Chinese South Africans

Chinese South Africans
華裔南非人
华裔南非人
Total population
300,000 – 400,000[1] (2015, est.)
Regions with significant populations
Durban · Johannesburg · Gqeberha · Cape Town
Languages
English · Afrikaans · Cantonese · Mandarin · Hokkien
Related ethnic groups
Overseas Chinese

Chinese South Africans (simplified Chinese: 华裔南非人; traditional Chinese: 華裔南非人) are Overseas Chinese who reside in South Africa, including those whose ancestors came to South Africa in the early 20th century until Chinese immigration was banned under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1904.[2] Chinese industrialists from the Republic of China (Taiwan) who arrived in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, and post-apartheid immigrants to South Africa (predominantly from mainland China) now outnumber locally-born Chinese South Africans.[3][4]

South Africa has the largest population of Chinese in Africa,[3] and most of them live in Johannesburg, an economic hub in southern Africa.

  1. ^ Liao, Wenhui; He, Qicai (2015). "Tenth World Conference of Overseas Chinese: Annual International Symposium on Regional Academic Activities Report (translated)". The International Journal of Diasporic Chinese Studies. 7 (2): 85–89.
  2. ^ Ho, Ufrieda (19 June 2008). "Chinese locals are black". Busrep.co.za. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008.
  3. ^ a b Park, Yoon Jung (2009). Recent Chinese Migrations to South Africa - New Intersections of Race, Class and Ethnicity (PDF). Interdisciplinary Perspectives. ISBN 978-1-904710-81-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Leonard, Andrew (20 June 2008). "What color are Chinese South Africans?". Salon.com. Retrieved 16 March 2017.