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No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

In 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized 120 saints of China, 87 of whom were ethnically Chinese. My home church was incredibly excited because this was the first time the Roman Catholic Church acknowledged Chinese citizens in this way.

Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture.

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.

My father was an Episcopal minister, and for 14 years my family lived in China, in a city called Wuchang. We four children spoke Chinese before we spoke English. We left when the communists came, in the early 1930s. I was about 5 years old.

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.

I am Chinese - it doesn't matter what other people say.