What is the difference between China people and overseas Chinese?

The difference between Chinese and overseas Chinese: Overseas Chinese are people who have China nationality but live abroad or have lived abroad for a long time. China's nationality is foreign, but they are from China at heart. On the other hand, China people are also the collective name of all China people.

China people: It refers to the ancient Han nationality, which is another name for China people in the concept of nationality. Since the 20th century, it refers to all 56 ethnic groups in China. Divided into overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese.

Relevant historical materials

"Nine Years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty" once said: "... Recently, most Mongolians have changed their surnames to Han nationality, which is no different from Chinese ..."

Shen Zan in Record of Sejong in Korea (Volume 96) said when inferring Chuchilo clan: "Chuchilo's words are not credible. It's called Qiusuo hookah, and it's also the name of a savage, as if he were not from China. And resell it, especially if it is a Han Chinese. Don't ask if you are a Han Chinese, just tell the truth and detain. "

Overseas Chinese: Chinese living in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other traditional China territories.

Overseas Chinese: China emigrants and their descendants. "Overseas Chinese" is sometimes referred to as "Chinese" for short, but it must be "outside China" in the context to be accurate.

China people: descendants of China people who have obtained the nationality of other countries in China (including the four places on both sides of the Taiwan Straits) are called China people in the legal sense; Chinese themselves are part of overseas Chinese.

Citation interpretation

China people living abroad.

Lao She's "Two Horses", paragraph 5: "People studying in China are also divided into two factions: one is mainlanders and the other is descendants of overseas Chinese."

Week after week, Morning in Shanghai Part IV: 30: "We can't underestimate overseas Chinese. They are personally oppressed and suffering overseas. Frankly speaking, they are more patriotic than our business community. "