Chinese Brazilian
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| Japanese Neighborhood in São Paulo |
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151,649 Chinese Brazilians 0.078% of the Brasilian population [1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| São Paulo City |
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Portuguese, Chinese languages, others |
| Religion |
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Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism, others |
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Chinese Brazilians (Portuguese: sino-brasileiro or chinês-brasileiro; Chinese: 巴西华人 or 巴西华裔) are people of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have immigrated to Brazil. The Chinese Brazilian population was estimated to be approximately 151,649.[2]
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. Today, Chinese Brazilians are usually bilingual with Portuguese and Chinese.
[edit] Notable persons
- Anderson Lau, actor;
- Chen Kong Fang, artist;
- William Boss Woo, politician.
- Sou Kit Gom, artist-painter;
[edit] References
[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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