Chinese people in Germany

Chinese people in Germany
Distribution of Chinese citizens in Germany (2021)
Total population
212,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Berlin,[2] Frankfurt am Main, Ruhr Area, Munich, Hamburg,Braunschweig,Nuremberg,Hanover,Leipzig
Languages
Numerous varieties of Chinese (predominantly Mandarin, Hokkien, Wu, and Cantonese), German;[2] English not widely spoken[3]
Religion
Buddhism,[4] Christianity, Conscious Atheism, Non-adherence
Related ethnic groups
Overseas Chinese
Chinese German
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese德國華人
Simplified Chinese德国华人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDéguó Huárén
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDākgwok Wàhyàhn
JyutpingDak1gwok3 Waa4jan4
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese德國華僑
Simplified Chinese德国华侨
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDéguó Huáqiáo
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDākgwok Wàhkìuh
German name
GermanChinesen in Deutschland
Deutsch-Chinesen
chinesische Deutsche

Chinese people in Germany form one of the smaller groups of overseas Chinese in Europe, consisting mainly of Chinese expatriates living in Germany and German citizens of Chinese descent.[5] The German Chinese community is growing rapidly and, as of 2016, was estimated to be around 212,000 by the Federal Institute for Population Research.[1] In comparison to that, the Taiwanese OCAC had estimated there were 110,000 people of Chinese descent living in Germany in 2008.[6]

  1. ^ a b "BiB - Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung - Pressemitteilungen - Zuwanderung aus außereuropäischen Ländern fast verdoppelt". Archived from the original on 9 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Gütinger 1998 p=206 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Van Ziegert 2006, p. 162
  4. ^ "Chinese Buddhist centers in Germany", World Buddhist Directory, Buddha Dharma Education Association, 2006, retrieved 12 October 2008
  5. ^ Benton 2007, p. 30
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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