Why does everyone use the word "Asian"? People from Russia is from Asia, but people still call them white people or "Gwai Lo" in Cantonese. In my opinion, everyone should be specific of who they are, whether it be Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Philliphino, Thai, Singaporean, Malaysian, et cetera... I call myself Chinese and not Asian, if someone does call me Asian, I correct them and tell them to call me Chinese...