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Emma Raducanu Emma Raducanu, British tennis player; Frank Soo, first player of Chinese descent to play in the Football League, and the first non-white player to represent England; Alex Hua Tian, Olympic event rider, [15] gave up his British Citizenship in order to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as part of the Chinese team
British Chinese (traditional Chinese: 英籍華人; simplified Chinese: 英籍华人; pinyin: Yīng jí huárén), also known as Chinese British or Chinese Britons, are people of Chinese – particularly Han Chinese – ancestry who reside in the United Kingdom, constituting the second-largest group of Overseas Chinese in Western Europe after France.
British people of Chinese descent by occupation (1 C) + Chinese emigrants to the United Kingdom (5 C, 19 P) B. British people of Hong Kong descent (4 C, 22 P)
Such name changes have meant much Chinese history in Britain is now difficult to trace. Notable people who had Chinese fathers and English mothers include footballer Hong Y "Frank" Soo, who played for Stoke City (1933–1945) and Leslie Charteris who wrote The Saint novels that were made into the successful 1960s TV series. [16]
British Asians (also referred to as Asian Britons) [7] are British people of Asian descent. They constitute a significant and growing minority of the people living in the United Kingdom, with a population of 5.76 million people or 8.6% of the population identifying as Asian or Asian British in the 2021 United Kingdom census.
The first settlement of Chinese people in the United Kingdom dates from the early 19th century. In particular were port cities such as Liverpool and London; particularly the Limehouse area in East London. Today, most of the British Chinese are people or are descended from people who were themselves overseas Chinese when they entered the United ...
An alleged Chinese spy who forged a close relationship with Prince Andrew has been identified by a British court, the latest twist in a case that has shone a light on Beijing’s influence inside ...
There are 120,250 Chinese people in London, comprising 1.5% of the city's population. 33% of ethnic Chinese people in the United Kingdom reside in London. As of 2000, more recent ethnic Chinese arrivals originated from mainland China , Taiwan, and Vietnam while historically Chinese had migrated from Hong Kong , including the urbanised areas and ...