“the Chineses behind the counter or the Canadian”
Cucumber:
First of all, there is no such word as Chineses. The plural of Chinese is also, Chinese. I would most definitely say Oriental or Asian – because the person may be Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese or one of several other Asian nationalities. Secondly, almost all the Canadian Asian residents are here very legally. I certainly would not use the word derogatively, which is the difference. There are a couple of other points about this entire thing that I would love to say, but I am sure that I would be edited and oftentimes, things are best left unsaid. This will be my last comment on the entire subject.