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Oversea Chinese and China Town
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There were a total of 34,505,000 overseas
Chinese scattered around the world as of the end of 1999, an increase of
2.3 percent over the previous year, according to statistics released by
the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission.
Residents of Asia topped the list, with 26,788,000 ethnic Chinese living
in countries other than mainland China and Taiwan. Overseas Chinese
residents of the Americas were second most populous. The total there
came to 6,013,000, a 19.8 percent increase on the 1998 figure of
5,020,000.
Europe was third in terms of total population of overseas Chinese, with
968,000 residents. Oceania came in next, with 605,000 people, and Africa
trailed the list, with only 132,000 ethnic Chinese residents.
The statistics show that the total number of overseas Chinese worldwide
increased by 2.3 percent from 1998's figure of 33,726,000.
Today Oversea Chinese have thrived at commerce, live
away from a motherland to which they still nurture strong cultural
links, and contribute a great deal to rebuild their homeland.
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Oversea Chinese in USA
Honolulu's China Town
LA Old Chinatown
LA Chinese United
Methodist Church
LA Classical Chinese
Orchestra
San Francisco
China Town
The Chinese American
Museum in Los Angeles
China Town in
Philadelphia, USA
Canadian Chinese
"It took the Chinese community well over a century to become an
integral part of Canadian society. The process has been slow and
painfully, marked by great courage, persistence and firm belief in
equality and the right to justice. Chinese Canadian was not given the
rights as gifts. They have earned them through more than 100 years of
hard labor, humiliation and sacrifice.
The Chinese Canadian community is still growing strong, in both
population and presence. Today, Chinese Canadians can be found
throughout Canada, in all walks of life and engaging in all types of
professions. The Chinese are no longer viewed as sojourners, they proved
a long time ago that they came here to settle. They have been given the
opportunities to enjoy a more committed relationship with Canada.
It is our hoped that we, as Canadians, will not let history repeat
itself in discriminating against any group of people, be it by age, sex,
religion, sexual orientation, or ethnic origin. Chinese Canadian history
has shown that it is to the benefit of society as a whole to give equal
rights and opportunities to all Canadians." |
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