The United States of America is made up of many different cultures, religions, nationalities, and races. Chinese people are one of those many different cultures and nationalities that reside here in the United States, and as there are stereotypes for every culture, religion and nationality, there are many different stereotypes that are placed upon the Chinese people as well. Some of these stereotypes are deeming, absurd, insulting and some might occasionally even be true.
Many different stereotypes exist, such as Chinese people (all Asians in general) are very smart, they are especially very good in math, science, and are the students who are always at the top of the class, receiving the highest grades, and "messing up the curve". Chinese people are also supposed to all know kung fu because of all of the martial arts films in Hollywood. The most common stereotype for Chinese people (and all Asians) is that they are all really bad drivers. There is also the stereotype of being called the "banana" yellow on the outside and white on the inside and they are also seen as always being a materialistically rich culture.
The Chinese culture overall is stereotyped as a very ancient, exotic culture that has not changed and it is entrenched in the past and the people were seen as the "model minority", being hardworking, intelligent, productive, unlike most other "minorities".
Here is a video that was done by a young Chinese guy from Toronto, who decided to show people that not all Chinese stereotypes are true.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-877443643928876680&q=chinese+in+armour&pl=true