..just by looking? I mean, do they have distinct facial differences? I say they don't but my colleague says they do. The rest of the people we've asked either laugh or "don't want to get involved"…?

Never crossed my mind.

"Chinese" actually includes a lot of different races and languages

china is a **** vast country and there is no such thing as a chinese 'look'

most likely koreans will be dressed a bit differently!

have you had lessons in being a bit 'special' or is it a natural gift?

not by 'look', but all chinese people wear those hats what look like a lampshade. FACT.

Spend the evening looking at asian internet pron and tell the missus that you are researching the asian population to settle an office argument

If they're selling you a DVD they're definitely Chinese

*wades in and tries to be serious*

They have different eyes. My mate's boyfriend in Korean and he has explained the differences. One has slanty eyes; the other has eyes that are slanty in a different way. That's what I gleaned anyway. It's quite a subtle thing, and not something I can explain without pulling at my eyelids and gurning at you to demonstrate.

I can tell the difference but I'm probably nowhere near 100% accurate. I just go by the general look and behaviour and have never tried to analyse it.

One sure thing if they are clearing the phlem out of their chest or nose in public they're Korean.

if they're being executed in public for going to church they're chinese

Englishman, Irishman and a Scotsman. Is it possible to tell them apart?

Bad taste thread of the week? Based on the responses of course.

I've forewarded the question to Duke of Edinburgh. He'll know.

really as mt says, from my little knowledge having friends from that area. Koreans will generally be wealthier so have nicer clothes and are more concerned with fashion. With my korean mates they have whiter skin than my chinese mates, but that'll be area dependent. You'll never meet a north korean, they'll say there from SK. Oh they have different types of chopsticks, but thats useless if you see them in town. 😆

Can you tell difference between a US american and a canadian?

Wikipedia says that Koreans are an official minority ethnic group in China so I'd guess that Koreans and Han Chinese would be able to tell each other apart.

I don't know whether an outsider could tell the difference or not and that probably invites "they all look the same" comments anyway

Koreans are predominately from one particular race whereas china is made up of a huge variety of different races varying from almost purely Mongol to Han (the majority)

Can you tell difference between a US american and a canadian?

Of course. Ive seen South Park.

Seeing as North Korea borders on China,where do you draw the line?.It may be possible to differentiate between Koreans and Chinese who belong to an ethnic group based 500 miles away,but from someone who lives 20 miles away?,almost certainly same ethnic group,alomost impossible to tell.China is a very big place.
Ian

Borders drawn here

Koreans are cool. Are the worlds biggest party animals. NOTHING gets done in business that doesnt involve a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label and a karaoke bar.

Ask a Korean if they are Japanese and visa versa…..they love that.

i travelled australia where you come into contact with lots of Koreans and Japanese. you can tell the difference after a while. Koreans looking more Chinese than Japanese.

i've a chinese housemate. we'd often spend a good few hours looking at asian girls guessing their origin…. research purposes only, obviously.

safe for work asian girl pics

I've never really thought about it, but I do have issues looking up an Asian colleague's phone number on the company intranet – they must have been transcribed incorrectly because every time I wing I get the Wong number.

theotherjonv, you sirry irriot.

😉

Dunno but when the relatives are around our dog always leaves the room

One has slanty eyes; the other has eyes that are slanty in a different way.

You're not the Chookie Embra (*) are you?

i travelled australia where you come into contact with lots of Koreans and Japanese. you can tell the difference after a while. Koreans looking more Chinese than Japanese.

Misread the question yes I can tell Koreans and Japanese apart but not Koreans and Chinese (they both cough up their phlem in public).

mt – Member
Englishman, Irishman and a Scotsman. Is it possible to tell them apart?

generally yes it is.

Hilarious that no Koreans have leapt on to accuse Barca of racism..maybe that's RB and TJ's job.

some of the chinese i've met are about the most racist people i've ever come across 🙂

having said that i took great pleasure in the fact that they laugh at our 'wide eyes'

It's always amazed me that Japanese animation uses characters with "wide eyes"

Just an observation but I flew JAL once and the hostesses served the native japanese customers before the westerners regardless of what menu everyone had chosen (japanese or western dishes). Can't say I found this racist though, just slightly weird

Hmmm an interesting thread.

To describe a Chinese look is impossible, it has no more relevance than a Leeds look.

Does the majority of Asia look different to us, yes of course, under that is a complex set of differences that are as subtle as a Dutch man to a German.

To describe a Chinese look is impossible, it has no more relevance than a Leeds look.

I'm sure there are a few million people who would disagree with you

my point is that China and the rest of Asia cannot be described as a "look", its very diverse.

Flip a pancake, we had a prolonged spell of work since I asked. Thanks for the responses.
iDave, don't you have some Internet Olympians to coach or something? You should try drinking mild, that bitter isn't doing you any favours.

I would say yes, but not sure what the differences are..
Chinese people from the South look very different to Chinese people from the North – Koreans look kind of 'inbetween' to me. also, if you see an 'oriental' and their hair is dyed orange, they're probably korean

enfht – Member
Hilarious that no Koreans have leapt on to accuse Barca of racism..maybe that's RB and TJ's job.

Perhaps because the OP is not being racist? daft perhaps but not racist. where is the negative sterotyping?

Daft? My mate asked me a question, I answered it, he disagreed, we discussed it, we asked others, i asked on here, he asked on a website he uses, we noted some comments, we laughed at others, we laughed a lot at a few others.
Do you really have to be so uptight and judgmental about everything? Why don't you try, every now and again getting down from your ultra high moral horse and just taking the odd at face value instead of evaluating everything to see if there is any way you can be offended or morally affronted? I bet you'd find it quite liberating. It seems like you deliberately go out of your way to take offence. How very unnecessary.
When we lived in Auckland (a city with a very large population of Oriental people), our neighbours on both sides were of Chinese descent. They called us 'marble eyes'. It was a laugh. We laughed, they laughed. Nobody took offence. I wonder if you'd be offended?
Loosen off your braces TJ, I suspect you've given yourself a wedgie again.

Barca. I was responding to enfit who wondered why I had not cried "racist". IMO your post was not racist hence why I did not call it as such.

daft perhaps but not racist

In no way was I casting moral judgement or anything like. You have leaped down my throat without looking at what I wrote. I was not offended or morally affronted nor did I say I was – infact the opposite. I was defending you.

belm 😆

Chinese people and in fact most Asians can recognise people from other countries. I have Hong Kong Chinese features which were spotted by a Chinese lady who has a son at the same school as mine. Koreans etc also have features and skin tones that are slightly different. Differences are subtle and I don't think many westerners would spot them.

Tis easy to tell the difference, just by looking.

At their passports, that is. 😯

Otherwise, IME, not