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Half Chinese is the self-titled debut studio album of the Filipino alternative rock band Half Chinese, released by Ace Records in March 16, 2004. It was produced by Teeth vocalist Glenn Jacinto and recorded at Sgt. Pepper's Music Studio in Parañaque, Metro Manila from August 2003 to January 2004. Half Chinese went on to sell 37,000 copies and was certified gold by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI).

The album would also be their only one under Ace Records, as the band signed with Warner Music Philippines the following year.

Background
Though Half Chinese was their debut album, most of the songs were recycled from original compositions that were written since their senior high school days in 1995. Hoping to have their songs published, the band recorded a demo tape in 2001 and shopped around record labels and radio stations, only to be rejected at every turn. A close friend, James Tamsi, from their school, General Flaviano Yengko Senior High School , helped them record an improved version of the demo tape which was named Pop U!, a play on the invective "fuck you," in response to the people who turned them down. After a year of being passed around the underground music scene, the demo tape made its way to the hands of BMG Records (Philippines), who signed a three-year contract with the band.

The title of the album is a pun on ultraelectromagnetic tops, a fictional weapon from the anime serial Voltes V, which was immensely popular in the Philippines.