Chinese hope first for a Chinese son- or daughter-in-law, followed by another "yellow skin" Asian, followed by a white person. Professor Tsai Wen-hui of Purdue University in Indiana remarks: "The whole family freaks out if one of the grown-up children marries someone who's not 'yellow.'"
中國人對子女婚姻對象的種族期望，最好是中國人，再不然亞洲人﹘﹘黃皮膚的也還可以，再來是白種人，「在中國家庭，小孩和其他的有色人種結婚，那全家一定翻了天」，印第安那州普渡大學社會系教授蔡文輝說。