Chinese-American is a Chinese word, the pinyin is huá yì, and the English is ethical Chinese, which refers to the descendants of Chinese with China descent who were born in the host country and obtained the nationality of the host country.
Modern China people refer to those who are stipulated that China people living abroad have obtained nationality outside China (also known as China people with X nationality) and those who were born abroad and have foreign nationality according to the laws of the country of birth. In other words, legally speaking, they are no longer citizens of China. But by blood, they are descendants of China people.