\n For many people of Asian descent living overseas, a Facebook group called Subtle Asian Traits has become a cultural phenomenon.\n<\/p>\n
\n Its jokes and memes - especially about life as a first-generation migrant - have made the page wildly popular. Almost a million people have joined the groupsince it began in September.\n<\/p>\n
\n The posts, which can be made by anyone, have also sparked conversations about cultural identity.\n<\/p>\n
\n Its rapid success has stunned the group's founders - nine Chinese-Australian high school students who live in Melbourne.\n<\/p>\n
\n "We were always sharing memes and jokes about Asian culture and growing up in a foreign country and kind of just wanted a place to share them together," co-founder Kathleen Xiao, 18, tells the BBC.\n<\/p>\n
\n Anne Gu, 18, another founder, says they were thrilled when the group hit 1,000 members but "now it's just gone insane".\n<\/p>\n
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