Portal:Asian Americans

Topics Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Template:/box-header Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. It includes people who indicated their race(s) as "Asian" or reported entries such as "Asian Indian," "Chinese," "Filipino," "Korean," "Japanese," "Vietnamese," and "Other Asian" or provided other detailed Asian responses". They comprise 4.8% of the U.S. population alone, while people who are Asian combined with at least one other race make up 5.6%. Template:/box-footer Chinese Americans (Chinese: 華裔美國人 or 美籍華人; Chinese: 华裔美国人 or 美籍华人) represent Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans. Within this community, the term Chinese American is often broadly defined to include not only immigrants from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and their descendants but also immigrants and descendants of overseas Chinese people who migrated to the United States from places as diverse as Malaysia, Singapore, and other countries in southeast Asia. The Chinese American community is the largest ethnic group of Asian Americans, consisting of 22.4% of the Asian American population. They constitute 1.2% of the United States as a whole. In 2006, the Chinese American population numbered approximately 3.6 million. File:Hiramfong.jpg Hiram Fong was the first and only Chinese American to have served in the United States Senate and also the first Asian American to have launched a primary presidential campaign in a major political party. More anniversaries... PFC Sadao Munemori, MoH recipient Sadao S. Munemori (Japanese: 宗森貞雄 Munemori Sadao, born August 17, 1922 – April 5, 1945) was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor, after he sacrificed his life to save those of his colleagues at Seravezza, Italy during the closing stages of World War II. Munemori was a private first class in the United States Army, in Company A, 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He was the second of two Asian Americans to be awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II. Select [+] to view subcategories ▼ American people of Asian descent ► American people of Asian descent by occupation ► American people of Central Asian descent ► American people of East Asian descent ► American people of Russian descent ► American people of South Asian descent ► American people of Southeast Asian descent ► American people of Southwest Asian descent 85px You are invited to participate in WikiProject Asian Americans, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about Asian Americans. Add more to this portal Portal:United States Portal:Asia United States Asia What are portals? List of portals Featured portals