What do "overseas Chinese", "Chinese" and "China people" mean respectively?

Overseas Chinese, also known as "overseas Chinese", belong to China citizens who have not yet joined foreign nationality but have lived abroad for a long time; Including those who have obtained permanent resident status in their country of residence, they are called "overseas Chinese" and still retain their citizenship and are still protected by their laws. Overseas Chinese do not include people from other occupations, such as traveling abroad, studying abroad and foreign aid workers.

Chinese refers to the children of overseas Chinese who were born in the host country and obtained the nationality of the host country, and can also refer to the descendants of the Chinese nation. Ancient refers to the Central Plains.

Chinese, the abbreviation of "Huaxia people", comes from the combination of "Hua" and "Xia" tribes in the ancient Yellow River basin. "Xia" means "strong unity" in Qiang and Tibetan languages. It is a general term for people belonging to the Chinese nation. China people are the concept of blood. Ethnically speaking, the ancestors of the Han nationality in China and 55 ethnic minorities are all from China, and the foreign ancestors who agree with China culture are also from China. The term "China people" originally refers to the Han nationality, but with the spread of Chinese civilization to all parts of the country, the concept of "China people" has gradually expanded from the Chinese nation (also known as the Han nationality after the Han Dynasty) to 55 ethnic minorities influenced by Chinese civilization. It has become synonymous with all China people, including "China people" and "overseas Chinese".

Generally speaking, the ancestral home of overseas Chinese is more than 7 million in Meizhou, followed by 3.2 million in Jiangmen, 3 million in Shantou, 3 million in Jieyang (including Puning) and 0/10,000 in Guangzhou. Quanzhou, with the largest population in Fujian Province, has nearly 7.6 million, and Fuzhou has more than 3 million.

Modern China people refer to those who are stipulated that China people living abroad have obtained nationality outside China (also known as China people with X nationality) and those who were born abroad and have foreign nationality according to the laws of the country of birth. In other words, legally speaking, they are no longer citizens of China. But by blood, they are descendants of China people. Sometimes, overseas Chinese and China people are collectively referred to as overseas Chinese.

The social relations of China people are typical reciprocal social relations. Usually, differences in social relations are expressed by similar surnames. The connection between an individual and society is called "relationship", and the emotion in this connection is called "emotion". China people's social relations are usually carried out by giving gifts to each other. A very important concept in China's social relations is the concept of face and other concepts related to oriental culture. For example, the concept of "fate" related to Buddhism is one of them. Therefore, China people's cognition of things and people is affected, and things are often judged by interests. Unlike other nations and societies, which are accustomed to comparing the relationship between individuals and society to that between big boxes and small boxes, China people prefer to compare social relations to "nets". Therefore, China people evaluate the social relations with others, not the inside and outside.