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| region3 = {{flag|Malaysia}}
| region3 = {{flag|Malaysia}}
| pop3 = 7,417,800
| pop3 = 7,417,800
| ref3 = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statistics.gov.my/index.php?r=column/cthemeByCat&cat=155&bul_id=OWlxdEVoYlJCS0hUZzJyRUcvZEYxZz09&menu_id=L0pheU43NWJwRWVSZklWdzQ4TlhUUT09|title=Department of Statistics Malaysia Official Portal|publisher=|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref>
| ref3 = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statistics.gov.my/index.php?r=column/cthemeByCat&cat=155&bul_id=OWlxdEVoYlJCS0hUZzJyRUcvZEYxZz09&menu_id=L0pheU43NWJwRWVSZklWdzQ4TlhUUT09|title=Department of Statistics Malaysia Official Portal|publisher=|accessdate=6 February 2017|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812014710/https://www.statistics.gov.my/index.php?r=column%2FcthemeByCat&cat=155&bul_id=OWlxdEVoYlJCS0hUZzJyRUcvZEYxZz09&menu_id=L0pheU43NWJwRWVSZklWdzQ4TlhUUT09|archivedate=12 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|region4 = {{flag|United States}}
|region4 = {{flag|United States}}
|pop4 = 5,081,682
|pop4 = 5,081,682
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| region6 = {{flag|Singapore}}
| region6 = {{flag|Singapore}}
| pop6 = 2,547,300
| pop6 = 2,547,300
| ref6 = <ref>http://www.nptd.gov.sg/portals/0/news/population-in-brief-2014.pdf</ref>
| ref6 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nptd.gov.sg/portals/0/news/population-in-brief-2014.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-10-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082553/http://www.nptd.gov.sg/portals/0/news/population-in-brief-2014.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|region7 = {{flag|Canada}}
|region7 = {{flag|Canada}}
|pop7 = 1,769,195
|pop7 = 1,769,195
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|region22 = {{flag|Venezuela}}
|region22 = {{flag|Venezuela}}
|pop22 = 400,000
|pop22 = 400,000
|ref22 = <ref>[http://convergencia.uaemex.mx/rev38/38pdf/LIZCANO.pdf "Chinese people are an important population mostly in Venezuela (400,000)..." p. 201 (in Spanish)]</ref>
|ref22 = <ref>[http://convergencia.uaemex.mx/rev38/38pdf/LIZCANO.pdf "Chinese people are an important population mostly in Venezuela (400,000)..." p. 201 (in Spanish)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224061845/http://convergencia.uaemex.mx/rev38/38pdf/LIZCANO.pdf |date=24 February 2014 }}</ref>
|region23 = {{flag|South Africa}}
|region23 = {{flag|South Africa}}
|pop23 = 300,000–400,000
|pop23 = 300,000–400,000
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|region29 = {{flag|Laos}}
|region29 = {{flag|Laos}}
|pop29 = 190,000
|pop29 = 190,000
|ref29 =<ref name="ocac.gov.tw">{{cite web|url=http://www.ocac.gov.tw/download.asp?tag%3DP%26file%3DDownFile%2FFile_17979.pdf%26no%3D17979 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=26 February 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018051535/http://www.ocac.gov.tw/download.asp?tag=P&file=DownFile/File_17979.pdf&no=17979 |archivedate=18 October 2013 }}</ref>
|ref29 =<ref name="ocac.gov.tw">{{cite web |url=http://www.ocac.gov.tw/download.asp?tag%3DP%26file%3DDownFile%2FFile_17979.pdf%26no%3D17979 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=26 February 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018051535/http://www.ocac.gov.tw/download.asp?tag=P&file=DownFile%2FFile_17979.pdf&no=17979 |archivedate=18 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|region30 = {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|region30 = {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|pop30 = 180,000
|pop30 = 180,000
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|region34 = {{flag|Panama}}
|region34 = {{flag|Panama}}
|pop34 = 135,000
|pop34 = 135,000
|ref34 =<ref>http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/panama/ch_pa01.htm#3</ref>
|ref34 =<ref>http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/panama/ch_pa01.htm#3 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204231050/http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/panama/ch_pa01.htm |date=4 December 2008 }}</ref>
|region35 = {{flag|Argentina}}
|region35 = {{flag|Argentina}}
|pop35 = 120,000
|pop35 = 120,000
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===Commercial success===
===Commercial success===
{{main article|Bamboo network}}
{{main article|Bamboo network}}
Overseas Chinese are estimated to control US$1.5 to 2 trillion in liquid assets and have considerable amounts of wealth to stimulate economic power in [[Economy of China|China]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bartlett|first=David|title=The Political Economy of Dual Transformations: Market Reform and Democratization in Hungary|year=1997|publisher=University of Michigan Press|page=280}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Fukuda|first=Kazuo John|title=Japan and China: The Meeting of Asia's Economic Giants|year=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-7890-0417-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_e_HadcM_AC&pg=PA103&dq=chinese+are+estimated+to+control+percent+of+the+philippine+economy&hl=en&sa=X&ei=USaoT8yON8HjiALutcm2Aw&ved=0CHkQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=chinese%20are%20estimated%20to%20control%20percent%20of%20the%20philippine%20economy&f=false}}</ref> The overseas Chinese business community of Southeast Asia, known as the [[bamboo network]], has a prominent role in the region's private sectors.<ref name="Weidenbaum">{{cite book|author=Murray L Weidenbaum|title=The Bamboo Network: How Expatriate Chinese Entrepreneurs are Creating a New Economic Superpower in Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pcRlgZttsMUC|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Martin Kessler Books, Free Press|isbn=978-0-684-82289-1|pages=4–5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbusinesslive.com/research/article/648273/the-worlds-successful-diasporas/|title=The world's successful diasporas|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>
Overseas Chinese are estimated to control US$1.5 to 2 trillion in liquid assets and have considerable amounts of wealth to stimulate economic power in [[Economy of China|China]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bartlett|first=David|title=The Political Economy of Dual Transformations: Market Reform and Democratization in Hungary|year=1997|publisher=University of Michigan Press|page=280}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Fukuda|first=Kazuo John|title=Japan and China: The Meeting of Asia's Economic Giants|year=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-7890-0417-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_e_HadcM_AC&pg=PA103&dq=chinese+are+estimated+to+control+percent+of+the+philippine+economy&hl=en&sa=X&ei=USaoT8yON8HjiALutcm2Aw&ved=0CHkQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=chinese%20are%20estimated%20to%20control%20percent%20of%20the%20philippine%20economy&f=false}}</ref> The overseas Chinese business community of Southeast Asia, known as the [[bamboo network]], has a prominent role in the region's private sectors.<ref name="Weidenbaum">{{cite book|author=Murray L Weidenbaum|title=The Bamboo Network: How Expatriate Chinese Entrepreneurs are Creating a New Economic Superpower in Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pcRlgZttsMUC|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Martin Kessler Books, Free Press|isbn=978-0-684-82289-1|pages=4–5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbusinesslive.com/research/article/648273/the-worlds-successful-diasporas/|title=The world's successful diasporas|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401110233/http://www.worldbusinesslive.com/research/article/648273/the-worlds-successful-diasporas/|archivedate=1 April 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


In North America, Europe, and Oceania, occupations are diverse and impossible to generalize; ranging from catering to significant ranks in [[medicine]], [[the arts]], and [[academia]].
In North America, Europe, and Oceania, occupations are diverse and impossible to generalize; ranging from catering to significant ranks in [[medicine]], [[the arts]], and [[academia]].
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In countries with small Chinese minorities, the [[economic disparity]] can be remarkable. For example, in 1998, ethnic Chinese made up just 1% of the population of the [[Philippines]] and 4% of the population in [[Indonesia]], but have wide influence in Philippines and Indonesian private economy.<ref>Amy Chua, "World on Fire", 2003, Doubleday, pp. 3, 43.</ref> The book ''[[World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability|World on Fire]]'', describing the Chinese as a "market-[[dominant minority]]", notes that "Chinese market dominance and intense resentment amongst the indigenous majority is characteristic of virtually every country in Southeast Asia except Thailand and Singapore".<ref>Amy Chua, "World on Fire", 2003, Doubleday, p. 61.</ref> It should be noted that Chinese market dominance is present in Thailand, which is noted for its lack of resentment, while Singapore is majority ethnic Chinese.
In countries with small Chinese minorities, the [[economic disparity]] can be remarkable. For example, in 1998, ethnic Chinese made up just 1% of the population of the [[Philippines]] and 4% of the population in [[Indonesia]], but have wide influence in Philippines and Indonesian private economy.<ref>Amy Chua, "World on Fire", 2003, Doubleday, pp. 3, 43.</ref> The book ''[[World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability|World on Fire]]'', describing the Chinese as a "market-[[dominant minority]]", notes that "Chinese market dominance and intense resentment amongst the indigenous majority is characteristic of virtually every country in Southeast Asia except Thailand and Singapore".<ref>Amy Chua, "World on Fire", 2003, Doubleday, p. 61.</ref> It should be noted that Chinese market dominance is present in Thailand, which is noted for its lack of resentment, while Singapore is majority ethnic Chinese.


This asymmetrical economic position has incited anti-Chinese sentiment among the poorer majorities. Sometimes the anti-Chinese attitudes turn violent, such as the [[May 13 Incident]] in Malaysia in 1969 and the [[Jakarta riots of May 1998]] in Indonesia, in which more than 2,000 people died, mostly rioters burned to death in a shopping mall.<ref>[http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4323219 Malaysia's race rules]. The Economist Newspaper Limited (2005-08-25). Requires login.</ref> During the colonial era, some genocides killed tens of thousands of Chinese.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbs.huanqiu.com/shidaizhongguo/thread-2715-1-1.html|title=你懂得_环球网|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://po-qianjun.woku.com/article/4663688.html|title=海外汉人被屠杀的血泪史大全|publisher=|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://web.ffjh.tyc.edu.tw/cojinhui/台灣文化研究導論報告資料.ppt 十七﹒八世紀海外華人慘案初探]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://book.tiexue.net/Content_634843.html|title=东南亚华人遭受的几次屠杀|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ido.3mt.com.cn/Article/200605/show364059c30p1.html|title=南洋华人被大规模屠杀不完全记录 清明回顾篇:南洋理工校花爆性爱短片丑闻事件(图) |website=ido.3mt.com.cn|publisher=|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref>
This asymmetrical economic position has incited anti-Chinese sentiment among the poorer majorities. Sometimes the anti-Chinese attitudes turn violent, such as the [[May 13 Incident]] in Malaysia in 1969 and the [[Jakarta riots of May 1998]] in Indonesia, in which more than 2,000 people died, mostly rioters burned to death in a shopping mall.<ref>[http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4323219 Malaysia's race rules]. The Economist Newspaper Limited (2005-08-25). Requires login.</ref> During the colonial era, some genocides killed tens of thousands of Chinese.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbs.huanqiu.com/shidaizhongguo/thread-2715-1-1.html|title=你懂得_环球网|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://po-qianjun.woku.com/article/4663688.html|title=海外汉人被屠杀的血泪史大全|publisher=|accessdate=6 February 2017}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://web.ffjh.tyc.edu.tw/cojinhui/台灣文化研究導論報告資料.ppt 十七﹒八世紀海外華人慘案初探]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://book.tiexue.net/Content_634843.html|title=东南亚华人遭受的几次屠杀|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ido.3mt.com.cn/Article/200605/show364059c30p1.html|title=南洋华人被大规模屠杀不完全记录 清明回顾篇:南洋理工校花爆性爱短片丑闻事件(图) |website=ido.3mt.com.cn|publisher=|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref>


During the [[Indonesian killings of 1965–66]], in which more than 500,000 people died,<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/indonesian-academics-fight-burning-of-books-on-1965-coup/2007/08/08/1186530448353.html Indonesian academics fight burning of books on 1965 coup], smh.com.au</ref> ethnic Chinese were killed and their properties looted and burned as a result of [[Discrimination against Chinese Indonesians|anti-Chinese racism]] on the excuse that [[Dipa Nusantara Aidit|Dipa "Amat" Aidit]] had brought the [[Indonesian Communist Party|PKI]] closer to China.<ref>Vickers (2005), p. 158</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/analysis/51981.stm|title=Analysis&nbsp;– Indonesia: Why ethnic Chinese are afraid|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref> The [[Anti-Chinese legislation in Indonesia|anti-Chinese legislation]] was in the Indonesian constitution until 1998.
During the [[Indonesian killings of 1965–66]], in which more than 500,000 people died,<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/indonesian-academics-fight-burning-of-books-on-1965-coup/2007/08/08/1186530448353.html Indonesian academics fight burning of books on 1965 coup], smh.com.au</ref> ethnic Chinese were killed and their properties looted and burned as a result of [[Discrimination against Chinese Indonesians|anti-Chinese racism]] on the excuse that [[Dipa Nusantara Aidit|Dipa "Amat" Aidit]] had brought the [[Indonesian Communist Party|PKI]] closer to China.<ref>Vickers (2005), p. 158</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/analysis/51981.stm|title=Analysis&nbsp;– Indonesia: Why ethnic Chinese are afraid|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref> The [[Anti-Chinese legislation in Indonesia|anti-Chinese legislation]] was in the Indonesian constitution until 1998.
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It is commonly held that a major point of friction is the apparent tendency of overseas Chinese to segregate themselves into a subculture.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} For example, the anti-Chinese [[May 13 Incident|Kuala Lumpur Racial Riots of 13 May 1969]] and [[Jakarta Riots of May 1998]] were believed to have been motivated by these racially biased perceptions.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_41/b3702149.htm Wages of Hatred]. Michael Shari. Business Week.</ref> This analysis has been questioned by some historians, most notably Dr. Kua Kia Soong, the principal of New Era College, who has put forward the controversial argument that the 13 May Incident was a pre-meditated attempt by sections of the ruling Malay elite to incite racial hostility in preparation for a coup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.littlespeck.com/ThePast/CPast-My-kiasoong-070517.htm |title=May 13 by Kua Kia Soong |publisher=Littlespeck.com |accessdate=2012-05-07}}</ref> In 2006, rioters damaged shops owned by Chinese-[[Tonga]]ns in [[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]].<ref name="NZ_Herald_229612">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=229612 |title=Editorial: Racist moves will rebound on Tonga |date=23 November 2001 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |accessdate=1 November 2011}}</ref> Chinese migrants were evacuated from the riot-torn [[Solomon Islands]].<ref>Spiller, Penny: "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4930994.stm Riots highlight Chinese tensions]", BBC News, 21 April 2006</ref>
It is commonly held that a major point of friction is the apparent tendency of overseas Chinese to segregate themselves into a subculture.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} For example, the anti-Chinese [[May 13 Incident|Kuala Lumpur Racial Riots of 13 May 1969]] and [[Jakarta Riots of May 1998]] were believed to have been motivated by these racially biased perceptions.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_41/b3702149.htm Wages of Hatred]. Michael Shari. Business Week.</ref> This analysis has been questioned by some historians, most notably Dr. Kua Kia Soong, the principal of New Era College, who has put forward the controversial argument that the 13 May Incident was a pre-meditated attempt by sections of the ruling Malay elite to incite racial hostility in preparation for a coup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.littlespeck.com/ThePast/CPast-My-kiasoong-070517.htm |title=May 13 by Kua Kia Soong |publisher=Littlespeck.com |accessdate=2012-05-07}}</ref> In 2006, rioters damaged shops owned by Chinese-[[Tonga]]ns in [[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]].<ref name="NZ_Herald_229612">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=229612 |title=Editorial: Racist moves will rebound on Tonga |date=23 November 2001 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |accessdate=1 November 2011}}</ref> Chinese migrants were evacuated from the riot-torn [[Solomon Islands]].<ref>Spiller, Penny: "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4930994.stm Riots highlight Chinese tensions]", BBC News, 21 April 2006</ref>


Ethnic politics can be found to motivate both sides of the debate. In Malaysia, overseas Chinese tend to support equal and meritocratic treatment on the expectation that they would not be discriminated against in the resulting competition for government contracts, university places, etc., whereas many "[[Bumiputra]]" ("native sons") [[Malaysian Malay|Malays]] oppose this on the grounds that their group needs such protections in order to retain their patrimony. The question of to what extent ethnic Malays, Chinese, or others are "native" to Malaysia is a sensitive political one. It is currently a taboo for Chinese politicians to raise the issue of Bumiputra protections in parliament, as this would be deemed ethnic incitement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Asia&set_id=1&click_id=126&art_id=nw20070831094150283C984737|title=Race clouds Malaysian birthday festivities|author=Independent Newspapers Online|work=Independent Online|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>
Ethnic politics can be found to motivate both sides of the debate. In Malaysia, overseas Chinese tend to support equal and meritocratic treatment on the expectation that they would not be discriminated against in the resulting competition for government contracts, university places, etc., whereas many "[[Bumiputra]]" ("native sons") [[Malaysian Malay|Malays]] oppose this on the grounds that their group needs such protections in order to retain their patrimony. The question of to what extent ethnic Malays, Chinese, or others are "native" to Malaysia is a sensitive political one. It is currently a taboo for Chinese politicians to raise the issue of Bumiputra protections in parliament, as this would be deemed ethnic incitement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Asia&set_id=1&click_id=126&art_id=nw20070831094150283C984737|title=Race clouds Malaysian birthday festivities|author=Independent Newspapers Online|work=Independent Online|accessdate=18 March 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902182747/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Asia&set_id=1&click_id=126&art_id=nw20070831094150283C984737|archivedate=2 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


Many of the overseas Chinese who worked on railways in North America in the 19th century suffered from racial discrimination in Canada and the United States. Although discriminatory laws have been repealed or are no longer enforced today, both countries had at one time introduced statutes that barred Chinese from entering the country, for example the United States [[Chinese Exclusion Act]] of 1882 (repealed 1943) or the Canadian [[Chinese Immigration Act, 1923]] (repealed 1947).
Many of the overseas Chinese who worked on railways in North America in the 19th century suffered from racial discrimination in Canada and the United States. Although discriminatory laws have been repealed or are no longer enforced today, both countries had at one time introduced statutes that barred Chinese from entering the country, for example the United States [[Chinese Exclusion Act]] of 1882 (repealed 1943) or the Canadian [[Chinese Immigration Act, 1923]] (repealed 1947).
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{{main article|Haigui}}
{{main article|Haigui}}


With China's growing economic prospects, many overseas Chinese have begun to migrate back to China, even as many mainland Chinese millionaires are considering emigrating out of the nation for better opportunities.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/01/report-half-of-chinas-rich-want-to-leave/ | work=CNN |title= Report: Half of China's millionaires want to leave |date= 2011-11-01|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
With China's growing economic prospects, many overseas Chinese have begun to migrate back to China, even as many mainland Chinese millionaires are considering emigrating out of the nation for better opportunities.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/01/report-half-of-chinas-rich-want-to-leave/ | work=CNN | title=Report: Half of China's millionaires want to leave | date=2011-11-01 | dead-url=yes | archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120711131410/http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/01/report-half-of-chinas-rich-want-to-leave/ | archivedate=11 July 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>


In the case of [[Indonesia]] and [[Burma]], political and ethnic strife has cause a significant number of people of Chinese origins to re-emigrate back to China. In other Southeast Asian countries with large Chinese communities, such as Malaysia, the economic rise of People's Republic of China has made the PRC an attractive destination for many Malaysian Chinese to re-emigrate. As the Chinese economy opens up, Malaysian Chinese act as a bridge because many Malaysian Chinese are educated in the United States or Britain but can also understand the Chinese language and culture making it easier for potential entrepreneurial and business to be done between the people among the two countries.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16284388 | work=BBC News | title=Will China's rise shape Malaysian Chinese community? | date=2011-12-30}}</ref>
In the case of [[Indonesia]] and [[Burma]], political and ethnic strife has cause a significant number of people of Chinese origins to re-emigrate back to China. In other Southeast Asian countries with large Chinese communities, such as Malaysia, the economic rise of People's Republic of China has made the PRC an attractive destination for many Malaysian Chinese to re-emigrate. As the Chinese economy opens up, Malaysian Chinese act as a bridge because many Malaysian Chinese are educated in the United States or Britain but can also understand the Chinese language and culture making it easier for potential entrepreneurial and business to be done between the people among the two countries.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16284388 | work=BBC News | title=Will China's rise shape Malaysian Chinese community? | date=2011-12-30}}</ref>
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[[File:Chinese Diaspora By Country.png|thumb|432x432px|Visualization of Overseas Chinese populations by country]]
[[File:Chinese Diaspora By Country.png|thumb|432x432px|Visualization of Overseas Chinese populations by country]]


There are over 50 million overseas Chinese.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="chinadaily.com.cn"/><ref name="English.gov.cn">{{cite web |url= http://english.gov.cn/2012-04/09/content_2109393.htm |title=President meets leaders of overseas Chinese organizations |publisher=English.gov.cn |date=2012-04-09 |accessdate=2012-05-28}}</ref><ref name="Huiyao Wang 2"/> Most overseas Chinese are living in [[Southeast Asia]] where they make up a majority of the population of [[Singapore]] (75%) and significant minority populations in [[Thailand]] (14%), [[Malaysia]] (23%), [[Indonesia]], [[Brunei]] (10%), the [[Philippines]], and [[Vietnam]].
There are over 50 million overseas Chinese.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="chinadaily.com.cn"/><ref name="English.gov.cn">{{cite web |url=http://english.gov.cn/2012-04/09/content_2109393.htm |title=President meets leaders of overseas Chinese organizations |publisher=English.gov.cn |date=2012-04-09 |accessdate=2012-05-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528112204/https://english.gov.cn/2012-04/09/content_2109393.htm |archivedate=28 May 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Huiyao Wang 2"/> Most overseas Chinese are living in [[Southeast Asia]] where they make up a majority of the population of [[Singapore]] (75%) and significant minority populations in [[Thailand]] (14%), [[Malaysia]] (23%), [[Indonesia]], [[Brunei]] (10%), the [[Philippines]], and [[Vietnam]].


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|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}||[[Chinese people in Zimbabwe]]||10,000 || ||2017<ref name="zimbabwepop">{{cite news|last1=Lo|first1=Kinling|title=How Chinese living in Zimbabwe reacted to Mugabe’s downfall: ‘it’s the most hopeful moment in 20 years’|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2120442/how-chinese-living-zimbabwe-reacted-mugabes-downfall|work=South China Morning Post|date=November 17, 2017}}</ref>
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}||[[Chinese people in Zimbabwe]]||10,000 || ||2017<ref name="zimbabwepop">{{cite news|last1=Lo|first1=Kinling|title=How Chinese living in Zimbabwe reacted to Mugabe’s downfall: ‘it’s the most hopeful moment in 20 years’|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2120442/how-chinese-living-zimbabwe-reacted-mugabes-downfall|work=South China Morning Post|date=November 17, 2017}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Egypt}}||[[Chinese people in Egypt]]||6,000–10,000 || ||2007<ref name="africanstudiesreview">{{cite journal|last=Sautman|first=Barry|author2=Yan Hairong|title=Friends and Interests: China’s Distinctive Links with Africa|journal=African Studies Review|date=December 2007|volume=50|issue=3|page=89|url=http://users.polisci.wisc.edu/schatzberg/ps362/Sautman2007.pdf|doi=10.1353/arw.2008.0014}}</ref>
|{{flag|Egypt}}||[[Chinese people in Egypt]]||6,000–10,000 || ||2007<ref name="africanstudiesreview">{{cite journal|last=Sautman|first=Barry|author2=Yan Hairong|title=Friends and Interests: China’s Distinctive Links with Africa|journal=African Studies Review|date=December 2007|volume=50|issue=3|page=89|url=http://users.polisci.wisc.edu/schatzberg/ps362/Sautman2007.pdf|doi=10.1353/arw.2008.0014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606224233/http://users.polisci.wisc.edu/schatzberg/ps362/Sautman2007.pdf|archivedate=6 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Sudan}}||[[Chinese people in the Sudan]]||5,000–10,000 || ||2005–2007<ref name="africanstudiesreview" />
|{{flag|Sudan}}||[[Chinese people in the Sudan]]||5,000–10,000 || ||2005–2007<ref name="africanstudiesreview" />
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|{{flag|Benin}}||[[Chinese people in Benin]]||4,000 || ||2007<ref name="africanstudiesreview"/>
|{{flag|Benin}}||[[Chinese people in Benin]]||4,000 || ||2007<ref name="africanstudiesreview"/>
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|{{flag|Namibia}}||[[Chinese people in Namibia]]||3,000–4,000 || ||2009<ref>{{citation|url=https://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/04/09WINDHOEK118.htm|title=Update on Chinese activities in Namibia|publisher=WikiLeaks.org|date=2009-04-09}}</ref>
|{{flag|Namibia}}||[[Chinese people in Namibia]]||3,000–4,000 || ||2009<ref>{{citation|url=https://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/04/09WINDHOEK118.htm|title=Update on Chinese activities in Namibia|publisher=WikiLeaks.org|date=2009-04-09}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}||[[Chinese people in Ivory Coast]]||3,000 || ||2012<ref name=Geopolitique />
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}||[[Chinese people in Ivory Coast]]||3,000 || ||2012<ref name=Geopolitique />
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|{{flag|Thailand}}||[[Thai Chinese]]||9,392,792||14%||2012<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html Thailand] CIA World Factbook</ref>
|{{flag|Thailand}}||[[Thai Chinese]]||9,392,792||14%||2012<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html Thailand] CIA World Factbook</ref>
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|{{flag|Malaysia}}||[[Malaysian Chinese]], [[Peranakan]]||7,417,800||23%||2016<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.statistics.gov.my/index.php?r=column/cthemeByCat&cat=155&bul_id=OWlxdEVoYlJCS0hUZzJyRUcvZEYxZz09&menu_id=L0pheU43NWJwRWVSZklWdzQ4TlhUUT09|publisher=Department of Statistics|publication-place=Malaysia|series=Background Notes|title=Malaysia|date=July 2016|accessdate=2016-07-22}}</ref>
|{{flag|Malaysia}}||[[Malaysian Chinese]], [[Peranakan]]||7,417,800||23%||2016<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.statistics.gov.my/index.php?r=column/cthemeByCat&cat=155&bul_id=OWlxdEVoYlJCS0hUZzJyRUcvZEYxZz09&menu_id=L0pheU43NWJwRWVSZklWdzQ4TlhUUT09|publisher=Department of Statistics|publication-place=Malaysia|series=Background Notes|title=Malaysia|date=July 2016|accessdate=2016-07-22|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812014710/https://www.statistics.gov.my/index.php?r=column%2FcthemeByCat&cat=155&bul_id=OWlxdEVoYlJCS0hUZzJyRUcvZEYxZz09&menu_id=L0pheU43NWJwRWVSZklWdzQ4TlhUUT09|archivedate=12 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Indonesia}}||[[Chinese Indonesian]]||2,832,510||1%||2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sp2010.bps.go.id/files/ebook/kewarganegaraan%20penduduk%20indonesia/index.html|title=Publication Name:|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>
|{{flag|Indonesia}}||[[Chinese Indonesian]]||2,832,510||1%||2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sp2010.bps.go.id/files/ebook/kewarganegaraan%20penduduk%20indonesia/index.html|title=Publication Name:|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Singapore}}||[[Chinese Singaporean]]||2,808,300||76.2%||2016<ref name="Singapore Census 2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/popn/population2011.pdf| work=Singapore Department of Statistics, Social Statistics Section| title=Population Trends 2011| accessdate=2012-05-07}}</ref>
|{{flag|Singapore}}||[[Chinese Singaporean]]||2,808,300||76.2%||2016<ref name="Singapore Census 2011">{{cite web| url=http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/popn/population2011.pdf| work=Singapore Department of Statistics, Social Statistics Section| title=Population Trends 2011| accessdate=2012-05-07| deadurl=yes| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113150435/https://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/popn/population2011.pdf| archivedate=13 November 2011| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Myanmar}}||[[Burmese Chinese]], [[Panthay]]||1,637,540||||2012<ref name="CIA - The World Factbook"/>
|{{flag|Myanmar}}||[[Burmese Chinese]], [[Panthay]]||1,637,540||||2012<ref name="CIA - The World Factbook"/>
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|author=General Statistics Office of Vietnam|page=134/882|accessdate=2012-12-13}}</ref>
|author=General Statistics Office of Vietnam|page=134/882|accessdate=2012-12-13}}</ref>
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|{{flag|South Korea}}||[[Chinese people in Korea|Chinese in South Korea]]||800,000||1%||2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://article.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=5682737&ctg=1200 |title=한국 사는 외국인, 절반이 `王서방` – 중앙일보 뉴스 |publisher=Article.joinsmsn.com |date=2011-06-23 |accessdate=2012-05-07}}</ref>
|{{flag|South Korea}}||[[Chinese people in Korea|Chinese in South Korea]]||800,000||1%||2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://article.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=5682737&ctg=1200 |title=한국 사는 외국인, 절반이 `王서방` – 중앙일보 뉴스 |publisher=Article.joinsmsn.com |date=2011-06-23 |accessdate=2012-05-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618234559/http://article.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=5682737&ctg=1200 |archivedate=18 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Cambodia}}||[[Chinese Cambodian]], [[Cambodian Hokkien]]||700,000|| ||2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sokheounpang.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/cambodia-is-under-chinese-cultural-influence-hun-xens-confession/ |title=Cambodia is under Chinese cultural influence: Hun Xen’s confession « The Son of the Khmer Empire កម្ពុជាត្រូវការមេដឹកនាំថ្មីតែមិនមែនក្រុមក្បត់ជាតិនេះទេ! |publisher=Sokheounpang.wordpress.com |accessdate=2012-05-07}}</ref>
|{{flag|Cambodia}}||[[Chinese Cambodian]], [[Cambodian Hokkien]]||700,000|| ||2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sokheounpang.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/cambodia-is-under-chinese-cultural-influence-hun-xens-confession/ |title=Cambodia is under Chinese cultural influence: Hun Xen’s confession « The Son of the Khmer Empire កម្ពុជាត្រូវការមេដឹកនាំថ្មីតែមិនមែនក្រុមក្បត់ជាតិនេះទេ! |publisher=Sokheounpang.wordpress.com |accessdate=2012-05-07}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Brunei}}|| [[Ethnic Chinese in Brunei]]||42,100||10%||2015<ref name="depd.gov.bn">{{cite web|url=http://depd.gov.bn/Theme/Home.aspx|title=Economic Planning And Development, Prime Minister's Office|publisher=Prime Minister's Office, Brunei Darussalam|date=2015|accessdate=2017-06-18}}</ref>
|{{flag|Brunei}}|| [[Ethnic Chinese in Brunei]]||42,100||10%||2015<ref name="depd.gov.bn">{{cite web|url=http://depd.gov.bn/Theme/Home.aspx|title=Economic Planning And Development, Prime Minister's Office|publisher=Prime Minister's Office, Brunei Darussalam|date=2015|accessdate=2017-06-18}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Israel}}||[[Chinese people in Israel]]||23,000|| ||2001<ref name="kavlaoved">{{cite press release|title=Appeal to international organisations&nbsp;– Stop the China-Israel migrant worker scam!|publisher= Kav La'Oved|date=2001-12-21|url=http://www.labournet.net/world/0112/israel6.html|accessdate=2006-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://frontpagemag.com/2012/joseph-puder/the-growing-chinese-israeli-relationship/2/ | title=The Growing Chinese-Israeli Relationship | publisher=Front Page Mag | date=5 September 2012 | accessdate=19 September 2012 | author=Joseph Puder}}</ref>
|{{flag|Israel}}||[[Chinese people in Israel]]||23,000|| ||2001<ref name="kavlaoved">{{cite press release|title=Appeal to international organisations&nbsp;– Stop the China-Israel migrant worker scam!|publisher= Kav La'Oved|date=2001-12-21|url=http://www.labournet.net/world/0112/israel6.html|accessdate=2006-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://frontpagemag.com/2012/joseph-puder/the-growing-chinese-israeli-relationship/2/ | title=The Growing Chinese-Israeli Relationship | publisher=Front Page Mag | date=5 September 2012 | accessdate=19 September 2012 | author=Joseph Puder | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909231625/http://frontpagemag.com/2012/joseph-puder/the-growing-chinese-israeli-relationship/2/ | archivedate=9 September 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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|{{flag|North Korea}}||[[Chinese people in Korea|Chinese in North Korea]]||10,000|| ||2009<ref name="ChosunIlbo20091010">{{Cite news|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/10/2009101000229.html|date=2009-10-10|accessdate=2009-10-15|periodical=Chosun Ilbo|title=Chinese in N. Korea 'Face Repression'|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref>
|{{flag|North Korea}}||[[Chinese people in Korea|Chinese in North Korea]]||10,000|| ||2009<ref name="ChosunIlbo20091010">{{Cite news|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/10/2009101000229.html|date=2009-10-10|accessdate=2009-10-15|periodical=Chosun Ilbo|title=Chinese in N. Korea 'Face Repression'|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Qatar}}|| ||6,000|| ||2014<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bqdoha.com/2013/12/population-qatar|title= Qatar´s population by nationality|periodical=bq magazine|date=2014-07-12|accessdate=2014-12-21}}</ref>
|{{flag|Qatar}}|| ||6,000|| ||2014<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bqdoha.com/2013/12/population-qatar|title=Qatar´s population by nationality|periodical=bq magazine|date=2014-07-12|accessdate=2014-12-21|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222095738/http://www.bqdoha.com/2013/12/population-qatar|archivedate=22 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|{{flag|India}}||[[Chinese community in Kolkata|Chinese in India]]||4,000–7,000||nil||2014<ref name=afp>{{cite news|title=India’s fading Chinese community faces painful war past|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/india-s-fading-chinese-community-faces-painful-war-past-1.1407271|agency=AFP|date=2 November 2014}}</ref>
|{{flag|India}}||[[Chinese community in Kolkata|Chinese in India]]||4,000–7,000||nil||2014<ref name=afp>{{cite news|title=India’s fading Chinese community faces painful war past|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/india-s-fading-chinese-community-faces-painful-war-past-1.1407271|agency=AFP|date=2 November 2014}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Iran}}||[[Chinese people in Iran]]||3,000|| ||
|{{flag|Iran}}||[[Chinese people in Iran]]||3,000|| ||
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|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}||[[Chinese people in Kyrgyzstan]]||1,813|| ||2009<ref name="NewCensus">{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Population and Housing Census 2009. Book 2. Part 1. (in tables). Population of Kyrgyzstan. (Перепись населения и жилищного фонда Кыргызской Республики 2009. Книга 2. Часть 1. (в таблицах). Население Кыргызстана) | place = Bishkek| publisher = National Committee on Statistics | origyear = | year =2010| volume = | edition = | chapter = | chapterurl = | page = | pages = | url = http://212.42.101.100:8088/nacstat/sites/default/files/3.1.pdf}}</ref>
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}||[[Chinese people in Kyrgyzstan]]||1,813|| ||2009<ref name="NewCensus">{{Citation| last =| first =| author-link =| last2 =| first2 =| author2-link =| title =Population and Housing Census 2009. Book 2. Part 1. (in tables). Population of Kyrgyzstan. (Перепись населения и жилищного фонда Кыргызской Республики 2009. Книга 2. Часть 1. (в таблицах). Население Кыргызстана)| place =Bishkek| publisher =National Committee on Statistics| origyear =| year =2010| volume =| edition =| chapter =| chapterurl =| page =| pages =| url =http://212.42.101.100:8088/nacstat/sites/default/files/3.1.pdf| deadurl =yes| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20110530011450/http://212.42.101.100:8088/nacstat/sites/default/files/3.1.pdf| archivedate =30 May 2011| df =dmy-all}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Mongolia}}||[[Ethnic Chinese in Mongolia]]||1,323|| ||2000{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}
|{{flag|Mongolia}}||[[Ethnic Chinese in Mongolia]]||1,323|| ||2000{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}
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|{{flag|Portugal}}||[[Chinese people in Portugal]]||9,689|| ||2007<ref>{{Cite book|ref=CITEREFINE2007|url=http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0001236&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0|chapter=Foreign population with legal status of residence (No.) by Place of residence (NUTS-2002) and Nationality|title=Population|year=2007|accessdate=2009-03-18|publisher=[[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]]|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref>
|{{flag|Portugal}}||[[Chinese people in Portugal]]||9,689|| ||2007<ref>{{Cite book|ref=CITEREFINE2007|url=http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0001236&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0|chapter=Foreign population with legal status of residence (No.) by Place of residence (NUTS-2002) and Nationality|title=Population|year=2007|accessdate=2009-03-18|publisher=[[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]]|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Finland}}||--||8,257||<1%||2011<ref>Tilastokeskus [http://pxweb2.stat.fi/database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/vaerak_fi.asp].</ref>
|{{flag|Finland}}||--||8,257||<1%||2011<ref>Tilastokeskus {{cite web |url=http://pxweb2.stat.fi/database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/vaerak_fi.asp |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-03-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120523184704/http://pxweb2.stat.fi/database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/vaerak_fi.asp |archivedate=23 May 2012 |df=dmy-all }}.</ref>
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|{{flag|Czech Republic}}||[[Chinese people in the Czech Republic]]||4,986|| ||2007<ref name="CZSO">{{harvnb|Czech Statistical Office|2007}}</ref>
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}||[[Chinese people in the Czech Republic]]||4,986|| ||2007<ref name="CZSO">{{harvnb|Czech Statistical Office|2007}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Romania}}||[[Chinese of Romania]]||2,249|| ||2002<ref name="Adevarul">{{Cite news|url=http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/2005/chinezii-din-romania-polul-est-european-al-civilizatiei-asiatice.html|date=2005-08-01|accessdate=2009-04-07|title=Chinezii din Romania&nbsp;– polul est-european al civilizatiei asiatice/Chinese in Romania&nbsp;– Eastern European pole of Asian civilisation|periodical=[[Adevărul]]|first=Adrian O.|last=Vasiliu|first2=Marius|last2=Vasileanu|first3=Mihai|last3=Duţă|first4=Talida|last4=Covaci|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref>
|{{flag|Romania}}||[[Chinese of Romania]]||2,249|| ||2002<ref name="Adevarul">{{Cite news|url=http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/2005/chinezii-din-romania-polul-est-european-al-civilizatiei-asiatice.html|date=2005-08-01|accessdate=2009-04-07|title=Chinezii din Romania&nbsp;– polul est-european al civilizatiei asiatice/Chinese in Romania&nbsp;– Eastern European pole of Asian civilisation|periodical=[[Adevărul]]|first=Adrian O.|last=Vasiliu|first2=Marius|last2=Vasileanu|first3=Mihai|last3=Duţă|first4=Talida|last4=Covaci|postscript=<!--None-->|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024120028/http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/2005/chinezii-din-romania-polul-est-european-al-civilizatiei-asiatice.html|archivedate=24 October 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Serbia}}||[[Chinese people in Serbia]]||1,373|| ||2011<ref>[http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/userFiles/file/Aktuelnosti/Etnicke_zajednice_sa_manje_od_2000_pripadnika_i_dvojako_izjasnjeni.pdf Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. у Републици Србији: Становништво према националној припадности – "Oстали" етничке заједнице са мање од 2000 припадника и двојако изјашњени]</ref><br/>
|{{flag|Serbia}}||[[Chinese people in Serbia]]||1,373|| ||2011<ref>[http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/userFiles/file/Aktuelnosti/Etnicke_zajednice_sa_manje_od_2000_pripadnika_i_dvojako_izjasnjeni.pdf Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. у Републици Србији: Становништво према националној припадности – "Oстали" етничке заједнице са мање од 2000 припадника и двојако изјашњени]</ref><br/>
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|{{flag|Brazil}}||[[Chinese Brazilian]]||250,000||nil||2005<ref name="ROC date"/>
|{{flag|Brazil}}||[[Chinese Brazilian]]||250,000||nil||2005<ref name="ROC date"/>
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|{{flag|Panama}}||[[Ethnic Chinese in Panama|Chinese-Panamanian]]||135,000|| ||2003<ref name="GIO">{{citation|url=http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/panama/ch_pa01.htm#3|title=President Chen's State Visit to Panama|publisher=Government Information Office, Republic of China|date=October 2003|accessdate=2007-11-07}}</ref><ref name="Hua">{{citation|title=Playing the Panama card&nbsp;– The China-Taiwan connection|last=Hua|first=Vanessa|periodical=The San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://www.journalismfellowships.org/stories/panama/panama_chinataiwan.htm|date=2002-06-23|accessdate=2007-11-07}}</ref>
|{{flag|Panama}}||[[Ethnic Chinese in Panama|Chinese-Panamanian]]||135,000|| ||2003<ref name="GIO">{{citation|url=http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/panama/ch_pa01.htm#3|title=President Chen's State Visit to Panama|publisher=Government Information Office, Republic of China|date=October 2003|accessdate=2007-11-07|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204231050/http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/panama/ch_pa01.htm#3|archivedate=4 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Hua">{{citation|title=Playing the Panama card&nbsp;– The China-Taiwan connection|last=Hua|first=Vanessa|periodical=The San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://www.journalismfellowships.org/stories/panama/panama_chinataiwan.htm|date=2002-06-23|accessdate=2007-11-07}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Argentina}}||[[Chinese Argentine]]||120,000|| ||2010<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref name="autogenerated2"/><ref>[http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/comunidad-china-duplico-ultimos-anos_0_343165728.html Clarín: As of 2010. Chinese community becomes the fourth largest group of immigrants in Argentina] {{es}}</ref>
|{{flag|Argentina}}||[[Chinese Argentine]]||120,000|| ||2010<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref name="autogenerated2"/><ref>[http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/comunidad-china-duplico-ultimos-anos_0_343165728.html Clarín: As of 2010. Chinese community becomes the fourth largest group of immigrants in Argentina] {{es}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Guyana}}||[[Chinese Guyanese]]||2,722|| ||1921<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guycigtr/|title=Chinese in Guyana: Their Roots|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>
|{{flag|Guyana}}||[[Chinese Guyanese]]||2,722|| ||1921<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guycigtr/|title=Chinese in Guyana: Their Roots|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Belize}}||[[Ethnic Chinese in Belize]]||1,716|| ||2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://celade.cepal.org/cgibin/RpWebEngine.exe/PortalAction?&MODE=MAIN&BASE=CPVBLZ2000&MAIN=WebServerMain.inl |title=Redatam: CEPAL/CELADE |publisher=Celade.cepal.org |accessdate=2012-05-07}}</ref>
|{{flag|Belize}}||[[Ethnic Chinese in Belize]]||1,716|| ||2000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://celade.cepal.org/cgibin/RpWebEngine.exe/PortalAction?&MODE=MAIN&BASE=CPVBLZ2000&MAIN=WebServerMain.inl |title=Redatam: CEPAL/CELADE |publisher=Celade.cepal.org |accessdate=2012-05-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120628225923/http://celade.cepal.org/cgibin/RpWebEngine.exe/PortalAction?&MODE=MAIN&BASE=CPVBLZ2000&MAIN=WebServerMain.inl |archivedate=28 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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|{{PUR}}||[[Chinese immigration to Puerto Rico|Chinese-Puerto Rican]]||35,000|| ||--
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Overseas Chinese
海外華人/海外华人
Total population
c. 50 million[1][2][3]
(2012 estimate)
Regions with significant populations
 Thailand9,392,792[4]
 Malaysia7,417,800[5]
 United States5,081,682[6]
 Indonesia2,832,510[7]
 Singapore2,547,300[8]
 Canada1,769,195[9]
 Myanmar1,637,540[10][11]
 Philippines1,350,000[12]
 Australia1,213,903[13]
 South Korea1,056,993[14][15]
 Peru900,000-1,300,000[16]
 Vietnam823,071[17]
 France700,000[18]
 Japan674,871[19]
 United Kingdom466,000[20]
 Pakistan400,000[21]
 Venezuela400,000[22]
 South Africa300,000–400,000[23]
 Russia200,000–400,000[24][25]
 Italy320,794
 Brazil300,000[26]
 Germany212,000[27]
 New Zealand191,681[28]
 Laos190,000[29]
 United Arab Emirates180,000[30]
 Colombia25,000[29]
 Cambodia150,000[31]
 Spain145,245[32]
 Panama135,000[33]
 Argentina120,000[34][35][36]
 Cuba114,242[37]
 Dominican Republic50,000[38]
Languages
Languages of China and various languages of the countries they inhabit
Religion
Predominantly Buddhism, Taoism with Confucianism. Significant Christian, small Muslim and other religious minorities.
Related ethnic groups
Chinese people

Overseas Chinese (traditional Chinese: 海外華人; simplified Chinese: 海外华人; pinyin: Hǎiwài Huárén) are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside the People's Republic of China (the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau) and the Republic of China (Taiwan). People of partial Chinese ancestry living outside the Greater China Area may also consider themselves overseas Chinese.[citation needed] Overseas Chinese can be of the Han Chinese ethnic majority, or from any of the other ethnic groups in China.[39] On a per capita basis, Singapore has the highest proportion of Overseas Chinese outside Greater China, while Australia has the highest proportion outside Asia.

Terminology

The Chinese language has various terms equivalent to the English "Overseas Chinese" which refers to Chinese citizens residing in countries other than China: Huáqiáo (simplified Chinese: 华侨; traditional Chinese: 華僑; pinyin: Huáqiáo) or Hoan-kheh in Hokkien (Chinese: 番客). At the end of the 19th century, the Chinese government realized that overseas Chinese could be an asset, a source of foreign investment, and a bridge to overseas knowledge; thus, it began to recognize the use of the term Huaqiao (華僑).[40] The modern term haigui (海归) refers to returned overseas Chinese and guīqiáo qiáojuàn (归侨侨眷) to their returning relatives.[39]

Huáyì (simplified Chinese: 华裔; traditional Chinese: 華裔; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-è) refers to ethnic Chinese residing outside China.[41] Another often-used term is 海外华人 (Hǎiwài Huárén), a more literal translation of overseas Chinese; it is often used by the PRC government to refer to people of Chinese ethnicities who live outside the PRC, regardless of citizenship.

Overseas Chinese who are ethnically Han Chinese, such as Cantonese, Hoochew, Hokkien, or Hakka refer to overseas Chinese as 唐人[citation needed] (Tángrén), pronounced tòhng yàn in Cantonese, toung ning in Hoochew, Tn̂g-lâng in Hokkien, and tong nyin in Hakka. Literally, it means Tang people, a reference to Tang dynasty China when it was ruling China proper. It should be noted that this term is commonly used by the Cantonese, Hoochew, Hakka and Hokkien as a colloquial reference to the Chinese people, and has little relevance to the ancient dynasty.

The term shǎoshù mínzú (少数民族) is added to the various terms for overseas Chinese to indicate those in the diaspora who would be considered ethnic minorities in China. The terms shǎoshù mínzú huáqiáo huárén; shǎoshù mínzú huáqiáo huárén; and shǎoshù mínzú hǎiwài qiáobāo (少数民族海外侨胞) are all in usage. The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the PRC does not distinguish between Han and ethnic minority populations for official policy purposes.[39] For example, members of the Tibetan diaspora may travel to China on passes granted to certain overseas Chinese.[42] Various estimates of the overseas Chinese minority population include 3.1 million (1993),[43] 3.4 million (2004),[44] 5.7 million (2001, 2010),[45][46] or approximately one tenth of all overseas Chinese (2006, 2011).[47][48] Cross-border ethnic groups (跨境民族, kuàjìng mínzú) are not considered overseas Chinese minorities unless they left China after the establishment of an independent state on China's border.[39]

Some ethnic groups who have historic connections with China, like the Hmong or Mongolians may not associate themselves as "overseas Chinese".[49]

History

The Chinese people have a long history of migrating overseas. One of the migrations dates back to the Ming dynasty when Zheng He (1371–1435) became the envoy of Ming. He sent people – many of them Cantonese and Hokkien – to explore and trade in the South China Sea and in the Indian Ocean.

Qing Dynasty and Republic of China

1967 photo of Indonesian-Chinese family from Hubei ancestry, the second and third generations

When China was under the imperial rule of the Qing Dynasty, subjects who left the Qing Empire without the Administrator's consent were considered to be traitors and were executed. Their family members faced consequences as well. However, the establishment of the Lanfang Republic (Chinese: 蘭芳共和國; pinyin: Lánfāng Gònghéguó) in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, as a tributary state of Qing China, attests that it was possible to attain permission. The republic lasted until 1884, when it fell under Dutch occupation as Qing influence waned.

Under the administration of the Republic of China from 1911 to 1949, these rules were abolished and many migrated outside the Republic of China, mostly through the coastal regions via the ports of Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan and Shanghai. These migrations are considered to be among the largest in China's history. Many nationals of the Republic of China fled and settled down in South East Asia mainly between the years 1911–1949, after the Nationalist government led by Kuomintang lost to the Communist Party of China in the Chinese Civil War in 1949. Most of the nationalist and neutral refugees fled Mainland China to Southeast Asia (Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines) as well as Taiwan (Republic of China). Many nationalists who stayed behind were persecuted or even executed.[50][51]

Most of the Chinese who fled during 1911–1949 under the Republic of China settled down in Singapore and Malaysia and automatically gained citizenship in 1957 and 1963 as these countries gained independence.[52][53] Kuomintang members who settled in Malaysia and Singapore played a major role in the establishment of the Malaysian Chinese Association and their meeting hall at Sun Yat Sen Villa. There is some evidence that they intend to reclaim mainland China from the Communists by funding the Kuomintang in China.[54][55]

During the 1950s and 1960s, the ROC tended to seek the support of overseas Chinese communities through branches of the Kuomintang based on Sun Yat-sen's use of expatriate Chinese communities to raise money for his revolution. During this period, the People's Republic of China tended to view overseas Chinese with suspicion as possible capitalist infiltrators and tended to value relationships with Southeast Asian nations as more important than gaining support of overseas Chinese, and in the Bandung declaration explicitly stated that overseas Chinese owed primary loyalty to their home nation.

Waves of immigration

Different waves of immigration led to subgroups among overseas Chinese such as the new and old immigrants in Southeast Asia, North America, Oceania, the Caribbean, South America, South Africa, and Russia.

In the 19th century, the age of colonialism was at its height and the great Chinese diaspora began. Many colonies lacked a large pool of laborers. Meanwhile, in the provinces of Fujian and Guangdong in China, there was a surge in emigration as a result of the poverty and ruin caused by the Taiping rebellion.[56] The Qing Empire was forced to allow its subjects to work overseas under colonial powers. Many Hokkien chose to work in Southeast Asia (where they had earlier links starting from the Ming era), as did the Cantonese. The city of Taishan in Guangdong province was the source for many of the economic migrants. For the countries in North America and Australasia, great numbers of laborers were needed in the dangerous tasks of gold mining and railway construction. Widespread famine in Guangdong impelled many Cantonese to work in these countries to improve the living conditions of their relatives. Some overseas Chinese were sold[by whom?] to South America during the Punti-Hakka Clan Wars (1855–1867) in the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong. After World War II many people from the New Territories in Hong Kong emigrated to the UK (mainly England) and to the Netherlands to earn a better living.

From the mid-19th century onward, emigration has been directed primarily to Western countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and the nations of Western Europe; as well as to Peru where they are called tusán, Panama, and to a lesser extent to Mexico. Many of these emigrants who entered Western countries were themselves overseas Chinese, particularly from the 1950s to the 1980s, a period during which the PRC placed severe restrictions on the movement of its citizens. In 1984, Britain agreed to transfer the sovereignty of Hong Kong to the PRC; this triggered another wave of migration to the United Kingdom (mainly England), Australia, Canada, US, Latin America and other parts of the world. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 further accelerated the migration. The wave calmed after Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignty in 1997. In addition, many citizens of Hong Kong hold citizenships or have current visas in other countries so if the need arises, they can leave Hong Kong at short notice. In fact, after the Tiananmen Square incident, the lines for immigration visas increased at every consulate in Hong Kong.

In recent years, the People's Republic of China has built increasingly stronger ties with African nations. Author Howard French estimates that over one million Chinese have moved in the past 20 years to Africa.[57]

More recent Chinese presences have developed in Europe, where they number nearly a million, and in Russia, they number over 200,000, concentrated in the Russian Far East. Russia’s main Pacific port and naval base of Vladivostok, once closed to foreigners and belonged to China until the late 19th century, as of 2010 bristles with Chinese markets, restaurants and trade houses. A growing Chinese community in Germany consists of around 76,000 people as of 2010.[58] An estimated 15,000 to 30,000 Chinese live in Austria.[59]

Overseas Chinese experience

Commercial success

Overseas Chinese are estimated to control US$1.5 to 2 trillion in liquid assets and have considerable amounts of wealth to stimulate economic power in China.[60][61] The overseas Chinese business community of Southeast Asia, known as the bamboo network, has a prominent role in the region's private sectors.[62][63]

In North America, Europe, and Oceania, occupations are diverse and impossible to generalize; ranging from catering to significant ranks in medicine, the arts, and academia.

Overseas Chinese often send remittances back home to family members to help better them financially and socioeconomically. China ranks second after India of top remittance-receiving countries in 2010 with over US$51 billion sent.[64]

Assimilation

Hakka people in a wedding in East Timor, 2006

Overseas Chinese vary widely as to their degree of assimilation, their interactions with the surrounding communities (see Chinatown), and their relationship with China.

Thailand has the largest overseas Chinese community and is also the most successful case of assimilation, with many claiming Thai identity. For over 400 years, Thai-Chinese have largely intermarried and/or assimilated with their compatriots. The present Thai monarch, Chakri Dynasty, is founded by King Rama I who himself is partly Chinese. His predecessor, King Taksin of the Thonburi Kingdom, is the son of a Chinese immigrant from Guangdong Province and was born with a Chinese name. His mother, Lady Nok-iang (Thai: นกเอี้ยง), was Thai (and was later awarded the feudal title of Somdet Krom Phra Phithak Thephamat).

In the Philippines, Chinese from Guangdong were already migrating to the islands from the 9th century, and have largely intermarried with either indigenous Filipinos or Spanish colonisers. Their descendants would eventually form the bulk of the elite and ruling classes in a sovereign Philippines. Since the 1860s, most Chinese immigrants have come from Fujian; unlike earlier migrants, Fujianese settlers rarely intermarried, and thus form the bulk of the "unmixed" Chinese Filipinos. Older generations have retained Chinese traditions and the use of Minnan (Hokkien), while the majority of younger generations largely communicate in English, Filipino, and other Philippine languages, and have largely layered facets of both Western and Filipino culture onto their Chinese cultural background.

In Myanmar, the Chinese rarely intermarry (even amongst different Chinese linguistic groups), but have largely adopted the Burmese culture whilst maintaining Chinese cultural affinities.

In Cambodia, between 1965 and 1993, people with Chinese names were prevented from finding governmental employment, leading to a large number of people changing their names to a local, Cambodian name. Indonesia, and Myanmar were among the countries that do not allow birth names to be registered in foreign languages, including Chinese. But since 2003, the Indonesian government has allowed overseas Chinese to use their Chinese name or using their Chinese family name on their birth certificate.

In Vietnam, Chinese names are pronounced with Sino-Vietnamese readings. For example, the name of the previous Chinese president, 胡锦涛 (pinyin: Hú Jǐntāo), would be transcribed as "Hồ Cẩm Đào". In Western countries, the overseas Chinese generally use romanised versions of their Chinese names, and the use of local first names is also common. Vietnamese people have adopted some Chinese traditions, ancient Chinese characters, philosophy such as Confucianism, Taoism after centuries of the rule of China[65] until the establishment of Ngo dynasty (Han-Nom: 吳朝); some Hoa people adopt the Vietnamese culture due to their similarities, however many Hoa still prefer maintaining Chinese cultural background (See Sinic world or Adoption of Chinese literary culture). The official census from 2009 accounted the Hoa population at some 823,000 individuals and ranked 6th in terms of its population size. 70% of the Hoa live in cities and towns, mostly in Ho Chi Minh city while the remainder live in the countryside in the southern provinces.[17]

On the other hand, in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei, overseas Chinese have maintained a distinct communal identity.

In East Timor, a large fraction of Chinese are of Hakka descent.

Discrimination

Overseas Chinese have often experienced hostility and discrimination.

In countries with small Chinese minorities, the economic disparity can be remarkable. For example, in 1998, ethnic Chinese made up just 1% of the population of the Philippines and 4% of the population in Indonesia, but have wide influence in Philippines and Indonesian private economy.[66] The book World on Fire, describing the Chinese as a "market-dominant minority", notes that "Chinese market dominance and intense resentment amongst the indigenous majority is characteristic of virtually every country in Southeast Asia except Thailand and Singapore".[67] It should be noted that Chinese market dominance is present in Thailand, which is noted for its lack of resentment, while Singapore is majority ethnic Chinese.

This asymmetrical economic position has incited anti-Chinese sentiment among the poorer majorities. Sometimes the anti-Chinese attitudes turn violent, such as the May 13 Incident in Malaysia in 1969 and the Jakarta riots of May 1998 in Indonesia, in which more than 2,000 people died, mostly rioters burned to death in a shopping mall.[68] During the colonial era, some genocides killed tens of thousands of Chinese.[69][70][71][72][73]

During the Indonesian killings of 1965–66, in which more than 500,000 people died,[74] ethnic Chinese were killed and their properties looted and burned as a result of anti-Chinese racism on the excuse that Dipa "Amat" Aidit had brought the PKI closer to China.[75][76] The anti-Chinese legislation was in the Indonesian constitution until 1998.

It is commonly held that a major point of friction is the apparent tendency of overseas Chinese to segregate themselves into a subculture.[citation needed] For example, the anti-Chinese Kuala Lumpur Racial Riots of 13 May 1969 and Jakarta Riots of May 1998 were believed to have been motivated by these racially biased perceptions.[77] This analysis has been questioned by some historians, most notably Dr. Kua Kia Soong, the principal of New Era College, who has put forward the controversial argument that the 13 May Incident was a pre-meditated attempt by sections of the ruling Malay elite to incite racial hostility in preparation for a coup.[78] In 2006, rioters damaged shops owned by Chinese-Tongans in Nukuʻalofa.[79] Chinese migrants were evacuated from the riot-torn Solomon Islands.[80]

Ethnic politics can be found to motivate both sides of the debate. In Malaysia, overseas Chinese tend to support equal and meritocratic treatment on the expectation that they would not be discriminated against in the resulting competition for government contracts, university places, etc., whereas many "Bumiputra" ("native sons") Malays oppose this on the grounds that their group needs such protections in order to retain their patrimony. The question of to what extent ethnic Malays, Chinese, or others are "native" to Malaysia is a sensitive political one. It is currently a taboo for Chinese politicians to raise the issue of Bumiputra protections in parliament, as this would be deemed ethnic incitement.[81]

Many of the overseas Chinese who worked on railways in North America in the 19th century suffered from racial discrimination in Canada and the United States. Although discriminatory laws have been repealed or are no longer enforced today, both countries had at one time introduced statutes that barred Chinese from entering the country, for example the United States Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 (repealed 1943) or the Canadian Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 (repealed 1947).

In Australia, Chinese were targeted by a system of discriminatory laws known as the 'White Australia Policy' which was enshrined in the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901. The policy was formally abolished in 1973, and in recent years Australians of Chinese background have publicly called for an apology from the Australian Federal Government[82] similar to that given to the 'stolen generations' of indigenous people in 2007 by the then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Relationship with China

Overseas Chinese Museum, Xiamen, China

Both the People's Republic of China and Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China) maintain high level relationships with overseas Chinese populations. Both maintain cabinet level ministries to deal with overseas Chinese affairs, and many local governments within the PRC have overseas Chinese bureaus.

Citizenship status

The Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China, which does not recognise dual citizenship, provides for automatic loss of PRC citizenship when a former PRC citizen both settles in another country and acquires foreign citizenship. For children born overseas of a PRC citizen, whether the child receives PRC citizenship at birth depends on whether the PRC parent has settled overseas: "Any person born abroad whose parents are both Chinese nationals or one of whose parents is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality. But a person whose parents are both Chinese nationals and have both settled abroad, or one of whose parents is a Chinese national and has settled abroad, and who has acquired foreign nationality at birth shall not have Chinese nationality" (Art 5).[83]

By contrast, the Nationality Law of the Republic of China, which both permits and recognises dual citizenship, considers such persons to be citizens of the ROC (if their parents have household registration in Taiwan).

Returning and re-emigration

With China's growing economic prospects, many overseas Chinese have begun to migrate back to China, even as many mainland Chinese millionaires are considering emigrating out of the nation for better opportunities.[84]

In the case of Indonesia and Burma, political and ethnic strife has cause a significant number of people of Chinese origins to re-emigrate back to China. In other Southeast Asian countries with large Chinese communities, such as Malaysia, the economic rise of People's Republic of China has made the PRC an attractive destination for many Malaysian Chinese to re-emigrate. As the Chinese economy opens up, Malaysian Chinese act as a bridge because many Malaysian Chinese are educated in the United States or Britain but can also understand the Chinese language and culture making it easier for potential entrepreneurial and business to be done between the people among the two countries.[85]

After the Deng Xiaoping reforms, the attitude of the PRC toward overseas Chinese changed dramatically. Rather than being seen with suspicion, they were seen as people who could aid PRC development via their skills and capital. During the 1980s, the PRC actively attempted to court the support of overseas Chinese by among other things, returning properties that had been confiscated after the 1949 revolution. More recently PRC policy has attempted to maintain the support of recently emigrated Chinese, who consist largely of Chinese students seeking undergraduate and graduate education in the West. Many overseas Chinese are now investing in People's Republic of China providing financial resources, social and cultural networks, contacts and opportunities.[86][87]

The Chinese government estimates that of the 1.2 million Chinese people who have gone overseas to study in the 30 years following China's economic reforms beginning in 1978, three-fourths have not returned to China.[88]

Language

Typical grocery store on 8th Avenue in one of the Brooklyn Chinatowns (布鲁克林華埠) on Long Island, New York, US. Multiple Chinatowns in Manhattan (紐約華埠), Queens (法拉盛華埠), and Brooklyn are thriving as traditionally urban enclaves, as large-scale Chinese immigration continues into New York,[89][90][91][92] with the largest metropolitan Chinese population outside Asia,[93] including an estimated 812,410 in 2015.[94]

The usage of Chinese by overseas Chinese has been determined by a large number of factors, including their ancestry, their migrant ancestors' "regime of origin", assimilation through generational changes, and official policies of their country of residence. The general trend is that more established Chinese populations in the Western world and in many regions of Asia have Cantonese as either the dominant variety or as a common community vernacular, while Mandarin is much more prevalent among new arrivals, making it increasingly common in many Chinatowns.[95][96]

Country statistics

Visualization of Overseas Chinese populations by country

There are over 50 million overseas Chinese.[1][2][97][3] Most overseas Chinese are living in Southeast Asia where they make up a majority of the population of Singapore (75%) and significant minority populations in Thailand (14%), Malaysia (23%), Indonesia, Brunei (10%), the Philippines, and Vietnam.

Continent / country Articles Overseas Chinese population Percentage Year of data
Africa
 South Africa Chinese South Africans 300,000–400,000 2015[23]
 Madagascar Chinese people in Madagascar 70,000–100,000 2011[98]
 Ethiopia Chinese people in Ethiopia 20,000–60,000 2014–2016[99][100]
 Angola Chinese people in Angola 50,000 2017[101]
 Mauritius Sino-Mauritian 38,500 2010[102]
 Algeria Chinese people in Algeria 35,000 2009[103]
 Tanzania Chinese people in Tanzania 30,000 2013[104]
 Réunion Chinois 25,000 1999[105]
 Republic of Congo Chinese people in the Republic of Congo 15,000–25,000 2013
 Nigeria Chinese people in Nigeria 20,000 2012[106]
 Ghana Chinese people in Ghana 6,000–20,000 2010[107]
 Zambia Chinese people in Zambia 19,845 2014[108]
 Mozambique Ethnic Chinese in Mozambique 12,000 2007[109]
 Zimbabwe Chinese people in Zimbabwe 10,000 2017[110]
 Egypt Chinese people in Egypt 6,000–10,000 2007[111]
 Sudan Chinese people in the Sudan 5,000–10,000 2005–2007[111]
 Kenya Chinese people in Kenya 7,000 2013[112]
 Uganda Chinese people in Uganda 7,000 2010[113]
 Botswana Chinese people in Botswana 5,000–6,000 2009[114]
 Lesotho Chinese people in Lesotho 5,000 2011[115]
 Democratic Republic of Congo Chinese people in the DRC 4,000–5,000 2015[116]
 Cameroon Chinese people in Cameroon 3,000–5,000 2012[117]
 Guinea Chinese people in Guinea 5,000 2012[117]
 Benin Chinese people in Benin 4,000 2007[111]
 Namibia Chinese people in Namibia 3,000–4,000 2009[118]
 Ivory Coast Chinese people in Ivory Coast 3,000 2012[117]
 Mali Chinese people in Mali 3,000 2014[119]
 Togo Chinese people in Togo 3,000 2007[111]
 Cape Verde Chinese people in Cape Verde 2,300 2008[120]
 Malawi Chinese people in Malawi 2,000 2007[111]
 Rwanda Chinese people in Rwanda 1,000–2,000 2011[121]
 Senegal Chinese people in Senegal 1,500 2012[117]
 Morocco Chinese people in Morocco 1,200 2004[122]
 Seychelles Sino-Seychellois 1,000 1999[123]
 Liberia Chinese people in Liberia 600 2006[111]
 Burkina Faso Chinese people in Burkina Faso 500 2012[117]
 Libya Chinese people in Libya 300 2014[124]
Asia/Middle East
 Thailand Thai Chinese 9,392,792 14% 2012[125]
 Malaysia Malaysian Chinese, Peranakan 7,417,800 23% 2016[126]
 Indonesia Chinese Indonesian 2,832,510 1% 2010[127]
 Singapore Chinese Singaporean 2,808,300 76.2% 2016[128]
 Myanmar Burmese Chinese, Panthay 1,637,540 2012[10]
 Philippines Chinese Filipino, Tornatras, Sangley 1,146,250 1% 2005[12]
 Vietnam Hoa people 823,071 0.96% 2009[17]
 South Korea Chinese in South Korea 800,000 1% 2010[129]
 Cambodia Chinese Cambodian, Cambodian Hokkien 700,000 2010[130]
 Japan Chinese in Japan 674,871 <1% 2011[19]
 Pakistan Chinese people in Pakistan 400,000 2017[131]
 Kazakhstan Chinese in Kazakhstan 300,000 2009[132]
 Laos Laotian Chinese 185,765 2005[4]
 United Arab Emirates Chinese people in the United Arab Emirates 180,000 2009[30]
 Brunei Ethnic Chinese in Brunei 42,100 10% 2015[133]
 Israel Chinese people in Israel 23,000 2001[134][135]
 North Korea Chinese in North Korea 10,000 2009[136]
 Qatar 6,000 2014[137]
 India Chinese in India 4,000–7,000 nil 2014[138]
 Sri Lanka Chinese people in Sri Lanka 3,500 ?[139]
 Iran Chinese people in Iran 3,000
 Kyrgyzstan Chinese people in Kyrgyzstan 1,813 2009[140]
 Mongolia Ethnic Chinese in Mongolia 1,323 2000[citation needed]
Europe
 Russia Chinese people in Russia, Dungan people 200,000–400,000 2004[141][142]
 France Chinese diaspora in France, Chinois (Réunion) 700,000 1% 2010[143]
 United Kingdom British Chinese 433,150 1% 2008
 Italy Chinese people in Italy 320,794 1% 2013[26]
 Germany Chinese people in Germany 212,000 <1% 2016[27]
 Spain Chinese people in Spain 145,000 <1% 2009[32]
 Netherlands Chinese people in the Netherlands 80,198 1% 2012[144]
 Turkey Chinese people in Turkey, Uyghurs 46,800 2009
 Hungary -- 30,000–40,000 --[145]
 Sweden Chinese people in Sweden 31,725 <1% 2016[146]
 Austria -- 30,000 2008[59]
 Ireland -- 17,800 <1% 2011[147]
 Norway -- 10,600 <1% 2014[148]
 Denmark Chinese people in Denmark 10,247 <1% 2009[149]
 Bulgaria Chinese people in Bulgaria 9,000 2005[150]
 Portugal Chinese people in Portugal 9,689 2007[151]
 Finland -- 8,257 <1% 2011[152]
 Czech Republic Chinese people in the Czech Republic 4,986 2007[153]
 Romania Chinese of Romania 2,249 2002[154]
 Serbia Chinese people in Serbia 1,373 2011[155]
 Iceland -- 220 nil 2014[156]
 Estonia -- 104 nil 2013[157]
Americas
 United States Chinese American, American-born Chinese 4,947,968 1.5% 2015[158]
 Canada Chinese Canadian, Canadian-born Chinese 1,769,195 5.1% 2016[159]
 Peru Chinese-Peruvian up to 900,000 up to 3% 2017[16]
 Venezuela Chinese Venezuelan 400,000–450,000 2% 2013[160]
 Brazil Chinese Brazilian 250,000 nil 2005[4]
 Panama Chinese-Panamanian 135,000 2003[161][162]
 Argentina Chinese Argentine 120,000 2010[35][36][163]
 Cuba Chinese Cuban 114,240 1% 2008[164]
 Jamaica Chinese Jamaicans 72,000 --[165]
 Mexico Chinese Mexican 70,000 nil 2008[citation needed]
 Costa Rica Chinese-Costa Rican 45,000 2011[166]
 Suriname Chinese-Surinamese 7,885 1.5% 2012[167]
 Colombia Chinese people in Colombia 25,000 2014[168]
 Dominican Republic Ethnic Chinese in the Dominican Republic 50,000 --[169]
 Nicaragua Chinese Nicaraguan 12,000 --[170]
 Chile Chinese people in Chile 10,000 --[citation needed]
 Trinidad & Tobago Chinese Trinidadian and Tobagonian 3,800 2000[citation needed]
 Guyana Chinese Guyanese 2,722 1921[171]
 Belize Ethnic Chinese in Belize 1,716 2000[172]
 Puerto Rico Chinese-Puerto Rican 35,000 --
 Haiti Chinese Haitian 230 --
Oceania
 Australia Chinese Australian 1,213,903 5.6% 2016[173][174]
 New Zealand Chinese New Zealander 180,066 4% 2013[175]
 Fiji Chinese in Fiji 34,712 2012[176]
 Samoa Chinese in Samoa 30,000 --[citation needed]
 Papua New Guinea Chinese people in Papua New Guinea 20,000 2008[177][178]
 Tonga Chinese in Tonga 3,000 2001[179][180]
 Palau Chinese in Palau 1,030 2012[181]

See also

Further reading

  • Barabantseva, Elena. Overseas Chinese, Ethnic Minorities and Nationalism: De-centering China, Oxon/New York: Routledge, 2011.
  • Chin, Ung Ho. The Chinese of South East Asia, London: Minority Rights Group, 2000. ISBN 1-897693-28-1
  • Fitzgerald, John. Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2007. ISBN 978-0-86840-870-5
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  1. ^ The Japanese nationals with Chinese ethnicity are excluded.
  2. ^ This number includes 443,566 people called Joseonjok (조선족). Joseonjok people are the Koreans who have Chinese citizenship. The 181,428 Chinese people who are ethnic Chinese (calculated from 624,994-443,566) in Korea are called Hwagyo (화교). (See reference)

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