The inability for PRC nationalists, at least many on Twitter, to understand that I can recognize I& #39;m ethnic Han Chinese AND that my parents are Hong Konger and Taiwanese AND that I& #39;m American, reveals a crude grasp of identity, citizenship, and just being in the 21st century.

Beijing believes all ethnic Han Chinese — anywhere on earth — should be loyal to the Chinese Communist Party. Nationalists who accept CCP propaganda confuse this incorrectly as loyalty to country.

So where& #39;s my loyalty? I am a naturalized American citizen. I view it like a social contract I made as an immigrant to the US. Like a good American, I exercise my right to free speech (journalism!), speak truth to power, in order to build a more perfect Union.

That I say I& #39;m American seems to make Chinese nationalists& #39; heads explode. They point to the anti-Asian racism in the US right now. Okay. That& #39;s not going to make me run to worship at the feet of Xi Jinping are you kidding me his own daughter& #39;s studying at Harvard right now.

I& #39;m absolutely disturbed by how quickly anti-Asian racism has proliferated in the US right now. That& #39;s why I signed this open letter. I also know if I face discrimination, there is legal recourse in the US that those Africans in Guangzhou don& #39;t have. https://bit.ly/3cjprWT ">https://bit.ly/3cjprWT&q...

One more thought on identity — not just of HKers, Taiwanese, Chinese, Americans. I’ve reported from Israel and Palestine, North and South Korea where I see how identity and/or nationhood has changed. PRC insisting on what is China and who is Chinese is not reality, it’s ideology.