- E9 u$ i5 r$ C& q% ]What's wrong with the word "Chinese"? The word "Chinese" has multiple implications, just like any other words like "English" , "German" and "French"~~~ When you are in a place where majority of the public speaks Cantonese (which is a local dialect of Chinese), asking a person to "Speak Chinese" means you want that person to speak in that local dialect, i.e. Cantonese in this case! ; u6 z) w3 }2 Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 1 j% Z; d6 \ n# X9 V8 @' vI think your interpretation of "Chinese" being just a human race is far too superficial ~~~9 Z! V8 z0 _ `' j# o" B- }