Similarly, Orient just means where the Sun rises, observing from the Western Europe. Somewhere in the general direction of East.
Somehow Orient falls out of fashion, replaced by Far East or East Asian, which is also the word East, which is equally vague as Orient. And when we though Asia is strong geographic indicator, all the people at the perimeter of this geographic reference also feel out of place, and it is likely the people at the perimeter are mixed.
The word Asian itself, it covers such a large land mass, you might as well just use the word Earthling. Orient isn't such a vague word afterall.
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