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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 ...
Overseas Chinese communities 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 ...
The Qingtianese diaspora refers to the overseas Chinese and their descendants that are originated from Qingtian county, Zhejiang province, China.. Qingtian is renowned in China for its centuries-old diasporan communities, in which out of the county's 568,800 original inhabitants, as many as 381,000 of them are currently residing in 146 countries across the world, forming the bulk of Chinese ...
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 ...
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
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]
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This merely points up the fact, acknowledged by scholars specializing in Overseas Chinese immigration is that the overseas Chinese community remain primarily focused on their commercial business pursuits and economic activities, through earning a livelihood and accumulating wealth, and thus take only a passive interest in the formal political ...