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Post by helen on Mar 24, 2009 23:39:18 GMT -5
Has anybody been to this forum? www.chinahistoryforum.org/index.php?s=7550628e867a8bb526a8f2135fc1f84f&showtopic=4597Overseas Chinese Overseas Chinese (華僑 in pinyin: huáqiáo, or 華胞 huábāo, or 僑胞 qiáobāo) are ethnic Chinese who live outside of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan. There are approximately 60 million overseas Chinese mostly living in southeast Asia where they make up a majority of the population of Singapore and significant minority populations in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. The overseas populations in those areas arrived between the 16th and the 19th centuries from mostly the maritime provinces of Guangdong and Fujian (the Hoklo ethnic group), followed by Taiwan and Hainan.
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Post by helen on Mar 24, 2009 23:47:30 GMT -5
A list of famous people with Chinese ancestry living outside of China in countries other than the USA and Canada.
Alan Budikusuma, badminton, Olympic gold medalist, Indonesia
Victor Chang, surgeon, Australia
Chen Kenichi, chef, Japan
Mai Chen, constitutional lawyer, New Zealand
François Cheng, writer, France
John Chong-Nee, music producer, New Zealand
Jimmy Choo, designer, Malaysia, England
Arthur Chung, former president, Guyana
Rudy Hartono, badminton legend, Indonesia
Pi Hongyan, badminton player, France
Ding Junhui, athlete, England
Raybon Kan, comedian, columnist, New Zealand
Takeshi Kaneshiro, actor, Japan
Li Li, badminton player, Singapore
Liem Swie King, badminton legend, Indonesia
Sadaharu Oh, baseball player, Japan
Sudono Salim, enterpreneur, Indonesia
Susi Susanti, badminton, Olympic gold medalist, Indonesia
John So, Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Australia
Zang Toi, fashion designer, Malaysia
Anote Tong, president, Kiribati
Ho-Pin Tung, race driver, Netherlands
Kenneth Wang, politician, New Zealand
Pansy Wong, politician, New Zealand
Huaiwen Xu, athlete, Germany
Gao Xingjian, writer, France
Jack Yan, publisher, author, New Zealand
Jiang Yanmei, badminton player, Singapore
Jie Yao, badminton player, Netherlands
Michelle Yeoh, actor, Malaysia
Alex Yoong, race driver, Malaysia
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Post by helen on Mar 25, 2009 0:16:45 GMT -5
They forgot Peter Chin, mayor of Dunedin; Meng Foon mayor of Gisborne
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