Ethnic Koreans in China
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2,489,076 (2009) 1,923,842 are ethnic Koreans with Chinese citizenship (2005 statistics); almost all the rest are expatriates from North or South Korea |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, provinces, Beijing Koreatown and other Chinese cities | |
| Languages | |
| Korean, Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Mahayana Buddhism · Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Koreans |
The population of Koreans in China include millions of descendants of Korean immigrants with citizenship of the People's Republic of China, as well as smaller groups of South and North Korean expatriates, with a total of roughly 2.3 million people as of 2009[update], making it the largest ethnic Korean population living outside the Korean Peninsula.
Chaoxianzu (Chinese: 朝鮮族), Joseonjok or Chosŏnjok (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선족) form one of the 56 ethnicities officially recognized by the Chinese government. Their total population was estimated at 1,923,842 as of 2005[update] and 1,830,929 according to the 2010 Chinese census. High levels of emigration to South Korea, which has conversely reported a large increase in Chosŏnjok, are the likely cause of the drop. Most of them live in Northeast China, especially in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, which had 854,000 ethnic Koreans living there as of 2000.
The South Korean media of the 1990s referred to Koreans in China as jungguk-in (Hangul: 중국인; Hanja: 中國人, "Chinese people"). Government regulations in 2004 forced the use of the term jaeoe dongpo (Hangul: 재외동포; Hanja: 在外同胞, "brothers and sisters who live abroad"). Similarly friendly terms include hanguk gye jungguk-in (Hangul: 한국계 중국인; Hanja: 韓國系中國人; "Chinese people of Korean descent") or jungguk dongpo (Hangul: 중국동포; Hanja: 中國同胞, brothers and sisters in China). However, the common term in South Korea is joseon-jok (Hangul: 조선족; Hanja: 朝鮮族), which Koreans from China criticised for being a less friendly term than those for other overseas Koreans like Korean Americans (jaemi gyopo, 在美僑胞 "Brothers and sisters in America") or Koreans in Japan (jaeil gyopo, 在日僑胞 "Brothers and sisters in Japan").
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