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Date: 25 July 2020: Source: Empty map: File:World map (Miller cylindrical projection, blank).svg Information available on page Overseas Chinese on the English Wikipedia; Number of Chinese people living abroad per country: NW, 1615 L. St. Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project Global Migration Map: Origins and Destinations, 1990-2017 (in en-US).
Major Kurt Lee, first Chinese American Marine Corps officer, United States; Lau Sing Kee, first Chinese American to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, United States; Lieutenant General Melvyn Ong, Singapore; Brigadier General Teddy Jusuf (Him Tek Ji), Indonesia; General Vicente Lim, Philippines; Lieutenant General Winston Choo Wee ...
During the era of European colonialism, many overseas Chinese were coolie laborers. [17]: 123 Chinese capitalists overseas often functioned as economic and political intermediaries between colonial rulers and colonial populations. [17]: 123 The area of Taishan, Guangdong Province was the source for many of economic migrants. [18]
Overseas Chinese people are people of Chinese origin who reside outside Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan). [20] As of 2011, there were over 40.3 million overseas Chinese. [8] Overall, China has a low percent of population living overseas.
Waves of Chinese emigration have happened throughout history. They include the emigration to Southeast Asia beginning from the 10th century during the Tang dynasty, to the Americas during the 19th century, particularly during the California gold rush in the mid-1800s; general emigration initially around the early to mid 20th century which was mainly caused by corruption, starvation, and war ...
Print/export Download as PDF ... Chinese diaspora in the United States (7 C, 19 P) V. Chinese diaspora in Vietnam (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Chinese diaspora by ...
It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City’s Flushing neighborhood. It would be another day without a job since he ...
Language and overseas Chinese communities; Lau Pak Khuan; Legislation on Chinese Indonesians; Graham Leung; Liang Daoming; Lin Jun (politician) List of foreign politicians of Chinese descent; List of heads of state and government of Chinese descent; List of naturalised Olympic table tennis players from China; Lung Kong Tin Yee Association