Overseas Chinese

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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 Republic of China and People's Republic of China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Chinese

There are about 50 million overseas Chinese, living mainly in Southeast Asia, but elsewhere too, in North America, Europe, Japan and Latin America.


* Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean statesman


Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG CH (born 16 September 1923) is a senior Singaporean statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, governing for three decades. He is also widely recognized as the founding father of modern Singapore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan-Yew

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* Momofuku Ando, Japanese businessman


Momofuku Ando (安藤 百福 Andō Momofuku?), ORS, (March 5, 1910 – January 5, 2007) was a Taiwanese-Japanese businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. He is famed as the inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles. And he graduated from Ritsumeikan University.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momofuku_Ando

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* James Riady, Indonesian businessman


James Riady (Chinese: 李白; pinyin: Li Bái; born 1957 in Jakarta) is the deputy chairman of the Lippo Group, a major Indonesian conglomerate. He is a Chinese Indonesian, and also the son of Mochtar Riady, founder of the group. The group has recently signed an agreement with Khazanah of Malaysia to relinquish its majority stake in Lippo Bank.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Riady

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* Tjong A Fie, Indonesian businessman


Tjong A Fie (1860–1921), or Tjong Yiauw Hian (traditional Chinese: 張耀軒; simplified Chinese: 张耀轩; pinyin: Zhang Yaoxuan), was a Hakka Chinese businessman, banker and kapitan (Chinese major) who built a large plantation business in Sumatra, Indonesia.[2][3][4] Tjong A Fie built his business that employed more than 10,000 labor workers. Because of his great success, he maintained a good relationship with the ruler of Deli, including Sultan Deli Makmun Al Rasjid and Dutch authorities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjong_A_Fie

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* Chuan Leekpai, former Prime Minister of Thailand


Chuan Leekpai (Thai: ชวน หลีกภัย; RTGS: Chuan Likphai; born July 28, 1938 in Trang) was the Prime Minister of Thailand from September 20, 1992 to May 19, 1995 and again from November 9, 1997 to February 9, 2001. A third-generation Thai Chinese,[1][2] Chuan was born in Trang province in a grass-roofed house
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuan_Leekpai

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* Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, first Prime Minister of Siam (Thailand)


Phraya Manopakorn Nititada (Thai: พระยามโนปกรณ์นิติธาดา), born Kon Hutasingha (Thai: ก้อน หุตะสิงห์), (July 15, 1884–October 1, 1948) was the first Prime Minister of Siam after the Siamese Revolution of 1932 as he was selected by the leader of the People's Party - the party that instigated the revolution. However, in the following year, Manoparkorn was ousted by a coup in 1933 due to the conflicts between members of People's Party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phraya_Manopakorn_Nititada

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* Sir Charles Kao, British physicist:


The Honorable Sir Charles Kuen Kao, GBM, KBE, FRS, FREng (born 4 November 1933) is a Chinese-born American and British physicist who pioneered in the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications. Kao, known as the "Godfather of Broadband", "Father of Fiber Optics" or "Father of Fiber Optic Communications"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_K._Kao

http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sites/default/files/professor_charles_kao1024.jpg

* John Yap, Canadian politician:


John Yap (Chinese: 葉志明; pinyin: Yè ZhìmíngMLA is a Canadian politician and currently serves as British Columbia's Minister of State for Multiculturalism and as as the chair of the Immigration Task Force, a committee examining the current system of economic immigration to Canada. Since 2005, he has represented the riding of Richmond-Steveston in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He is a member of the BC Liberal Party. Originally from Singapore, Yap emigrated with his parents to Canada and to BC's Lower Mainland where he graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Masters of Business Administration and worked as a banker and financial advisor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yap

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* Jerry Yang, American billionaire, co-founder of Yahoo:


Jerry Yang (traditional Chinese: 楊致遠; simplified Chinese: 杨致远; pinyin: Yáng Zhìyuǎn; born November 6, 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan) is an Internet Entrepreneur, the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Yang_(entrepreneur)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Jerry_Yang.jpg

Chinese Malaysians

* Chung Keng Quee, Chinese Malaysian businessman:


Kapitan China Chung Keng Quee (traditional Chinese: 鄭景貴; simplified Chinese: 郑景贵; pinyin: Zhèng Jǐngguì, 1821 – 13 December 1901) was the founder and administrator of modern Taiping. Appointed "Captain China" by the British in 1877, he was a millionaire philanthropist and known as an innovator in the mining of tin. He was involved in many other industries including farming, pawnbroking and logging. He was respected by both Chinese and European communities in the early colonial settlement. His survival in the chaotic era owes much to his standing as leader of the Hai San, a Chinese secret society in British Malaya during the time of the Larut Wars (1862–73), a position he is said to have held till early 1884, although in all probability he continued to remain a leading member
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Keng_Quee

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* Lim Goh Tong, Chinese Malaysian billionaire businessman


Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr.) Lim Goh Tong (Chinese: 林梧桐; 1918 – 23 October 2007) was a prominent wealthy Malaysian Chinese businessman. He was renowned for his vision and courage in transforming Genting Highlands from an unexplored hilltop into one of the world's most successful casino resorts. He was once the richest man in Malaysia, Asia with net worth US$4.2billion [...] Born in 1918 in Anxi, a mountainous county in southeastern Fujian province, China, Lim Goh Tong was the fifth child in his family. His father was Lim Shi Quan and his mother Goh Ban. He has an elder brother (Jing Ya), three elder sisters (Lim Zhuang, Lim Bau and Lim See), a younger sister (Lim Mei) and a younger brother (Jing Kun). Lim was born into a rustic environment in a village, during that time, China was in a period of turmoil and unrest after the 1911 revolution, but life was relatively sheltered for Lim in the village. He grew up peacefully and had the opportunity of studying in school. However, disaster struck and his father died when he was 16. Lim was forced to leave school and he and his elder brother had to take over the heavy burden of feeding his family. As China's situation was becoming worse, Lim Goh Tong decided to take the plunge in venturing out to Malaysia (known as Malaya at that time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Goh_Tong

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Chinese Australians (there are around 900000 Chinese Australians):

* Victor Chang, Chinese Australian surgeon, voted the Australian of the century:


Victor Peter Chang, AC (born Chang Yam Him; 21 November 1936 – 4 July 1991), was a Chinese Australian cardiac surgeon and a pioneer of modern heart transplantation. Born in Shanghai to Australian-born Chinese parents, he grew up in Hong Kong before moving to Australia. After completing his medical studies at the University of Sydney and working in St Vincent's Hospital, he trained in England and the United States as a surgeon before returning to Australia. In St Vincent's Hospital, he helped establish the National Cardiac Transplant Unit, the country's leading centre for heart and lung transplants. Chang's team had a high success rate in performing heart transplantations and he pioneered the development of an artificial heart valve. In 1986, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for his "service to international relations between Australia and China and to medical science". His legacy includes the creation of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, being voted Australian of the Century at the People's Choice Awards, and the establishment of the Victor Chang Lowy Packer Building in St Vincent's Hospital.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Chang

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* Bing Lee, Chinese Australian businessman:


Bing Lee is an Australian retailing company, a chain of superstores specializing in consumer electronics, computer and telecommunication goods. Bing Lee is the largest privately-held electrical retail business in New South Wales with 41 stores (13 franchised) and a turnover of about $490 million. The business began when Bing Lee (Chinese: 李冰, Pinyin: lǐ bīng) purchased an electrical repair business in Fairfield, New South Wales in 1957. Lee, along with his Chinese-born son Ken Lee (Chinese: 李光裕, Pinyin: lǐ guāng yù), turned the repair business into an electrical product retail and repair/installation business named Bing Lee Electronics (Chinese: 并力电器, Pinyin: bìng lì diàn qì). Initial growth came from the surge in demand for televisions, as well as a host of other household items like washing machines, cooking equipment, heaters and audio equipment. Bing Lee was a member of Retravision NSW for a number of years before leaving and joining the Narta Group. Bing Lee opened new stores in other Sydney suburbs and across New South Wales. Around the turn of the century, the franchisee concept was introduced to the business. Today 16 of the 40 Bing Lee retail outlets are run by franchisees. Bing Lee also has the management rights to the "Sony Centre" concept in NSW and the ACT and currently has stores located in Chatswood,Drummoyne and World Square in Sydneys' CBD. Bing Lee, the founder, died in 1987 (aged 79) and his eldest son Ken Lee took control of the business. Ken Lee died on 21 December 2007 of cancer, aged 75. His eldest son, Lionel Lee, took over as chief executive of the company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Lee

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Chinese Latin Americans

* Liu Ming Chung, Chinese Brazilian entrepreneur, billionaire listed by Forbes magazine, the "king of recycled paper"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Brazilian

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* Erasmo Wong, Chinese Peruvian entrepreneur, founder of Wong supermarket

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmo_Wong

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* A Chinese Indian, Meiyang Chаng


Meiyang Chang (born 6 October 1982) is an Indian actor, television host, singer and qualified dentist.

Meiyang Chang studied in Dhanbad, Dehradun, Mussoorie, and Bangalore. He attended Colonel Brown Cambridge School in Dehradun and Wynberg Allen School in Mussoorie. His ancestors come from Hubei province in China in the 18th century and ever since, the family has lived in India.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiyang_Ch%D0%B0ng

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Chinese American business people:

Steve Chen, co-founder of youtube:

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Andrea Jung, executive chairman and former CEO of Avon Products Inc

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Yan Huo, hedge fund manager (networth: £130m -201m USD-, 2011)

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David Hon: he is best known as the inventor and founder of Dahon folding bicycles. Dahon has since grown to become the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of folding bikes with Hon still CEO to this day.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Dr_David_Hon%2C_Founder_and_CEO_of_Dahon.jpg

Chinese Cambodians:

* Kith Meng, Cambodian businessman

http://www.cambodia.org/blogs/editorials/uploaded_images/Kith+Meng-754185.jpg


Kith Meng (born 1968) is a Cambodian businessman. He is the Chairman of The Royal Group and also owns a majority stake in Cambodia's leading television and telecommunications networks, Cambodian Broadcasting Corporation and CamGSM. Meng is known for his preferences with making joint ventures with international companies to Cambodian companies, and in this particular regard has been likened to Dr Mark Mobious.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kith_Meng

* Cham Prasidh, the Cambodian Minister of Trade and Commerce

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Cham Prasidh (born May 15, 1951, Phnom Penh) is the Cambodian Minister of Trade and Commerce. He belongs to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Siem Reap Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003. Cham was born Ung You Teckhor[4] to an ethnic Chinese family who were engaged in Entrepot trade. His father, Ung You Y, served as the member of parliament for Stung Treng during Lon Nol's regime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham_Prasidh

* Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Prime Minister of Thailand:


Abhisit's ancestors were Hokkien, surnamed Yuan (袁), who moved from Vietnam to Thailand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhisit_Vejjajiva

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* Michelle Yeoh, Chinese Malaysian:


Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng was born to a Han Chinese family in Ipoh, Malaysia. Her parents are Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian Geik, a lawyer and MCA politician.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh

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From New Zealand

* Kenneth Wang, politician and businessman:

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Kenneth Xiaoxuan Wang (Chinese 王小选)(born 1955) was a New Zealand politician and businessman, and a member of the ACT New Zealand party. He entered Parliament to replace Donna Awatere Huata, who was expelled from Parliament on 19 November 2004.[1] Wang was sworn in on 30 November 2004.Wang was born in China, and has three siblings. He arrived in New Zealand in 1984 and is married with two children. Wang worked in the marketing and advertising sector in Auckland. He was New Zealand's second Chinese MP (with the first being Pansy Wong).At the 2005 elections Wang contested the seat of Mt Roskill, and was seventh on ACT's party list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Wang

* Pansy Wong, politician

http://www.odt.co.nz/files/story/2010/12/pansy_wong__4cf81dc18a.jpeg


Pansy Yu Fong Wong (Chinese: 黃徐毓芳; pinyin: Huáng Xú Yùfāng) (born circa 1955[1]) is a former New Zealand politician. She was New Zealand's first Asian MP, serving as a member of parliament for the National Party from 1996 to 2011. She was also New Zealand's first Asian Cabinet Minister, serving as Minister for Ethnic Affairs, Minister of Women’s Affairs, Associate Minister for ACC, and Associate Minister of Energy and Resources in the Fifth National Government.

Wong was born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong. She attended Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong.[3] She emigrated to New Zealand in 1974, and studied commerce at University of Canterbury in Christchurch before embarking on a career in business and accounting. Before entering national politics, she served on the Canterbury Regional Council for seven years until 1996 when she entered parliament as a National List MP. She is married to Malaysian-born businessman Sammy Teck Seng Wong. Wong holds a Master of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Canterbury. She is also a New Zealand Senior Scholar and Associated Chartered Accountant, awarded with fellowship status. She speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Wu (Shanghainese).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansy_Wong

Chinese Canadians:

* Ted Hsu:

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Theodore "Ted" Hsu, MP (pron.: /ˈʃuː/; Chinese: 徐正陶; born March 4, 1964) is a Canadian physicist and politician from Ontario, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Kingston and the Islands and sits in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Party's Critic for Natural Resources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Hsu

* Sir Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong magnate, Canadian citizen:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Li_Ka_Shing.jpg


Sir Ka-shing Li, GBM, KBE,[3] JP (born 13 June 1928 in Chaozhou, China) is a Hong Kong business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is considered to be the richest person in Asia. As of March 2013, according to Forbes, he is the 8th richest person in the world with an estimated wealth of US $31 billion. He is the chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) and Cheung Kong Holdings as of 2008; through them, he is the world's largest operator of container terminals and the world's largest health and beauty retailer.

Considered one of the most powerful figures in Asia, Li was named "Asia's Most Powerful Man, Li Ka-Ching" by Asiaweek in 2001. His companies make up 15% of the market cap of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[8] Forbes Magazine and the Forbes family honoured Li Ka-shing with the first ever "Malcolm S. Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award" on 5 September 2006, in Singapore.[9] In spite of his wealth, Li has cultivated a reputation for leading a no-frills lifestyle, and is known to wear simple black dress shoes and an inexpensive Seiko wristwatch, which is at odds with the house he owns in one of Hong Kong's most expensive precincts, Deep Water Bay in Hong Kong Island. Li is also regarded as one of Asia's most generous philanthropists, donating over US $1.41 billion to date to charity and other various philanthropic causes.[10] Li is often referred to as "Superman" in Hong Kong because of his business prowess.

Li Ka-shing was born in Chaozhou in Guangdong province, China, in 1928 to Teochew descendants. Due to his father's death, he was forced to leave school before the age of 15 and found a job in a plastics trading company where he labored 16 hours a day. By 1950 he was able to start his own company, Cheung Kong Industries. From manufacturing plastics, Li led and developed his company into a leading real estate investment company in Hong Kong that was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972. Cheung Kong expanded by acquiring Hutchison Whampoa and Hongkong Electric Holdings Limited in 1979 and 1985 respectively.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ka-shing

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Richmond in Canada (44% of the population over there is ethnic Chinese):
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Overseas Chinese in Angola (there are ~260000 Chinese living in Angola):
http://www.angonoticias.com/Artigos/item/33949/cerca-de-259000-chineses-vivem-atualmente-no-pais
http://www.cnangola.com/

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An interesting journal with articles on Overseas Chinese, the "Journal of Chinese Overseas":

http://chc.ntu.edu.sg/OurPublications/Pages/JournalofChineseOverseas.aspx

In South Africa there are even more Chinese than in Angola (~350000):

* Ina Ilu, Miss Chinese International 2006:


Ina Lu (Chinese name: 呂怡慧), born 1982 in Taiwan, is a South African Chinese beauty hailing from Johannesburg. She was Miss Chinese International 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina_Lu

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/23/images/chinese2.jpg

* Sherry Chen, politician and businesswoman:


Sherry Chen (Chinese: 陈阡蕙; pinyin: Chén Qiānhuì) is a South African businesswomen and member of Parliament. Chen immigrated to South Africa in 1981.First working at a textile factory as an English sectary for a Taiwanese firm that later went bankrupt. She then did odd jobs for a while before getting a job at a travel agency.

Chen eventually went on to found four highly successful companies involved in a myriad of different commercial activities. Chen became involved in politics in 1994 through her activities with the Chinese community in South Africa. Due to business commitments she did not run for office until she successfully ran for a seat on the Johannesburg city council, taking her seat in 2000. In 2004 she was elected to as a member of Parliament.[6] In September 2010 Chen resigned from her position in government to focus more on her business interests and social welfare work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry_Chen_(politician)

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* Chinatown in Cape Town:

http://www.sacommercialpropnews.co.za/thumbnail.php?file=articles/China_Town_Sable_Square_841824340.jpg&size=article_medium

Thai Chinese:


Thai Chinese are Thai citizens of Chinese, primarily of Han Chinese, origin. Thailand is home to the largest overseas Chinese community in the world and is also the oldest, most prominent, and well integrated overseas Chinese community in the world with a population of approximately nine million people, accounting for 14% of the Thai population as of 2012.[1] The Thai-Chinese have been deeply ingrained into all elements of Thai society for the past 400 years. The present Thai royal family, the Chakri Dynasty, was founded by King Rama I who himself was partly Chinese. His predecessor, King Taksin of Thonburi dynastry, was the son of a Chinese immigrant from Guangdong Province and a Thai mother. Nearly all of Thai Chinese identify themselves completely as Thai due to the highly successful integration of Chinese communities into Thai society. Descendants of most once ennobled Chinese are among the leading Thai families today.[2]

Thai Chinese are well represented in all levels of Thai society and make up a significant percentage of Thailand's business and upper class.[3] They are estimated to produce 50% of Thailand's overall GNP.[4] They play a leading role in the Thai business and commerce sector.[5][6][7][8] The Thai Chinese business class is also dominant in the Thai finance sector.[9] Thai Chinese are also well represented in the Thai political scene and most of Thai Prime Ministers were at least of partial Chinese origin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Chinese

A few examples:

* Thaksin Shinawatra, tycoon and politician, former Prime Minister of Thailand:


Thaksin Shinawatra (Thai: ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; RTGS: Thaksin Chinnawat; Thai pronunciation: [tʰák.sǐn tɕʰīn.nā.wát]; born 26 July 1949) is a Thai business tycoon turned politician. He founded Advanced Info Service, Thailand's most successful mobile phone operator. He founded the populist Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in 1998 and became Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 until 2006., when he was overthrown in a military coup.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra

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* Yingluck Shinawatra, businesswoman and politician, also former Prime Minister of Thailand:


Yingluck Shinawatra (Thai: ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร, RTGS: Yinglak Chinnawat, pronounced [jîŋ.lák tɕʰīn.nā.wát]; born 21 June 1967), or nickname Pu (Thai: ปู, pronounced [pūː], "crab"),[1] is a Thai businesswoman and politician, member of the Pheu Thai Party, the 28th and current Prime Minister of Thailand following the 2011 general election. Yingluck is Thailand's first female Prime Minister and at 45 is the youngest Prime Minister of Thailand in over 60 years.[2][3]

Born in Chiang Mai province into a wealthy family of Chinese descent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yingluck_Shinawatra

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* General Chatichai Choonhavan, another former Prime Minister of Thailand:


General Chatichai Choonhavan (Thai: ชาติชาย ชุณหะวัณ; RTGS: Chatchai Chunhawan, 5 April 1920 — 6 May 1998) was the Prime Minister of Thailand from 1988 to 1991. He was the only son of Field Marshal Phin Choonhavan, and is of Thai Chinese descent[1] with ancestry from Chenghai District.[2][3][4] Chatichai served as Thailand's Foreign Minister from 1975-1976.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatichai_Choonhavan

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Malaysian Chinese (Malaysia is about 1/4 Chinese ethnically):

* Carmen Soo, actress and model:

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* Carrie Lee Sze Kei, actress, model and businesswoman:

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* Leong Sin Nam, businessman


Leong Sin Nam (1880–1940), alias Leong Sin, Leung Sin, Leong Sin Hee,[1] was a Malaysian businessman. He migrated and settled in British Malaya in 1898. From humble beginnings, he worked hard to become a wealthy tin mine owner in Perak. He was a businessman, an active community leader and a philanthropist. He was a Chinese revolutionary with similar aspirations as Dr. Sun Yat Sen and a strong supporter of the Chinese war efforts during the Sino-Japanese war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leong_Sin_Nam

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Chinatowns throughout the world:


A Chinatown (Chinese: 唐人街, Cantonese jyutping: tong4 jan4 gaai1) is historically any ethnic enclave of expatriate Chinese and Taiwanese people (outside China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao). Areas known as 'Chinatown' exist throughout the world, including the Americas, Europe, Africa, Australasia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown

Cooks at a Manhattan Chinatown restaurant taking a break
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Typical grocery store on 8th Avenue in one of the Brooklyn Chinatowns on Long Island, New York, USA. New York City's satellite Chinatowns in Queens and Brooklyn are thriving as traditionally urban enclaves, as large-scale Chinese immigration continues into New York:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Brooklyn_Chinatown.png

Moon festival lantern parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles, US, in 1954:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/MoonFestLA.jpg

Chinatown in Yokohama, Japan:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Chinatown_in_Yokohama_07.jpg

Chinatown in Toronto, Canada:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Chinatown_toronto_spadina_avenue.JPG

Chinatown in London, UK:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Little_Newport_Street%2C_Soho_-_geograph.org.uk_-_682799.jpg

Chinatown in Nagasaki, Japan:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Nagasaki_Shinchi_China_Town.jpg

Chinatown in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Ho_Chi_Minh_City_-_Quan_Am_Pagode_09.jpg

Chinatown in Sydney, Australia:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/North_entrance_of_Chinatown%2C_Sydney.jpg

[curupira]

Chinatown in Singapore :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Mid-Autumn_Festival_35,_Chinatown,_Singapore,_Sep_06.J PG

Chinatown in Paris, France:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9-_Fa1cWdPU/TISfirToq9I/AAAAAAAAArI/BDmVcaw0MRA/s1600/041.JPG

Chinatown in Vancouver, Canada:

http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/~IMAGES/chinatown_images/chinatown_family_street.jpg

In the Philippines:

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/p480x480/922883_190358124450069_1488390668_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/p480x480/69648_150573761761839_476539651_n.jpg

[pacific rim 980]

Interesting thread. Subscribed.

[curupira]

Ethnic Chinese in Russia:


Ethnic Chinese in Russia officially numbered 34,577 according to the 2002 census.[3] However, this figure is contested, with the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission of the Republic of China on Taiwan claiming 998,000 in 2004 and 2005, and Russian demographers generally accepting estimates in the 200,000–400,000 range as of 2004.[1][2] Temporary migration and shuttle trade conducted by Chinese merchants are most prevalent in Russia's Far Eastern Federal District, but most go back and forth across the border without settling down in Russia; the Chinese community in Moscow has a higher proportion of long-term residents.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_Chinese_in_Russia

Liu Junzhou (刘峻周) of Ningbo, Zhejiang was invited to set up a tea plantation in Georgia (then part of the Russian Empire) in 1893.[5] This photo of him was taken between 1905 and 1915 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Gorskii_04429u.jpg

Chinese demonstration in Moscow (1932):

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-12323%2C_Moskau%2C_Chinesische_Demonstranten.jpg

[nicalandia]

I like chinese Females and I wouldnt mind race mixing with them, rather than admixing with Europeans

[Shah-Jehan]

Kolkata in West Bengal, India, which was the former capital of British India has an older established Chinatown where many Chinese settlers (mainly Hakka and Cantonese) settled from the 18th century onwards. Their numbers are not as much as it once was but they still maintain a presence.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3123/2564232692_52905b65b2.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Chinese_New_Year_in_Chinatown,_Tangra,_Kolkata,_In dia.png
http://www.dhapa.com/images/IMG_0287.JPG
https://rangandatta.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/cnw1.jpg
http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/v2_article_large/public/2013/05/20/chinatown.jpg
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/8b/e1/dc/calcutta-walks.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2103/2223080434_38c7f3dee1.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2236/2223080192_91606a37a9.jpg


Generally, there were a lot of Chinese people settled in various parts of Southern Asia, from Goa where Chinese were brought by Portuguese from Macau to British settled Chinese in Kolkata, Mumbai, Karachi etc.

Some famous Chinese people from South Asia
Meiyang Chang
http://www.gobollywood.com/wallpapers/92346-2/0007.jpg

Meiyang Chang (Chinese: 美阳昌; born 6 October 1982) is an Indian actor, television host and singer of Chinese descent. [1][2]

A third-generation Indian-Chinese, he secured his Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S) degree from V.S. Dental College & Hospital, Bangalore. He appeared in the Bollywood film Badmaash Company with Yash Raj Films & Dibakar Banerjee's Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! and was recently seen as the first runner up on TV show, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6.

Lawrence Liang
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Lawrenceliang.jpg/1024px-Lawrenceliang.jpg

Lawrence Liang is a legal researcher and lawyer based in the city of Bangalore, who is known for his legal campaigns on issues of public concern. He is a co founder of the Alternative Law Forum, and by 2006 had emerged as a spokesperson against the politics of "intellectual property". His family is of Chinese origin but settled down in Kolkata many years ago.

Liang's key areas of interest are law, popular culture and piracy. He has been working closely with Sarai, New Delhi on a joint research project Intellectual Property and the Knowledge/Culture Commons. Liang is a "keen follower of the open source movement in software", Lawrence Liang has been working on ways of translating the open source ideas into the cultural domain.[2] Segments of an interview with Liang commenting extensively on copyright and culture are featured in Steal This Film (Two).

Liang is author of "Sex, laws and Videotape: The Public is watching" and "Guide to open content licenses," published by the Piet Zwart Institute in 2004.


Nelson Wang
http://www.uppercrustindia.com/oldsite/30crust/thirty/images/people3_1.jpg

Nelson Wang (born 1950) is an Indian restaurateur of Chinese descent and the founder of the famous China Garden restaurant in Mumbai's Kemps Corner neighbourhood.[2][3] Various sources credit him with the invention of the popular Indian/Chinese dish "Chicken Manchurian".[4]

There have also been some intermarriages between natives and Chinese but most Chinese are endogamous unlike in say Malaysia where Chinese-Indian marriages are very common.
Jwala Gutta, the half Telugu/half Chinese badminton player is a good example
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Gjwala.JPG

[curupira]

Kolkata in West Bengal, India, which was the former capital of British India has an older established Chinatown where many Chinese settlers (mainly Hakka and Cantonese) settled from the 18th century onwards. Their numbers are not as much as it once was but they still maintain a presence.

Interesting!

[Journeyman26]

A bit of a tangent.. but since there are Chinese people raised in North America with North American accents; are there white people raised in China with Chinese accents? If so.. hilarious.

[curupira]

Chinese people in the United Arab Emirates:


There are approximately 180,000 Chinese people in the United Arab Emirates,[1] 150,000 of which are in Dubai.[2] Many Chinese expatriates hail from the Wenzhou region; they are mostly businessmen and merchants who run hundreds of commodity shops.[3] Chinese culture in the Emirates has a sizeable presence; there is a large number of Chinese restaurants in Dubai.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_people_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates

http://www.timeoutdubai.com/images/content/chinese_dubai/innerbig/chinese1_innerbig.jpg
https://jamilkhan.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/moe-chinese-new-year-1.jpg
http://blog.bayut.com/wp-content/uploads/dragon-mart-from-inside.jpg

[aksakallicocuk]

A bit of a tangent.. but since there are Chinese people raised in North America with North American accents; are there white people raised in China with Chinese accents? If so.. hilarious.
İts most likely genetics,Koreans in Turkey speaks Turkish without accent,but they speak English with asian accent. Same goes for Kazakhs,Uzbeks

[curupira]

Chinese Mexicans:


Chinese immigration to Mexico

Chinese immigration to Mexico began during the colonial era and has continued to the present day. However, the largest number of migrants to Mexico have arrived during two waves; the first spanning from the 1880s to the 1940s and another, reinvigorated wave of migrants arriving since the early 21st century. At first, small Chinese communities appeared mostly in the north of the country, but by the early 20th century, Chinese communities could be found in many parts of the country, including the capital of Mexico City. By 1930, the number of Chinese in the country was about 18,000.

Total population
15,628 Chinese nationals residing in Mexico (2012)

est. 70,000 Mexicans of Chinese descent (2008)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_immigration_to_Mexico

The singer Ana Gabriel (full name: María Guadalupe Araújo Yong):

http://papoglobal.com/portal/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ANA-GABRIEL.jpg

Miguel Ángel Osorio Chang (a Mexican politician who serves as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto; he was Governor of Hidalgo until April 2011):

http://static.tvazteca.com/imagenes/2012/48/Miguel-ngel-Osorio-Chong-1743401.jpg

Juan Manuel Ley (he is the Casa Ley chairman, the largely privately owned Mexican supermarket chain; he also is president of the baseball teams Saltillo in the Mexican Summer League and Culiacán in the Mexican Winter League)

Casa Ley:


Casa Ley is a Mexican grocery store chain founded in 1954 by Juan Ley Fong. Most of its stores are located in western Mexico, in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato and Baja California Sur. It is Mexico's largest privately held supermarket chain. It is 49% owned by Safeway Inc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Ley

http://afondo.mx/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/24-01-13-Juan-Manuel-Ley.jpg

Dragon dance at the 2008 Spring Festival celebrations in the Barrio Chino of Mexico City:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Dragon_Attack%21.jpg

[nicalandia]

İts most likely genetics,Koreans in Turkey speaks Turkish without accent,but they speak English with asian accent. Same goes for Kazakhs,Uzbeks

thats bullshit.. Asians born and raised in the states will not have an accent due to school friends, no matter if their parents dont speak the language or have a heavy accent, the same goes for any white caucasian american that is born and raised in a different country..

[Longbowman]

A bit of a tangent.. but since there are Chinese people raised in North America with North American accents; are there white people raised in China with Chinese accents? If so.. hilarious.

There are about 60,000 ethnic Russians in China, they're an official minority; whether or not they retain Russian as a first language, I don't l
know.

[curupira]

It is impressive how widespread the Chinese are.

[Iloko]

I like chinese Females and I wouldnt mind race mixing with them, rather than admixing with Europeans
NativeAmerican man + Chinese woman porn is extremely difficult to find lol