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People often use: "Wherever the sun shines, there are Chinese people." To describe the large number of Chinese in the world, this is indeed understandable, because the number of overseas Chinese, the number of Chinese has reached about 60 million.
In our impression, the number of Chinese in the United States is certainly not small, but the number of Chinese in the United States is not even in the top three, so which country are these countries?
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5th place: Singapore
In 2010, the Chinese population in Singapore had almost 2.8 million, and this number of Chinese accounted for 70% of Singapore's population.
Among the seventy percent of the population, forty percent of the population is Hokkien, and the rest of the Chinese include Hakka, Hainanese, Cantonese and so on.
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Singapore's land area is 733.2 square kilometers, which is indeed not too large in the world, and there are more than 5 million people living on Singapore's land.
In the beginning, Singapore belonged to Malaysia, and during World War II, many weaker countries became colonies, and Malaysia was naturally the same.
Later, Malaysia formed a federation, but Singapore was not part of the federation of Malaysia until 1963, when Singapore and Malaysia formed a federation.
However, only two years have passed, and Singapore was forced to become an independent state. In fact, it stands to reason that Singapore's geographical location can definitely be regarded as unique.
However, Malaysia is still determined to kick Singapore out, mainly because the indigenous Malaysians are afraid that the Chinese will snatch their rights.
As we all know, the Chinese are very good at doing business, and the economic lifeline of Malaysia is controlled by the Chinese, and in the face of such a situation, the Malays have come up with a way.
That is, Singapore will be directly excluded from Singapore, which is mainly Chinese, in this case, the proportion of Chinese in Malaysia will naturally be reduced, and the Malays will naturally be able to control the entire country with an absolute advantage.
Singapore's original development is very good, after leaving Malaysia, Singapore is also actively looking for a way out of its own country, under Singapore's own development, Singapore has become a developed country.
Although there are many Chinese in Singapore, and it is even a country established by Chinese, Singapore is not close to China at all.
Fourth place: United States
The large number of Chinese in the United States is actually expected by people, because the United States is a developed country, and in the last century, people were very yearning for the United States and felt that the United States was full of gold.
After hearing that the United States is easy to make money, many people want to go to the United States to make money, and for some rich people, going to the United States is a relatively easy thing.
But for some poor people, it is very difficult to go to the United States, first of all, they have to think about how to go to the American soil, and how to integrate into the American environment.
In China, they speak Chinese, but when they go to the United States, they need to understand English, but they don't have the corresponding channels, but under the rendering of the United States, those people seem to be able to make a lot of money when they go to the United States.
The United States is also trying to promote its own country and want to attract more people to it, because the United States needs a lot of laborers to do its own infrastructure construction.
As a result, many people went to the United States through various ways or means, but there are many Chinese who found out that gold is a scam everywhere in the United States after they went to the United States.
However, if they go back, it will be a more difficult thing, so the Chinese who went to the United States can only live in dire straits.
Because our country was not very strong at that time, many Americans at that time discriminated against the Chinese, and they even launched an anti-Chinese movement.
In 2007, the number of Chinese in the United States exceeded 3.5 million, and in some large cities, the number of Chinese will be much higher.
Among those Chinese, there are many Chinese who have made outstanding contributions to the United States, but as our country becomes stronger and stronger, there are many Chinese who want to come back and develop.
3rd place: Malaysia
Chinese immigrants to Malaysia have existed since ancient times, and during the Tang Dynasty, many people went to the Malay Peninsula to do business, but China during the Tang Dynasty was a strong time.
So at that time, although some people went to do business, not many people chose to settle in the Malay Peninsula, until the Ming Dynasty, many rebels began to migrate to the Malay Archipelago and began to settle there.
Of course, Zheng He's voyage to the West was also an important point for immigration, and many Chinese began to take the initiative to integrate into local life after immigration.
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Many Chinese chose to intermarry with the local people, and later the Ming Dynasty did not return to the Ming Dynasty because of transportation problems and other problems.
As for the mixed race on the island at that time, it also became a new race, this race is the Nyonya Baba, and when it came to the Qing Dynasty, many people were unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, so they ran overseas.
Later, Malaysia was colonized by the British, and the British needed a large number of people to develop Malaysia, so many Chinese laborers went to Malaysia.
However, at this time, many people wanted to earn money and return to their hometowns, so there were more men who went to Malaysia at that time, and later, some women began to immigrate to Malaysia.
When Malaysia first gained independence, there were almost 40% of the Chinese in Malaysia, but later the Chinese in Malaysia immigrated to neighboring countries in order to seek development, and later the Chinese only accounted for 20% of the Malaysian population.
In 2012, the number of Chinese was 3.52 million, making it the second largest ethnic group in Malaysia.
A quarter of these Chinese are Hakkas, usually from Meizhou, and some are from Hepo or Huizhou.
The Chinese in Malaysia have a strong sense of belonging to China, and during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Chinese in Malaysia donated a lot of materials.
2nd place: Thailand
Thailand is a country that has a huge relationship with China, and during the Siam Sukhothai Dynasty, Thailand was a vassal of China, so China also gave Thailand a certain date, that is, exempt from paying taxes.
At the beginning of the 16th century, Ayutthaya already had an area where Chinese gathered, and the Chinese at that time had been living for a long time.
By the middle of the 17th century, there were more than 3,000 Chinese in the capital of Thailand at that time, and we all know that the Chinese are very good at doing business, so the development of the Chinese in Thailand is still quite good.
At that time, Thailand's policy was also close to the Chinese, which gave the Chinese trade convenience, and later Thailand even appeared a king with Chinese blood, he was Zheng Xin, and the dynasty he established was the Thonburi Dynasty.
However, the rule of the Thonburi dynasty did not last long, because of the coup d'état, Zheng Xin was assassinated, and the later dynasty was the Chakri dynasty.
During the Chokri Dynasty, there were many Chinese merchants, and the king at that time established a Chinese business district in a prosperous place, and later more and more Chinese began to immigrate to Thailand.
In 1955, there were more than 2 million Chinese in Thailand, accounting for almost 10% of Thailand's population, and by 2011, the number of overseas Chinese in Thailand had grown to more than 7 million.
Among these Chinese, the number of Chinese from Chaozhou can be said to be the largest, almost about sixty percent of the Chinese......
1st place: Indonesia
Indonesian Chinese, referred to as Indonesian Chinese, as early as the 13th century, there were more than a dozen Hakka people who went to Indonesia.
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When the time came to the Ming and Qing dynasties, many Hakka people began to go overseas to make a living, and Indonesia was one of their destinations, under such a wave of immigration, the number of Hakka people in Indonesia has reached 8 million.
Later, the Netherlands colonized Indonesia, and under the conscious operation of the Netherlands, the relationship between the local Chinese and the indigenous people was not good, because the Dutch divided the ranks, the Chinese belonged to the second class, and the indigenous people were the lowest class.
However, because of the conflict of interests between the Chinese and the Dutch, the rich Chinese imported a lot of laborers from China at that time, and the number of Chinese became more and more, and later the Netherlands began to prohibit the introduction of Chinese laborers.
However, this did not bother the Chinese in the slightest, they directly bribed some higher-ranking officials, and later, because of some incidents, the Dutch carried out three rounds of massacres of the Chinese in Jakarta.
Despite this happening, there are still many people who immigrate to Indonesia to live, and the late Qing government also expressed hatred for these immigrants, which makes the nostalgia of the Chinese who immigrated to the motherland a lot less.
The number of overseas Chinese in India has reached about 25 million, of which nearly half of them have come from Guangdong.
Resources:
[1] People's Daily Overseas Network - "Inventory of the 15 Countries with the Most Chinese Americans", February 1, 2016.
[2] Study Abroad Network - "Top 10 Countries with the Most Chinese Immigrants" 2022.12.17.
[3] CCTV - "The Reporter of the Main Station Looks at the World: New Year Special|Year of the Rabbit and New Year, See How Indonesia, which has the largest number of overseas Chinese, celebrates the New Year" 2023.1.25.