Why are some Asians (Chinese) really Tall and some really Short?
Why are some Asians (Chinese) really Tall and some really Short?
I myself thought this too, and I found a good answer to this question. I want to share it with you, so I decided to post it here.
A guy, ask this question at Yahoo Answer and here what he said: "Where I work, there are some Asians (mostly Chinese). I noticed there are two types. One type is short and the other type is really tall. For instance, there is this one Chinese lady who is the tallest lady there. They had to put two bricks on each leg of her desk for it to be high enough for her.The tall ones usually have large frames but are very slim and have very light skin. Are they from different regions of China?"
And here is the answer: "Well, every race will have taller people than others but I do think it’s the Northern Chinese who are taller than the Southern. I don’t quite know why this would have become this way but in Northern China, it has harsher winters and milder summers than the south so they are not big farmers, mostly herders, I believe. As for the South, they grow a lot of rice because it’s ideal weather for it there. The kinds of physical activity depending on the region could possibly have affected the height. I find that a lot of my Mandarin friends(the dominant language of the North) are 5′6"-6′0" while my Cantonese friends (the dominant language of the South) are 5′0"-5′5". I myself am Southern Chinese and stand at 5′2 1/2". This is not to be taken as a racist statement but the reason why Westerners often view the Chinese as short is probably because most of the Chinese immigrants to the West were from the Southern provinces of China."
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