According to the 2021 Census, the Chinese ethnic group in England and Wales numbered 445,646, or 0.7% of the population. British Chinese live in every major British city, most notably including Greater London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Sheffield.
Data published recently by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) from the Census 2021 has found the local Chinese population in Tower Hamlets is the third highest proportion in England and Wales, behind the City of London and Cambridge.
Shanghai (上海), is China's most populous city situated on the eastern coast of the country, a port on the estuary of the Yangtze River.
The Chinatown in Paris located in the 13th arrondissement is the largest in Europe.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering Soho to its north and west, Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.
94% of China's population lives east of the Heihe–Tengchong Line. West of the line: 57% of the area; only 6% of the population. East of the line: 43% of the area; 94% of the population. The line roughly demarcates historic Han China from territories occupied by force.
With 1.31 billion native speakers, Chinese has the highest prevalence in China. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 95 percent is in Hong Kong. A total of about 1.4 billion people worldwide speak Chinese as their mother tongue.
As a result of the Chinese Government's imposition of new 'national security' laws and the British Governments policy shift on BN(O) visas, many people are choosing to emigrate to the UK from Hong Kong.
Manchester's first Chinese restaurant, Ping Hong, opened on Oxford Street in 1948. A Chinese immigration wave began in the 1950s, when there were severe labour shortages, and in response to the British Nationality Act 1948 which allowed easier access into the country.
Though what may come as a surprise is that the 'Chinese capital' of the UK isn't London or Manchester – but Cambridge.
There are approximately 15,000 Australians living, working and studying in mainland China, and around 90,000 in Hong Kong, 7000 in Taiwan, and 1000 in Macau.
From the mid-20th century onward, emigration has been directed primarily to Western countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, Brazil, The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Argentina and the nations of Western Europe; as well as to Peru, Panama, and to a lesser extent to Mexico.
China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 80.66% the size of China. Meanwhile, the population of China is ~1.4 billion people (1.4 billion fewer people live in Australia).
The number of foreigners living in China is steadily increasing, with an estimated 1.6 million people from all over the world calling the country home.
China was the world's most populous country from at least 1950 until being surpassed by India in 2023. As of December 2022, China's population stood at 1.4118 billion. According to the 2020 census, 91.11% of the population was Han Chinese, and 8.89% were minorities.
China serves as home to 56 official ethnic groups. The largest group, the Han, makes up over 92% of China's vast population, and it is the elements of Han civilization regraded as "Chinese culture".
Outlandish as it may seem, the lavish spending has become commonplace within the inner circles of Sydney's community of wealthy Chinese. Billionaires from mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore, along with homegrown Asian tycoons, have turned the Harbour City into their playground.
Chinese and Indian Australians, particularly second and third generation immigrants, are present in large numbers in Sydney and Melbourne, with Chinese Australians constituting Sydney's fourth largest ancestry group.
Pockets of wealthy people with Asian ancestry are visible around the CBD, Chatswood and Hornsby, among other places. In this map the Eastern Suburbs and Northern Beaches go fairly dark, although the central Sydney area is still lit up with people of Asian ancestry (students, perhaps?).
Liverpool has the oldest established Chinese communities in Europe, created thanks to trade links between China and Britain via the ports of Shanghai and Liverpool. The main trading goods were silk and cotton wool.
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Where is Chinatown in London? Geographically, Chinatown is bound by Shaftesbury Avenue to the north, Rupert Street to the west, Charing Cross Road to the east and Leicester Square to the south. The main focal point is Gerrard Street, which runs through its centre. Chinatown is part of London's West End.
As a result, Indians now account for 2.8% of the population, compared with China's 2.3%, while Britons lead with 3.8%. Yet reflecting the distortions of the pandemic, the proportion of Australia's population who are overseas-born actually edged down to 29.1% in 2021 from 29.8% a year earlier.