Chinaman (/ˈtʃaɪnə.mən/) is an offensive term referring to a Chinese man or person, or widely a person native to geographical East Asia or of perceived...
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John Chinaman was a stock caricature of a Chinese laborer seen in cartoons of the 19th century. Also referenced by Mark Twain and popular American songs...
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Immanuel Kant (redirect from Chinaman of Koenigsberg)
Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg...
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Left-arm unorthodox spin (redirect from Slow-left-arm chinaman)
orthodox left-arm spinner. The delivery was sometimes historically called a chinaman. The first cricketer known to bowl the style of delivery was 19th-century...
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Chinese New Year (redirect from Chinaman Day)
Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival (see also § Names), is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese...
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Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew is a 2010 novel by Shehan Karunatilaka. Using cricket as a device to write about Sri Lankan society, the book tells...
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The Chinaman is a thriller novel written by Stephen Leather, first published in 1992. It is Leather's fourth novel. Its plot concerns a London-based Vietnamese...
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Look up Chinaman or chinaman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chinaman is an archaic term for a Chinese person. Chinaman or Chinamen may also refer...
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Shehan Karunatilaka (section Chinaman (2010))
lived and worked in London, Amsterdam and Singapore. His 2010 debut novel Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew won the Commonwealth Book Prize, the DSC...
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Ha Ling Peak (redirect from Chinaman's Peak)
Spray Lakes road in Alberta's Canadian Rockies. It was previously named Chinaman's Peak but the name was changed to be less offensive. It was the subject...
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