When did Chinese become a race? I know some Asian who will be quick to correct if someone is calling them Chinese, they are Asian.
The reporter herself could be Hong Kong descent wonder whey she is ashamed of being from Hong Kong if so.
I know some people from Hong Kong that would be offended to be called China descent. Two different groups of Asians in thinking and behavior, unfair to put them in same group.
“The reporter herself could be Hong Kong descent”
She was born in Red China, and her parents brought her here at a young age. Not finding the exact age. But that is her home country.