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|'''[[David Bowie]]''', "China Girl" ([[Covered Up]] from [[The Stooges|Iggy Pop]])}}
 
A [[Kawaisa|cute]] Chinese girl, usually with a [[Just a Stupid Accent|variable accent]]. Nearly guaranteed to dress at some point in a [[Qipao]] and put her hair up in a pair of [[Odango]]. A very high proportion (even for anime) will [[All Chinese People Know Kung Fu|know martial arts, always in a Chinese style]].▼
 
In [[Animeanime]] and [[Mangamanga]], the Chinese are a special case to the usual [[But Not Too Foreign]] treatment of foreigners, due to the long-running rivalryanimosity between China and Japan, which has (historically explodingexploded into outright war more than once) between China and Japan. [[Hong Kong]] is in a weird place in the middle (culturally, if not geographically), usually used when the writers want to set a story in a [[Vice City]] that wouldn't work properly otherwise.
 
▲AThe '''Anime Chinese Girl''' is one result of the above - she's a [[Kawaisa|cute]] Chinese girl, usually with a [[Just a Stupid Accent|variable accent]]., who is Nearlynearly guaranteed to dress at some point in a [[Qipaoqipao]] and put her hair up in a pair of [[Odangoodango]]. A very high proportion of these characters (even for anime) will [[All Chinese People Know Kung Fu|know martial arts, always in a Chinese style]]. As a subtrope of [[Stereotypes of Chinese People]], and due to the... strained relations between the countries touched on above, this can slip into [[Unfortunate Character Design|worrying territory]] at times.
 
[[Daddy's Little Villain|Evil Chinese girls]] grow up to be [[Dragon Lady|Dragon Ladies]]. Or they might have a [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|change of heart]] after years of helping their [[Yellow Peril|evil mad scientist fathers]].
 
A subtrope of [[Stereotypes of Chinese People]].
 
Not to be confused with a [[China Girl]].
 
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The prototypical Anime Chinese Girl is possibly Lynn Minmay from ''[[Macross]]'' (Lin Minmei in ''[[Robotech]]''), although her this is only emphasized in certain episodes. Technically, Minmay's [[But Not Too Foreign|half-Japanese]].
* Shampoo, from ''[[Ranma ½]]''.
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