compiling a list of characters of chinese descent

[bantha_fodder]

HEY SO.

I need a list of characters who are Chinese/of Chinese descent in English language texts. So far I have:

Jubilation Lee
Cho Chang
Huang (from SVU)
Isabella (from the recent Miami Vice movie)
Whoever Michelle Yeoh played in Tomorrow Never Dies


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I would appreciate any and all assistance with this.

Comments

[baggers.livejournal.com]

You make plenty of sense, Pen. I understand the conflicting opinions. I, personally, have a thing about foreigners playing Australians, basically for the same reason of there being so many fantastic Australian actors etc. At the same time, I really don't care about anyone playing Americans, and I won't lie, I find non-English European countries interchangeable (See: Lena Olin playing a Russian or an Italian) and I guess the same applies to Asian countries as well. I think maybe it is probably the same for most people with the primary... identity, if you will, they associate themselves with.

[baggers.livejournal.com]

Just to be clear, what I am saying is I think most people are probably a little clingy about their own specific ethnic group within the wider group it is associated with (Chinese within Asian, Italian within European, etc etc), but other regional groups and the different specific groups within it are of less personal concern.

I know I am a giant hypocrite because I don't care about Australian's playing other nationalities/ethnicities despite not liking other people playing Australians, which was why I wondered what your opinion was on Sandra Oh's comment, primarily in relation to your original question: just because the actor is whatever nationality/ethnicity, how likely should someone assume the character is also?