Chinese Brazilian
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| Chinese Brazilians |
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| Total population |
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ca. 300,000 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro |
| Languages |
| Portuguese, Chinese languages, others |
| Religions |
| Christianity, Taoism, Buddhism, others |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Asian Latin Americans, Chinese diaspora |
Chinese Brazilians (Portuguese: sino-brasileiro or chinês-brasileiro) are people of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have immigrated to Brazil. The Chinese Brazilian population is estimated to be approximately 300,000 (2005).
São Paulo has the largest Chinese Brazilian population, in particular on the district of Liberdade. Besides being an area famous for its strong Japanese presence, a significant number of Taiwanese immigrants have settled in Liberdade, and many Chinese immigrants have came to Liberdade following the Communist revolution in 1949. Many Cantonese from Hong Kong and Portuguese-speaking Macau, including some Macanese of mixed Chinese and Portuguese descent, have also settled in Brazil. These Macau immigrants can usually speak and understand Portuguese (its Creole, Macanese or Patuá, is also spoken), allowing them to adjust more easily to life in Brazil. There has also been immigration by ethnic Chinese from Indonesia. Today, Chinese Brazilians are usually bilingual with Portuguese and Chinese.
[edit] External links
- A Presença Chinesa no Brasil - Pesquisa Bibliográfica. Fundação João Nabuco/João Nabuco Foundation of Brazil together with the International Institute of Macau present: "The Chinese Presence in Brazil - A Bibliographic Research".
- Padrões de Linguagem nos Imigrantes Chineses - Diglossia. This is a scholarly article written in Portuguese, the title meaning "Diglossie - Patterns of Language of Chinese Immigrants [in Brazil]).
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