Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Asian"

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A: Someone who's from India

A: Something from the continent of Asia.

It is not from Africa, Europe, Australia, North America, South America, the Middle East, or Antarctica.

A: "Asian stereotypes are racist! Not all of them are nerds..."
"Asian stereotypes are bad, they portray asian people in a terrible way."
"I don't like asian stereotypes: they are demeaning"

A: “Asian” → relating to Asia or to any of its peoples or languages

“ASEAN” → Association of Southeast Asian Nations

A: A person of British origin born in Asia would be called Asian British
and a person of Asian origin born in Britain would be called British Asian

A: They have the same meaning, but you rarely, if ever, hear Asiatic being used. Asian is much more common.

A: literal: Though one says Asian, the range is wide. Each has its own characteristics.

idiomatic: Although one says Asian, that covers a lot of ground. Each culture has unique qualities.

A: Asian and black people tend to be subject to discrimination.

A: interracial couple between an asian female and white man

A: The adjective for "synergy" would be "synergistic" but that is quite a formal word.

I would say "Asian people tend to work together" or "Asian people tend to cooperate".

A: Is this a question about grammar or culture? The grammar is fine. If someone is an American citizen and of Asian heritage, they may choose to think of themselves as Asian-American or they may not. But they would be objectively defined (say, by the government) as Asian-Americans, as long as they are (now) citizens.

A: × Asian people mostly have an eye with single eyelid (upper pict) when Western have the one with double eyelid (lower pict).
✓ Asian people mostly have single eyelids (above), while Western people have double eyelids (below).

"Single" and "double eyelid" are pretty common ways of describing it in English. Another term for "single eyelid" is "monolid".

A: × Asian faces are not only hard to tell the difference.
✓ It is not just Asian faces where it can be hard to tell the difference.

A: Asian people poured into California. I assume you mean that there are a lot of immigrants in California? It would sound more natural if you said “Asians are continuously taking up most of the population in California.”

A: The Asian flush reaction isn't really common in other races.
This sounds the most natural.