See example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Chinese

China is connected by land to Europe. So… Is a Chinese National moving to France technically “overseas”? I mean technically you could tavel by land there?

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the dictionary is a lie…

  • xiao yun@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    I think the term “Chinese diaspora” is more appropriate.

    edit : What I mean is that this word (overseas) no longer necessarily reflects today’s reality; it should be obsolete, like many other words nowadays. Languages are alive.