Hand in hand walking down the street. Sometimes these are scenes of true love. Inter-racial love is perhaps even more complex.

 · A recent study on data from a dating app found all women except black women were most drawn to white men, and men of all races (with one notable exception) prefer Asian ://

In Britain, while significant rates of intermarriage between the Chinese and white Caucasian population have demonstrated social integration, the trend is nevertheless heavily skewed towards Chinese women and white men, rather than the other way around. Part of the bias is down to aesthetics, it would appear, as a study by Cardiff University in on facial attractiveness showed that East Asian women scored highest, while East Asian men came bottom of the pile interestingly, results for black and white individuals did not show discernible differences based on gender.

But while some gendered biases exist in all interracial dating, few have gained as much notoriety as so-called yellow fever. A screengrab from SeekingAsianFemale. The stereotyping plays itself out in the roles you see Chinese women playing in theatre, on TV or in films. Take the 25th anniversary revival of Miss Saigon in the West End. The tale of the tragic love story between a young Vietnamese woman and an American soldier paints a heartbroken and helpless image of Miss Saigon that remains one of the most poignant and visible depictions of Far Eastern women in popular culture.

A scene from Miss Saigon Yet this portrayal epitomises what many see as a narrow perception of East Asian defined as Chinese, Japanese, Korean etc women. But essentially, it told the actors to be patient. But Asian women are understandably in a rush to change the status quo. China’s economic might makes stereotyping more ‘acceptable’, say experts She points to how British Chinese do well academically and professionally.