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6->''"And when I get excited\
7My little China girl says\
8Oh baby, you just shut your mouth, she says..."''
9-->-- '''Music/IggyPop''', "China Girl" (written with Music/DavidBowie)
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11A [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} cute]] Chinese girl, usually with a [[JustAStupidAccent variable accent]]. Nearly guaranteed to dress at some point in a UsefulNotes/{{qipao}} (or, almost as often, a tangzhuang) and has OdangoHair. A very high proportion (even for anime) will [[AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu know martial arts, always in a Chinese style]]. [[StockForeignName Most of them will be called Lanhua (more often spelled Ranpha in merchandise), Meiling (sometimes Mei Lin), or some other popular name]], even though there are many options for Chinese names.
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13This trope dates back to the Sino-Japanese war when Chinese women were highly exoticised and sexualised by Japanese men. It re-emerged in the 1970s although now as more "innocuous" portrayals when Japan had a boom of interest in Chinese culture due to improving relations between China and Japan, as well as the dominance of Hong Kong cinema in Eastern Asia.
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15In {{Anime}} and {{Manga}} the Chinese are a special case to the usual ButNotTooForeign treatment of foreigners, due to the long-running rivalry (historically [[UsefulNotes/FirstSinoJapaneseWar exploding into outright war]] [[UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar more than once]]) between China and Japan. UsefulNotes/HongKong is in a weird place in the middle (culturally, if not geographically), usually used when the writers want to set a story in a ViceCity that wouldn't work properly otherwise.
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17Evil Chinese girls grow up to be {{Dragon Lad|y}}ies. Or they might have a change of heart after years of helping their [[YellowPeril evil mad scientist fathers]].
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19A subtrope of StereotypesOfChinesePeople.
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27* ''Manga/SazanEyes'': Mei Shin is from Hong Kong, knows Kung-Fu, and is drawn to actually appear Asian. She typically wears a red uniform, but slips into a UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}} during a later scene, in an attempt to get Yakumo's attention.
28* In ''Manga/AhAndMmAreAllSheSays'', Tanaka {{cosplay}}s as the MagicalGirl character Chaoli Fan from the anime ''[[ShowWithinAShow Luckysis]]''. She has OdangoHair, wears a qipao, and is described as a "[[FortuneTeller palm reader]] from Chinatown".
29* Ling Yunque (Suzu) from ''Amuri in Star Ocean''. Except for the martial arts part, but she's got some crazy super powers with Chinese motifs instead, so it all evens out.
30* Chan Lee from ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'', who is Chinese and very good at martial arts. While her first clothes resemble the Vietnamese ao dai, her second outfit reflects a more modern Chinese dress.
31* ''Manga/BlackButler'' has Ran-Mao, a Chinese girl who wears a cheongsam, has odango hair and is a powerful martial artist wielding a pair of [[StockWushuWeapons chuí]].
32* Shenhua from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', who is often at odds with Chinese-American [[TheGunslinger gunslinger]] Revy.
33--> "You got that, chinglish?"
34%%* Sui-Feng (''Suì-Fēng'' or ''Soifon'' depending on the language) from ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'', the Captain of the 2nd Division among the Gotei 13. While Sui-Feng is rather infamous for being a notorious Tsundere, she qualifies here mostly due to her style and being both precise and swift in her mastery of Assassination. Also bonus points go to her for taking over Yoruichi who totally abandoned her when she was younger.
35* The anime adaptation of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' [[CanonForeigner added the character of]] Meiling Li, the qipao-donning, BadassNormal martial artist from Hong Kong.
36* In ''Manga/{{Chinpui}}'', Eri Kasuga is this due to her ancestor, [[spoiler:Kukuru,]] (her ancestor is the same as the kid from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheBirthOfJapan'') who hailed from Nanjing.
37* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' has an interesting subversion in Alice, Misaki's childhood friend, who invites her to her birthday party slash mob gathering, which she herself attends in a western-style ballgown, while stuffing a rather embarrassed Misaki into a qipao, complete with odango. Lampshaded by Alice's crimeboss father, who grumbles about her displaying her xenophilic tendencies so blatantly at such an important event.
38* ''Manga/DoctorSlump'': Tsururin Tsun is the eldest daughter of a Chinese family who moves to Penguin Village, she has her hair in an odango hair and has several mental powers which make her a LittleMissBadass, she is also Taro's biggest love interest and is considered attractive to most of the boys in her school. Also her mother could tell.
39* Chi-Chi from ''Manga/DragonBall''. Although over the course of the series, several minor characters are introduced in the same style. Chi-Chi herself regularly wears ''UsefulNotes/{{qipao}}'', is a known practitioner of the Turtle Hermit style and the strongest woman on Earth (until Android 18 came into the picture), and in the manga and original Japanese version of the anime she speaks with a heavy Tohoku accent. Her favorite food is even Chinese chimaki, according to the [[http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball:_Super_Exciting_Guide.html Super Exciting Guide.]] While the Dragon World has no in-universe equivalent to China as a country, the original arc was a FracturedFairyTale take on ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', and the setting as a whole is probably best described as a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture fantasy hybrid]] of Japan ''and'' China.
40* Ming Chao from ''Manga/EtCetera''. She's a really bright brunette and has the biggest eyes of the whole cast, but hey, she carries a wok on her back!
41* Minerva Orlando from ''Manga/FairyTail'' is a rare Villainous version [[spoiler: until her HeelFaceTurn.]] One of the series' most powerful women, Minerva (as her cat-like appearance may suggest) is sly, cunning and very powerful. Her overall characteristics like braided twin Chignon and a slight tan are key features associating with traditional high-class Chinese ladies, though she got her name from a ''Roman'' goddess.
42* Rana Linchen from ''Manga/{{Freezing}}'' is from Tibet and has special undergarments from her home country. She of course excels in hand to hand combat.
43* Lan Fan and May Chang, the two [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Xingese]] female martial artists from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. May is even more blatant because of her eastern-style clothing and odango hairstyle.
44* Ranpha Framboise from ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'' has many aspects of the trope, including a taste for steamed meat buns, and a {{Leitmotif}} that sounds very Chinese.
45* Fei from ''VideoGame/GateKeepers'' is a particularly noxious example of this trope. She seems hard pressed to have thirty seconds of screen time without squealing "Ay yah!"
46* Kagura from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', despite being an alien, dresses in Chinese outfits and is occasionally referred to by strangers as Chinese.
47* ''Manga/GoodDayToYouHowAboutAGame'': The main characters play a TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} mobile game with a strong Chinese aesthetic (since mahjong is a Chinese game). Aside from their {{Digital Avatar}}s being fancy animal girls wearing elaborate Chinese-style clothing, the CPU players are dressed in stereotypical Mandarin garb with OdangoHair.
48* Taiwan and Vietnam from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', at least in looks. Also, the originally male China in the {{Gender Flip}}ped art (whether fanart or the doodles done by Himaruya himself).
49** [[DudeLooksLikeALady China's gender]] [[ViewerGenderConfusion does not have to be]] [[GenderFlip flipped.]]
50*** Fem China was soon introduced as the official female opposite, of the already feminine China. Fem China's behaviour is described to be a lot more [[GenkiGirl Genki Girl]] than her logic-demanding counterpart.
51* ''Manga/HikariNoDensetsu'': Thankfully averted with Meiling Chen, a rhythmatic gymnast representing Hong Kong. She is from the Chinese mainland, but she averts many of the negative stereotypes associated with the trope and is a bubbly girl who befriends Hikari.
52* Ruri and Hari, the cute Chinese minions of moth demon Menōmaru from the first ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' movie, ''Anime/InuyashaTheMovieAffectionsTouchingAcrossTime''.
53* ''Manga/JungleKingTarChan'' has Renhou, leader of the White Crane clan. While never explicitly shown, it is implied she has a vast amount of ki and has the ability to look into the minds of other people, as well as telepathic communication.
54* Renka Ma from ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' lacks the accent, as she speaks Japanese as fluently as the other characters, but otherwise she fits all of the requirements for the trope.
55* ''Franchise/LoveLive'' presents two refreshing aversions, voiced by actual Chinese ladies:
56** [[Anime/LoveLiveSuperstar Tang Keke]] checks no boxes of this trope, but matches all description of a Mainland Chinese girl of TheNewTens - academically excellent but terrible at sports, and voiced by a genuine Shanghainese Creator/{{Liyuu}}.
57** [[Anime/LoveLiveNijigasakiHighSchoolIdolClub Zhong Lanzhu]] does have the hairstyle, but nothing else. She is voiced by the half-Chinese Creator/AkinaHomoto.
58* Princess Aska from ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' had elements of this: One of the Magic Knights even comments on how she and her entourage seem to be a weird mix of Chinese and Japanese stereotypes.
59* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Yan-Min is a {{foreign exchange student}} from China, who's attending Venus Academy. She's depicted as having slanted eyes and wearing a cloth hairbun like ornament. But once she [[TheCoatsAreOff takes off her jacket]] [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c016/15.html to fight]], you can see she's wearing a short form-fitting UsefulNotes/{{qipao}} [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c017/6.html underneath.]]
60* Wang Liu Mei from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', although she only wears a qipao in the first episode and it is her BattleButler [[spoiler:and older brother]] Hong Long that knows kung fu.
61* Shiishii from ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' is a cute ChineseVampire from Taiwan who speaks broken English and adds "Ai ya!" to her sentences. Despite being undead, she's quite fast and dangerous. Parts of her design/abilities are inspired by Capcom's Chinese girls, Chun-li and Hsien-ko (see the "Video Games" folder below).
62* Tenten from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', who definitely invokes the design, despite the fact that her world doesn't seem to ''have'' a China. In the databooks, her favorite food is ''Chinese food''. Team Guy as a whole seems to have a Chinese theme going on, from Rock Lee and Guy-sensei being [[BruceLeeClone Bruce Lee Clones]] to Neji Hyuuga's fighting style coming from baguazhang, a Chinese form of martial arts.
63* Ku Fei and Chao Lingshen from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' seemed unusual in sharing the same trait, until Chao's more specific gimmick was revealed to be [[spoiler:time-traveling descendant of Negi's come to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong]]. They both know Kung Fu, but Chao cheats.
64* Sha Chi from ''Manga/PenguinMusume'', complete with the qipao and martial arts thing. Also adds [[VerbalTic "-dachi"]] to the end of every sentence.
65* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Shampoo and her grandmother hail from a hidden amazon village, deep in the mountains of China. Needless to say, she's almost always seen in Chinese garb and her speech pattern (at least in English) is the stereotypical [[YouNoTakeCandle broken English without pronouns or verb tenses]]. In Japanese, Shampoo speaks ridiculously polite keigo, even to people who piss her off, because it's the only kind of Japanese she knows.
66* I-Pin from ''Manga/Reborn2004'' is a good example of this, [[spoiler:particularly once she's hit with the Ten Year Bazooka.]]
67* Miss China from ''Manga/SpiritOfWonder'' is a hot, ass-kicking, qipao-wearing legitimate {{Tsundere}} Chinese girl.
68* Kou Shuurei and all the other female characters in ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'', which is a fictional version of [[StereotypesOfChinesePeople China]] after all. However, they all wear Han period costumes and not the traditional ''qipao'' of the Manchu period.
69* Ixpellia of ''AudioPlay/StrikersSoundStageX'' was likely meant to evoke this image, what with her qipao and all (in the illustrations to them, do not get any weird ideas).
70* The prototypical anime Chinese girl is possibly Lynn Minmay (Lin Minmei in ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'') from ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', although this is only emphasized in certain episodes. Technically, Minmay's [[ButNotTooForeign half-Japanese]].
71* In the ''Super Mario Land'' arc of ''Manga/SuperMario'', Mario eats at a Chinese restaurant, including a stereotypically Chinese woman with odango hair.
72%%* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' has Dragon Kid, real name Pao-Lin Huang, the youngest of the heroes. She's a cute tomboy.
73* Vivian Wong from ''Anime/YuGiOh''. Aside from having odango hair, she goes around waving fans and a Duel Disk, wears a yellow qipao and apparently knows enough kung-fu to fix Grandpa's back.. or break it, as the case may be. At some point [[LovelyAngels she and Mai Kujaku]] duel the Meikyu Brothers on the Great Wall of China.
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77* ''Fanfic/BoyScoutsOneHalf'' features Perfume, an (inept) Amazon warrior from the same village as [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Shampoo.]]
78* Aki Chung-Feng and Shenhua "The DragonLady" Jiang from ''Fanfic/OnePieceParallelWorks''. While Aki is TheIngenue who is usually dressed in a UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}, the DragonLady...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is a Dragon Lady]].
79* Shampoo from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is a prominent character in ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'', and has lost none of her Anime Chinese Girl heritage. She's ironically become even more of a BadassAdorable by eating the [[BunniesForCuteness Rabbit-Rabbit Zoan]], which means she generally runs around [[LittleBitBeastly with bunny ears and a bunny's tail]].
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83* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', the first shot of the movie is of a picture of Mei and her parents with Mei looking like this complete with wearing a UsefulNotes/{{qipao}} and having OdangoHair.
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86[[folder:Literature]]
87* Ling Yu of the web-novel ''Literature/{{Domina}}'', to the hilt. Probably intentional, given her [[OccidentalOtaku interest in anime]].
88* ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'':
89** Melissa Mao is of Chinese descent but she doesn't follow any of the stereotypes. This is because she's lived most of her life in New York, although she also spent some time in Hong Kong.
90** The two that ''do'' follow this trope's stereotypes, however, are the CreepyTwins Yu Fang and Yu Lan. One of them wear odango hair at one point, as well as a qipao. And they both know martial arts (a whole lot better than Mao).
91* Huang Lingyin from ''Literature/InfiniteStratos'', who wears a qipao in fanart and in the second season's third episode, alongside having a family who own a Chinese restaurant, and also has a Chinese-esque theme song.
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95* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
96** Mele from ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' is an example, though seeing as how ''Gekiranger'' is essentially Franchise/SuperSentai [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] {{Wuxia}}, she's hardly the only Japanese person in the show to practice Chinese-style martial arts.
97** Then, there's the ''android assistant'' Colon from ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman.'' A Chinese robot girl...who moonwalks. And won't hesitate to hop into one of the vehicles and make some PeopleInRubberSuits eat missiles when the Rangers are in trouble. And her (removable) odango hair does stuff, too.
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101* Cheng Xiao, a Chinese member of the [[KoreanPopMusic Korean girl group]] {{Music/WJSN}} often wears her hair in ox-horn fashion in fan or [=TV=] appearances, and sometimes qipao/qipao-inspired fashion like [[http://cfile5.uf.tistory.com/original/243D374A57503E2C1EDE6E here]]. She doesn't know martial arts, though she is very [[https://67.media.tumblr.com/7c18514fc5c6d6e153d07919e1e832df/tumblr_o50rfiQsOK1v13sqgo2_500.gif acrobatic]] and often shows it off on-stage.
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105* Chun-li in Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/StreetFighterII'' is ''supposed'' to be this. Due to some OffModel art, however, she ends up looking like a BruceLeeClone DisguisedInDrag.
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109* Leeann, the hippie half-Chinese nurse from Shirley Lauro's play ''Theatre/APieceOfMyHeart''.
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113* ''VideoGame/OneHundredSleepingPrincesAndTheKingdomOfDreams'' universe doesn't have China, but it has [[RareMaleExample Banri]] who wears obviously Chinese-inspired clothing, [[CutenessProximity secretly fawns over]] panda-shaped rice balls and ''[[AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu does kung fu]]''. Not a [[FantasticFightingStyle fantasy counterpart of kung fu]], ''actually kung fu''.
114* Pekoe from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' checks all the boxes. She wears a qipao, has odango hair, slightly differently designed eyes in the more detailed games such as ''New Horizons'', and a classical Chinese-style house decorated to resemble a Qing-dynasty wealthy Chinese home - oh, and she's [[EdibleThemeNaming named after a type of tea]]. Being ''Animal Crossing'', however, it's purely cosmetic and is not reflected in her personality otherwise.
115* Mei-Fang of ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart''. A Chinese RobotGirl, designed for combat with using Kung-Fu and her move names taken from TheFourGods. Also sports a big hair bun in addition of [[MostCommonSuperpower big breasts]], and in one of her win poses, she can execute an instant-cloth-change into a UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}
116* Min Min from ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'' has ramen ARMS and hair. She also wears a UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}, has a Chinese inspired {{Leitmotif}}, and has a Chinese dragon motif. She however has blond-colored ramen-based hair in a bob hairstyle rather than the more common brunette hair with buns.
117* Litchi Faye-Ling from ''Franchise/BlazBlue''. Wears a variation of UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}} that [[NavelDeepNeckline displays her big boobies]], fights with both martial arts, chi control and staff, sports a living mini-panda as her hairpin. She is a doctor that stayed on a town that is filled with a lot of Chinese people. Unlike Jam, Litchi didn't use any oriental-based accents.
118* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=129221 Hsien-Ko]] and her sister, Mei Ling, combine to form an anime [[CuteGhostGirl cute ghost]] variant and is recognized by her blue skin, long-sleeved UsefulNotes/{{qipao}}, and her ginormous pair of claws!
119* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'': Lei Fang is the series' poster girl for the trope, as she's well known for her [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=885251 twin braided hairdo and her signature red Qipao]], which is her default costume in each game. She's also a master of Tai Chi Quan which she [[ArrogantKungFuGuy takes great pride in it]] and with good reason: [[DifficultButAwesome once fully mastered, she's one of the most dominant characters in the game]]; especially at tournament level play.
120* Leinyan from the ''[[VideoGame/DonPachi DoDonPachi]]'' series wears a stereotypical chinese dress, and one piece of artwork for ''[=DoDonPachi DaiOuJou Black Label EXTRA=]'' shows her serving dim sum at the mess hall. Hikari from ''[=SaiDaiOuJou=]'' is also this, wearing a green dress for herself.
121* ''VideoGame/FatalFury''[=/=]''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'':
122** [[GenkiGirl Li]] [[BigEater Xiangfei]] is a Chinese-American girl from South Town, which is apparent from [[BraidsOfAction her hairstyle]] and attire. She even practices several forms of Kung-Fu and works as a waitress at a local Chinese restaurant.
123** Hotaru Futuba is an odd example. She absolutely ''looks'' the part due to her clothing and hairstyle, and even uses a mixture of Chinese martial arts, but actually hails from Japan rather than China.
124** Mui Mui from the ''Dragon Gal'' pachislot series and later ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIV'' fits this trope, being a very eager martial artist who sports the outfit and bun hairstyle usually associated with the trope. Her hobby is even eating Chinese meat buns.
125** ''XIV'' also features a very atypical example: Mian is a female fighter from China, but lacks the typical bun hairstyle and usually covers her face with a mask. Also, instead of Kung-Fu, she uses a fighting style based on traditional Sichuan opera dances.
126* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': Amongst several female Chinese Servants, Qin Liangyu is the only one who is obviously designed as a "Chun-Li clone". She was also originally designed to appear in Part I, but her debut was delayed until Part II, when the story takes places in Lostbelt China. Liangyu's love for pandas also showcase her cute side.
127* Lynn from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII'' is one of the earlier examples of the trope, made even more noticeable in the 2009 remake.
128* Xiangling from ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' is a slightly odd example in that ''Genshin'' is a ''Chinese work'', but a whole boatload of the subtropes apply. She's ''very'' cute, has a lot of obvious Chinese cultural elements, wears a qipao, uses her spear in a form fairly specific to Chinese polearm arts, and loves to cook specifically what we would call Chinese food in the real world. Many of the other female characters from [[Characters/GenshinImpactLiyue Liyue]] (basically Teyvat's China) don't fit the stereotype as much as Xiangling does.
129* Feizhi in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun1'' has some strange syntax (but not to AsianSpeekeeEngrish levels), comes from an obvious [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Fantasy Counterpart China]], and practices kung-fu. Fantasy Counterpart China that got an expansion in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'', but Feizhi was nowhere to be seen. Much to the fans' dismay.
130* Jam Kuradoberi from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''. She wears a tight red suit resembling a UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}...except that the bottom part is just skirt to show off her legs ([[KickChick oh how they hurt so]]). Even in Japanese language, she has a very thick Chinese accent (which got localized into AsianSpeekeeEngrish combined with YouNoTakeCandle later), and she fights with both Kung-Fu and chi-manipulation. Maybe you wouldn't notice this on sight due to how...outlandish her name is from a standpoint of Chinese names.
131* Ring, the player 2 character from ''VideoGame/HongKongNinja'', befitting a Chun-Li expy in a game with graphics closely resembling anime.
132* Lei Kugo from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', although she's also surrounded with various ChinesePeople, until the final chapter, IF she's the picked pupil of the scenario.
133* Rin Rin from ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' she has dual fan blades and the stereotypical Chinese dress. She returns in ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'', this time with her sisters Ai Rin (who uses nunchucks) and Fei Rin (who uses an ice spear).
134* Mei Ling from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' is the perky and heavily-accented teenage girl in charge of saving your game. When she returned in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', however, she loses her accent and is pretty much indistinguishable from anybody else, except physically. The remake of the first game, MGS: The Twin Snakes, also removed the accent. It should be noted that the same voice actress was used, she just dropped the fake accent after the Playstation original.
135* Li Mei from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' could also count. Although she is stated to be from Outworld, her name, dress, and appearance all fit the traditional Chinese stereotype.
136* The ''[[ChineseVampire kyonshī]]'' sister from ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016'', though the only thing definitely Chinese about her is her accent and her specie.
137* Mienfoo, Mienshao, Pancham and Pangoro from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' gets a special mention, perhaps the only Pokémon with a heavy Chinese influence (so far) unlike most Fighting types, Mienshao shows much dignity and elegance even if its male you can classify it as [[PrettyBoy "Feminine"]]. Pancham and Pangoro are obvious references to Chinese Panda bears and can also be female.
138* ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' hits a quadrafecta with Chun-li, Pai, Hsien-Ko ''and'' Xiaoyu all together. ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' did it before it, however, with Chun-li, Ton Pooh, Hsien-ko and Fong-Ling in its roster, plus OriginalCharacter Xiaomu.
139* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
140** Ada Wong, appears as a mysterious spy/agent for a third party opposing Leon Kennedy, and almost always wears a sexy red qipao dress.
141** Fong Ling from ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilGunSurvivor Resident Evil: Dead Aim]]'' is pretty much a CaptainErsatz of Ada, only wearing white instead of red.
142* Xiaomei from ''VideoGame/{{Richman}}'' series is quite literally this: she's a Chinese girl who is cute, and good at circus performing and cooking.
143* Xiao Pai in ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' serves as this archetype, being a clumsy and unlucky bachelorette with an accent she inherited from her father. Her mother, Lin Fa, does not have her accent, and despite also running into a number of accidents and mistakes, things always seem to go in Lin Fa's favor in the end, much to her daughter's remorse.
144* Li Kohran from ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'', while being more a GadgeteerGenius, has the look, having a long red qipao as her standard outfit.
145* Wu Ruixiang, the new addition of the 2019 ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' game, is a Qing-dynasty era fengshui mistress fighting with a giant gong and mostly using summon magic based on fengshui. She wears a UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}} that shows some leg, glasses and somehow is rather clumsy.
146* From ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' we have Feng, Cerebella's roommate. She wears a shorter, slightly looser-than-normal UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}} and is from the {{Wutai}}[=-=]analogue. Her ColorMotif is black and white, symbolizing a [[DragonsUpTheYinYang yin-yang]].
147* Chai Xianghua from the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'', a young member of the Ming Emperor's personal guard and the one tasked with finding "[[EvilWeapon The Sword of Heroes]]". She comes with the typical attitude and attirue, and as an added bonus, she was the chosen wielder of the titular weapon (the first one in the series, even) ''and'' she's [[CharacterTiers top of top tier.]]
148** Her daughter Leixia takes over her spot in ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'', being pretty much a copy-paste of her mother.
149* ''VideoGame/StarSweep'' has Po, who looks like a chibi kung-fu master a la Chun-Li, and her theme is similarly Chinese-themed.
150* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'''s [[KickChick Chun-li]] is one of the best known examples. Her look has even become iconic: from her odango hairdo, her spiked [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]]-like bracelets, and her legendary thunder thighs.
151* An earlier example from Capcom (which, according to some of its employees actually inspired Chun-li's design) is the Pooh/Kuniang sisters ([[PowerTrio Ton, Bei, and Sai]]) from ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'' and its sequels. The [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience color-coded]] triplets are styled in traditional chinese clothes, are experts in Chinese Kempo with incredible powerful plasma-creating kicks. and even speak Mandarin in-game! They also use chinese hairstyles, most notably Tong Pooh's braided ponytails and Sai Pooh's really-complex pigtails in ''Strider 2''. While the chinese influence in attire got toned quite down in the [[VideoGame/Strider2014 2014 reboot]], they were given Chinese weapons to compensate.
152* Phoenix, a character from ''VideoGame/SuperFighter'' (a notorious bootleg of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''), is one rather naturally being that she is a blatant pastiche of Chun-li.
153* Ling Xiaoyu from ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}''... which is funny, because she is otherwise the most stereotypical Japanese character ever. Her dreams, her conversations with her Chinese distant relative [[note]]Wang actually isn't her grandfather, despite what others would have you believe[[/note]] and her ''inner monologues'' are in Japanese.
154* Tianhuo from ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'' is a kung fu fighting longma (a half-horse/half-dragon hybrid from Chinese mythology), with her accent and leitmotifs also being heavily Chinese-inspired.
155%%Zero context examples* Hong Meiling from ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.
156%%** Chen as well, but she's known more as a CatGirl than this.
157%%** Both Meiling and Chen were preceded by Orange in ''VideoGame/TouhouGensokyoLotusLandStory'', one of the PC-98 Touhou games.
158* Kohaku briefly cosplays as one in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Kagetsu Tohya'', complete with dress and accent (and [[DragonLady Triad bodyguard]] persona). This is sent up in ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'', where her [[LimitBreak Arc Drive]] attack also has her acquire the martial arts.
159* [[http://deadoralive.wikia.com/wiki/File:02_doa5dlc07.jpg Pai Chan]] (pictured above) is Lei Fang's ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' counterpart, that when they're paired together, they gain both a special team-up intro and victory pose where they [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours proudly proclaim the power of kung-fu.]] Likewise, she has special interactions when partnered with the aforementioned Chun-Li and Xiaoyu in ''Videogame/ProjectXZone''.
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163* ''Webcomic/ElfBlood'' has Mara, who is half Elf and half Chinese, having been raised by [[spoiler: a Chinese stepmother]].
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167* Literature/WhateleyUniverse examples:
168** Laurel Hua (Silver Serpent), daughter of the Iron Dragon. She is one of the Bad Seeds (the children of supervillains) at [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]].
169** Chou Lee (Bladedancer), has had Chinese-ness forced upon her by her UpgradeArtifact, the magic sword ''Destiny's Wave''. Not only was she physically transformed into a Chinese hottie, but also received a language imprint so deep that she now speaks English with a Chinese accent.
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173* Gwen Ling from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Francine's older adoptive sister and far more cunning than her in every way.
174* The cast of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is entirely Asian, albeit, of the [[ConstructedWorld alternate Earth]] variety. So there's several, such as:
175** [[EmotionlessGirl Mai]] and [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderPrincessAzula Princess Azula]] are the two most obvious examples, in terms of their appearance and characterization. Mai's look is equal parts [[LadyOfWar Lady of War]] meets {{Goth}} with odango hair. Whereas Azula is more of a DragonLady, complete with FemmeFatalons but without the qipao. Taken further, as the Fire Nation as a whole is based more on Tang Dynasty Chinese and Thai culture.
176** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTophBeifong Toph Beifong]], is from the Earth Kingdom which is definitely more Qing Dynasty Chinese in nature. But the only visual indications of her heritage are her hairstyle (fashioned in a giant hairbun) and the decorations she wears with it.
177* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' has Jackie's niece Jade, a CuteBruiser capable of holding her own in a fight alongside her uncle. However, she is only a partial example as she dresses like a typical American kid and her StreetSmart attitude is atypical for this trope.
178* Aja Leith from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' shares a few characteristics with the trope, although she leans toward the TokenMinority aspect (it was TheEighties, after all).
179* The titular character ''Animation/{{Pucca}}'', qualifies here. Originally a Korean created cartoon which later was adopted by Disney, Pucca the adorable Chinese styled girl is often on adventures that either shows a moral lesson, or obsessing over her deluded love for Garu.
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