ethnic Chinese
Overseas Chinese heritage
Ethnic Chinese refers to people of Chinese ancestry or heritage, regardless of citizenship or country of residence.
The term distinguishes cultural and genetic lineage from nationality: Singapore has a large ethnic Chinese population, ethnic Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.
It appears frequently in discussions of diaspora populations, demographics, and identity politics.
- MandarinHigh-ranking government official
- TaiwanDisputed East Asian island-state
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- CantoneseSouthern Chinese dialect
- dim sumChinese small-plate tradition
trade networks · dual nationality · herbal medicine · minority rights · family businesses · tea culture · Hong Kong · anti-discrimination laws · calligraphy · Singapore · Confucianism · filial piety · ancestral village · assimilation policies · Lunar New Year · red envelope · Malaysia · Indonesia
- overseas ChineseChinatown, Chinatowns, benevolent society, benevolent societies, tong
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- Bruneisultanate, oil wealth, petroleum, gas fields, royal regalia
ethnic Chinesenon-Chinese
Not from China
indigenous peoples · native population · Caucasian · white · Black
ethnic Chineseindigenous population
Original residents of land
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