Be honest: what do you think of when you hear “Asians”?

Habib, you’re on a roll here, aren’t you!

• Confucian virtues
• Industry
• Most people I hanged out with at high school. And undergrad.
• Spicy food
• East Asians, Not South Asians; I’m from Australia, not the UK
• East Asians, Not West Asians. Does anyone even say “West Asians”?
• East Asians, Not North Asians. People definitely don’t call Siberians North Asians.
• East Asians, Not Central Asians. Huh. It really is all about extended Sinosphere, isn’t it.
• South East Asians. Kinda sorta extended Sinosphere.
• My neighbours’ parents, who yell too loud in Chinese at their kid.
• My urbane Taiwanese psychologist friend, and his darling kids.
• Lots of cultures with venerable history, that I know too little about.