The Chinese as Overseas Migrants

There are an estimated 30 million ethnic Chinese living outside China. 1 In the 1990s such expressions as ‘The Chinese Diaspora’ or ‘Global Chinese’ are widely heard, and few countries do not have at least a small ethnic Chinese population. The global spread and often entrepreneurial character of overseas Chinese populations have attracted the attention of governments and the media, while the world-wide Chinese-language media chronicle their doings and keep them in touch with one another. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.