Chinese in the United Kingdom
| Total population | |
|---|---|
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 England 379,502 - 0.7% (2011) Scotland 33,706 - 0.6% (2011) Wales 13,638 - 0.4% (2011) Northern Ireland 6,303 - 0.3% (2011)0.7% of the UK's population (2011) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| London, Belfast, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow, Sheffield, Cardiff, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Oxford, Brighton | |
| Languages | |
| English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Min, Hakka | |
| Religion | |
| Taoism, Buddhism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Overseas Chinese |
United Kingdom approx. 433,150 (2011)
British Chinese (also known as Chinese British, Chinese Britons) (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Yīngguó Huáqiáo; Cantonese Yale: Yīnggwok Wàkìu) are people of Chinese – particularly Han Chinese – ancestry who reside in the United Kingdom, constituting the second or third largest group of overseas Chinese in Europe apart from the Chinese diaspora in France and the overseas Chinese community in Russia. The British Chinese community is thought to be the oldest Chinese community in Western Europe, with the first Chinese having come from the ports of Tianjin and Shanghai in the early 19th century to settle in port cities such as Liverpool. They opened restaurants on the ports.
Most British Chinese are descended from people who were themselves overseas Chinese when they came to Britain. Most are from former British colonies, such as Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Mauritius. People from mainland China and Taiwan and their descendants constitute a relatively minor proportion of the British Chinese community. Chinese communities are found in many major cities including London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Sheffield, Nottingham, Belfast, and Aberdeen.
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