I'm American (half Chinese)

After travelling Australia and now living in Beijing, I have noticed a lot of tension from other nationalities towards America and American citizens. Before going into this blog, I am going to remind myself to not get into politics but rather just make note to myself and others who are reading this.
I am proud to be an American, but what is an American? All my good friends back home come from extremely diverse backgrounds. I think this is what America is. But if I were to ask these friends what they were, they would say "Indian, Korean, Palestinian, Minnesotan(hehe), Pakistan, Chinese, etc." When I meet people here who are a "minority" within a majority of a country, they simply say they are from that majority without questioning their nationality or saying something like, "but I am mixed with..... or my family is originally from...." (Does this even make sense or am I just ranting?)
Tonight I prepared a delicious dinner of Tomato Chicken Wings (one of my favorite dishes that my father makes) for the first time. It turned out great! As a matter of fact I was searching my flat to see if my dad was hiding somewhere because I didn't think I could possibly replicate his dish! haha(it was good but maybe not as good as his.) To get to the point, my Chinese friend could recite the Chinese National Anthem, the 3 Italians did theirs, and then it came to me. Damn, I couldn't do it. What kind of American citizen am I? Can you other Americans recite it? Maybe its just me because I have always been horrible at memorizing songs but for some reason, I don't think I stand alone here. I remember back in kindergarten we would recite the National Anthem everyday before class but then after I graduated Kindergarten it wasn't mandatory anymore. I guess its just a song after all.... As long as I pay taxes, I guess I am an American citizen! haha, jokes on Uncle Sam I don't have an Income! But thanks to all you other hard working Americans who are paying taxes. Someone had to pay for my college(or at least the interest on the loans)!