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Filipino people of Chinese descent (6 C, 272 P) Pages in category "Chinese diaspora in the Philippines" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The largest group of Chinese in the Philippines are the "Second Chinese", who are descendants of migrants in the first half of the 20th century, between the anti-Qing 1911 Revolution in China and the Chinese Civil War. This group accounts for most of the "full-blooded" Chinese. They are almost entirely from Fujian Province.
For example, in the early 1850s when Chinese shops opened on Sacramento St. in San Francisco, California, United States, the Chinese emigrants, mainly from the Pearl River Delta west of Canton, called it Tang People Street (唐人街) [b] [31] [32]: 13 and the settlement became known as Tang People Town (唐人埠) [c] or Chinatown.
The majority of the Chinese diaspora in the Philippines is made up of Fujianese descent, with a small percentage of Cantonese from Guangdong and Hong Kong.During the Spanish period, many Chinese from Fujian were enticed by the Galleon Trade, which was one of the main reasons for the influx of Chinese in the Philippines.
During the era of European colonialism, many overseas Chinese were coolie laborers. [17]: 123 Chinese capitalists overseas often functioned as economic and political intermediaries between colonial rulers and colonial populations. [17]: 123 The area of Taishan, Guangdong Province was the source for many of economic migrants. [18]
Chinese diaspora in the Philippines (3 C, 7 P) S. Chinese diaspora in Singapore (3 C, 6 P) Chinese diaspora in South Africa (2 C, 1 P) T. Chinese diaspora in Thailand ...
When the Philippines faced off against Switzerland in the New Zealand city of Dunedin on Friday, they became the first team of any gender from the Southeast Asian nation to play at a World Cup.
Major Kurt Lee, first Chinese American Marine Corps officer, United States; Lau Sing Kee, first Chinese American to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, United States; Lieutenant General Melvyn Ong, Singapore; Brigadier General Teddy Jusuf (Him Tek Ji), Indonesia; General Vicente Lim, Philippines; Lieutenant General Winston Choo Wee ...