Overseas Chinese

The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 placed a Head Tax on all Chinese immigrants coming to Canada, forcing them to pay a fifty dollar fee to enter the country. In 1900, the fee was raised to one hundred dollars (a substantial amount of money at that time). In 1903, the amount was raised to five hundred dollars, the equivalency of two years wages, which was a small fortune to the Chinese immigrants as well as other Canadians at the time. Later, another law was passed, declaring that only one Chinese immigrant could come to Canada for every fifty tons (50.8 tonnes) of the ship they were travelling on, for that one voyage. That meant that only ten immigrants could come to Canada on a ship weighing five hundred tons (508 tonnes). ...more on Wikipedia about "Chinese Immigration Act of 1885"

Fong Kui Lun ( Chinese: 方贵伦) (born 28 September 1946) is a Malaysian politician and a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP). ...more on Wikipedia about "Fong Kui Lun"

François Cheng (程抱一 Chéng Bàoyī) (born August 30, 1929) is a French writer, poet and calligrapher. ...more on Wikipedia about "François Cheng"

Gao Xingjian (高行健, pinyin: Gāo Xíngjiàn; born January 4, 1940), is a Chinese emigré novelist, dramatist and critic, who won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is also a noted translator, stage director and painter. Born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, he is now a French citizen. In 1992 he was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. Although the general position by the Chinese media and government towards Gao is silence, the Yangcheng Evening News, a state-run newspaper, in 2001, during a criticism of his novel Soul Mountain, called him an "awful writer," and said that the idea of him winning the Nobel Prize was "ludicrous." The Chinese government officially regards Gao as an exiled dissident, and all of his works are banned. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gao Xingjian"

Jakarta Riots of May 1998 were riots that occurred in several parts of Indonesia, notably Jakarta and Surakarta during May 1998. The riots were triggered by economic problems like food shortages and mass unemployment in Indonesia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jakarta Riots of May 1998"

Jiang Yanmei ( Simplified Chinese: 江彦媚) (born February 26, 1981) is a Singaporean SB badminton player. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jiang Yanmei"

Jie Yao ( Chinese: 姚洁, pinyin: Yáo Jié) (born 10 April 1977) is a female badminton player from the Netherlands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jie Yao"

The Right Honourable Sir Julius Chan KCMG (陳仲民 Pinyin: Chén Zhòngmín) (born 29 August 1939) was Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980- 1982 and 1994- 1997. ...more on Wikipedia about "Julius Chan"

Jung Chang, ( Traditional Chinese: 張戎, Simplified Chinese: 张戎, Wade-Giles: Chang Jung, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhāng Róng), (born "Er-hong Chang" in 1952), is a Chinese-born British writer, best known for her autobiography Wild Swans, which became the biggest grossing non-fiction paperback in publishing history, selling over 10 million copies worldwide, except in mainland China, where it is banned. ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Jung Chang"

Kongsi ( ) or "clan halls", are benevolent organizations of popular origin found among overseas Chinese communities for individuals with the same surname. This type of social practice arose, it is held, several centuries ago in China. The term is synonymous with the contemporary Chinese word for a commercial firm or business enterprise. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kongsi"

Li Li ( Simplified Chinese: 李丽, pinyin: Lǐ Lì) (born 7 July 1983) is the top-ranked female badminton player in Singapore. She was born in China and moved to Singapore in 1997. ...more on Wikipedia about "Li Li (badminton player)"

A list of famous people with Chinese ancestry living outside of the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of overseas Chinese"

Ma Jian (马建) is a Chinese writer. He was born in Tianjin on the 18th of August, 1953. In 1986, he moved to Hong Kong after a clampdown in which some his works were banned. In 1997 he moved to Germany, and in 1999 he again moved to England. He now lives in London with his partner, Flora Drew. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ma Jian (writer)"

The Nam Pak Hong ( Chinese: 南北行), also Nam Pei Hong and Nam Bac Hang, literally, "South-North Trading Association," was the combination of individual hongs, or trading houses, which were the traditional form of business organization in China. They represented Chinese merchants who were often associated with overseas trade, both the Gold Mountain trade with America and Australia, and the older trade in the Nanyang. 1850s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nam Pak Hong"

Overseas Chinese (華僑 in pinyin: huáqiáo, or 華胞 huábāo, or 僑胞 qiáobāo, or 華裔 huáyì) are ethnic Chinese people who live outside of China. China, in this usage, may refer to Greater China including territory currently administered by the rival governments of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) as per traditional definitions of the term prior to the Chinese civil war, or only to the People's Republic of China by some quarters. In addition, the government of the Republic of China granted residents of Hong Kong and Macau "overseas Chinese status" prior to their respective handover to Beijing rule, so the definition may be said to loosely extend to them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Overseas Chinese"

Pi Hongyan ( Simplified Chinese: 皮红艳, pinyin: Pí Hóngyàn) (born 25 January 1979) is a female badminton player from France. She was born in Chongqing, China. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pi Hongyan"

Raybon Kan is a Masterton, New Zealand-born Chinese comedian and newspaper columnist. The family moved to Wellington, New Zealand soon after his birth, where he began his education at St Mark's Church School (where he was Dux in 1979 and showed an early flair for public performance) and continued through to Wellington College. He attended Victoria University of Wellington's law school, for what he called 'inexplicable reasons', and earned his LL B. He first came to prominence writing television reviews for The Dominion newspaper in Wellington and was soon performing stand-up comedy on stage and on television. His television work included regular appearances on sketch shows, though it has been reported that live comedy is his passion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Raybon Kan"

Sir Solomon Hochoy KCMG, GCVO, OBE, TC, (b. April 20, 1905 in Jamaica, d. November 15, 1983) was the last British Governor of Trinidad and Tobago and the first Governor General after independence. He migrated to Trinidad at the age of 2, and grew up in Blanchisseuse. After rising through the civil service, Hochoy was appointed Governor in 1960 (the first West Indian to be Governor). When Trinidad and Tobago became independent in 1962 Hochoy was appointed Governor General. He retired from that position in 1972 and was succeeded by Ellis Clarke. ...more on Wikipedia about "Solomon Hochoy"

Somsavat Lengsavad (born 1945) is the foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Laos. An ethnic Chinese who hails from Louang Phrabang, he was a protege of Kaysone Phomvihane. He became foreign minister in 1993. ...more on Wikipedia about "Somsavat Lengsavad"

Tan Kah Kee ( , Hokkien: Tân Kah-kiⁿ) ( October 21, 1874 - August 12, 1961) was a prominent businessman, community leader, and philanthropist in colonial Singapore, and eventually a respectable communist leader in PRC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tan Kah Kee"

Teresa Kok Suh Sim ( Chinese: 郭素沁) born 31 March 1964) is a Malaysian politician and a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP). She is one of the first women from the Opposition to be elected into the Malaysian parliament's Lower House (Dewan Rakyat). She is a graduate from the University of Malaya and has a degree in philosophy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Teresa Kok"

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The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, known in the Chinese-Canadian community as the Chinese Exclusion Act, was an act passed by the federal government of Canada, banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada. Some people feel that racialist immigration policies are discriminatory while the subject remains controversial. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923"

Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson (born October 27, 1978 in Singapore), known on stage as Vanessa-Mae (in Chinese: 陈美, Chén Měi) is an internationally known classical and pop musician. Her music style is self-described as "violin techno-acoustic fusion." ...more on Wikipedia about "Vanessa-Mae"

Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (林飛龍, pinyin: Lín Fēilóng) ( December 2 1902, Sagua La Grande, Villa Clara Province- September 11 1982, Paris), better known as Wilfredo Lam, was a Cuban artist. He was predominantly a painter but he also worked with sculpture and ceramics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wifredo Lam"

Xu Huaiwen ( Simplified Chinese: 徐怀文) (born 2 August 1975) is a female badminton player from Germany. She was born in Guiyang, China. ...more on Wikipedia about "Xu Huaiwen" Stay cool with http://www.shortopedia.com.

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