overseas Chinese

Definition

A person or people of Chinese ethnicity, living in a non-Chinese country; a member of the ethnic Chinese expatriate or immigrant community; Huaqiao

Example Sentences

• "President Chiang Ching-kuo sent a message urging overseas Chinese to help reunify China under the Three Principles of the People. Overseas Chinese should join with compatriots and the military of the Taiwan area and the people on the Chinese mainland to support the anti-Communist cause and create a bright future for the Chinese people."
• "It was not until 1974 that the first Taiwanese businessman settled there, and thereupon began a gradual increase in the Overseas Chinese (OC) population."
• "OCPA stands for Overseas Chinese Physics Association. [...] The chartered goals of the organization are to promote physics research in general and to promote recognition of achievements by ethnic Chinese physicists in particular"