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Ethnic group
It is estimated that there are over 20,000
Chinese people in Chile
.
[3]
Chinese immigrants come from both
China
and
Taiwan
.
Reasons for immigration
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A high demand for manpower in the Southern South American region was present around the 1950s?1960s because of
capitalism
in the region. This demand for
manpower
also drew in a huge number of Chinese people coming to South America for work, which explains the huge increase of
Chinese people
1950s?1960s.
[4]
This immigration was also present in the
War of the Pacific
with Chinese immigrating to both
Peru
and
Chile
to enlist into the war effort. After the war came to a close with a Chilean victor, people from Peru also settled in Chile. This was supportive due to the damages of the war done and they could work for construction of the infrastructure or just working inside factories.
[5]
Migration history
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Between 1,200 and 1,500
Chinese workers in Peru
offered support to the Chilean side in the
War of the Pacific
(1879?1883) and thus went to Chile at the war's end.
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Today the Chinese people living in Chile work primarily in trade and restaurant jobs. Although in Santiago one can find many local Chinese businesses, including importers, supermarkets, mini markets, malls (shopping centers such as Santiago Centro and Estacion Central), Chinatowns are not concentrated in one place, except in the neighborhood of Patronato, where most of the Asian (i.e. mostly Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese) immigrants, niche businesses and supermarkets in Santiago are located.
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citation needed
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Notable people
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- Jaime Carreno Lee Chong
, footballer
[7]
- Rung Fang Cheng, dancer and participant
Rojo
- Chinoy, singer songwriter, visual artist
- Jorge Chiong, works director of the commune of
Lampa
- Ximena Chong
, prosecutor
- Guillermo Chong
, geologist
- Oscar Lee Chong, former footballer
- Diego Lin Chou, writer
- Luis Cruz-Villalobos, poet, psychologist
- Quintin Quintana, leader of the
Coolies
- Viviana Shieh, singer
- Yuc Ramon Kong, medical field
- Quintin Quintana
, personality of the
War of the Pacific
See also
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References
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Sources
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- Chou, Diego Lin (2004),
Chile y China: inmigracion y relaciones bilaterales (1845-1970)
(in Spanish), Santiago de Chile: Instituto de Historia/Centro de Investigaciones Diego Barros Arana,
ISBN
956-244-165-2
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