I came across this quote by Stuart, a British Born Chinese (BBC) in Race and ethnicity: culture, identity and representation By Steve Spencer. It reminded me of the saying, “Home is where the heart is.”
I was born in England in Leicester, spent most of my life
in the UK, went over to HK when I was about seven for a year so I
adapted to the culture then, but most of my life I’ve been in the UK.
But I feel that – even though I’ve only lived in HK for a year, in my
heart I still feel Chinese. I have friends in HK who are totally
Chinese, when they come to England they want to be English – even
though their experience of life is Chinese – they want to be English,
wheres me I’m opposite: I’m totally English behaviour and in my heart
it’s very Chinese.
This got me wondering, Is the heart always where the home is? Thanks to @alicialiu for the quote.


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