat

Oke, een jaar of wat geleden. Ik loop met mijn twee uit China geadopteerde dochters in Chinatown. Ze waren nog jong toen. Mijn oudste dochter ziet een Chinese man en zegt : hee, een Chinees!. Even later. Hee, nog een Chinees. En nog één, en nog één..... Jaren later is ze weer in Chinatown. Ze ergert zich en zegt: In elke Chinese winkel praten ze Chinees en ze denken dat ik het ook versta. In onvervalst plat Amsterdams zegt ze tegen me: Pap, ben ik eigenlijk nog wel Chinees? Volgens mij lijk ik uiterlijk ook niet op een Chinees....... 2013 rootsreis naar China. Ze zegt: Pap al die Chinezen zien gewoon aan me dat ik niet van hier ben. Mijn kleding of zoiets. Ze merken het, maar ze spreken me wel aan in de winkels. Ze laat een kaartje zien dat ze geen Chinees spreekt omdat ze Nederlandse is. De Chinezen vinden het maar raar. 2016 op bezoek bij haar biologische familie in Xiamen. Permanent een tolk voor het dialect van daar erbij. Zelfs haar biologische zussen zijn wat verbaasd dat ze geen Chinees spreekt. Ze maakt met haar biologische moeder en twee zussen dumplings. Ze zegt: Goh, ik voel me nu opeens een beetje Chinees :-) 2024 ze is nu 26 jaar. Ex-topsporter, contortioniste, acrobate, lifistyle coach, pilates docente in een relatie met een militair veteraan. Ze geniet van het leven en noemt zichzelf een banaan. Geel van buiten, wit van binnen :-) En je moest eens weten hoeveel ik van mijn beide dochters houd!

Vietnamese American here. Born in the US. I saw and still see racism all the times, from grade school to professional environment. Then some 15 years ago I went to Vietnam for the first time in my life. Let me tell you, it was an eye opener for me to see people who don't discriminate me based on my ethnic. I have since bought a house in Vietnam, and when I retire I will move to Vietnam. Asia is where the activity will be in the next century, the Asian century.

I am a Malaysian second generation Chinese as my father came from China. Now my children are living in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. I returned to Malaysia with my wife because we have more friends and relatives in Malaysia. Now I only grand children in Australia can only speak English.

Born and raised in Amsterdam, I live very close, like 5 minutes walking at pace. besides the station it has nothing for me, it feels so disconnected and has no way to anchor itself in the environment. New places like in Noord are build with the River Ei in mind, which warrant a bit of scale and perspective to warrant the megalomaniac scale of things but Zuidas has no logical way to blend in it’s environment, as it could have been build with the Amsterdam Forrest and it’s water in mind if it was a km west.. Next to that it has no culture like the Film museum or link to the previous usage like the harbours and does nothing for citizens from other parts of Amsterdam.

What you said about growing up Chinese in the Netherlands, but not feeling like you belong to.the Chinese group or the Dutch group, resonates with me as an Asian growing up in America. But the part about becoming part of an American-British international culture is really interesting: we, as Asian Americans, helped create a lot of that culture but feel excluded from that culture just the same. We have had to push hard to be represented in many of the films, shows, etc. that comprise that culture, making it truly international.

I identify as human

I was born in Amsterdam in 1956 and I've seen a lot of changes. Some for the good and some for the bad. But the zuid-as is great. Just like Noord is booming with new buildings and Zeeburg too. Almost all of the old harbor is gone and I don't mind. In the 70ies some parts where really bad. Behind central station, heroin hookers and on the Ruyterkade too. I like that weird appartement building on the Beethoven straat. It makes me think of a hollow molar that needs fixing.

I think everybody should become like a chinese when living in china, everyone should become dutch when living in the netherlands. Otherwise you always remain just a guest and not a someone who lives here.

Great project and build from love and respect to the Chinese community in Amsterdam and Netherlands. Do believe its worth all time and effort to write history over the past and present✍💪👏

In the end, does it really matter how you should feel? Should you feel Chinese? Should you feel Dutch? It really doesn't matter. You can be a little bit of both.

I grew up Dutch in Canada it was like the opposite to you. I’m Canadian and Dutch but you’re actually more Dutch than me because you grew up there . Even though I had the Dutch influence at home (stereotypes that were true) lol. Also I had a lot of Asian influences because of the Asian community in my city.

Your point about the cultural appropriation and whitewashing of Tea Kee is that it not the same as the street names in the area of ​​the streets in Zeedijk changing in chinese sign. Edit: I'm for change and nothing is as changeable as traditions, if everything stays the same it's only going backwards. I don't quite understand what's wrong with them specifying ingredients. On the other hand, I still think Starbucks and bubble tea are 'niet te hachelen' and way too sweet

Jij bent gewoon een mooie Nederlandse meid met chinese roots.

What do the in chinatown streetnames translate to? Is it word for word translation or is it just phonetically?

You aren't half anything. You are fully both. You can be fully Dutch and you can be fully Chinese. I'm Dutch and Chindo and can be fully 3 different ethnicities if i want to.

Where is rhe link to the crowd fund?

Zou het een idee zijn om deze video ook gewoon in het Nederlands uit te brengen? As it is now this video resembles a video of an expat living for a few years in the Netherlands.

Ur so beautiful dear ur from dear

I'm also visit Amsterdam