Chinese Haitian

Chinese Haitian
Chinese Haitian
海地華僑 · Hǎidì huáqiáo · Chinois haïtienne
Total population
230
Regions with significant populations
Port-au-Prince
Languages

French · Haitian Creole · Chinese

Religion

Buddhism · Christianity

Related ethnic groups

Chinese Caribbean

Chinese Haitians (Traditional Chinese: 海地華僑, 海地華裔; Pinyin: Hǎidì huáqiáo, Hǎidì huáyì; French: Chinois haïtienne) are Haitians of Chinese ancestry who immigrated to or born in Haiti. There are about 230 Chinese people living in Haiti as of 2010.[1]

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Many Chinese people living in Haiti are businessmen in governmental or other businesses while there are 10 other Chinese nationals working in Haitian companies and about as well as about 20 illegal immigrants. There are also about 30 Taiwanese residents in Haiti. There is only one Chinese restaurant in Haiti, the Wujiayuan Restaurant in Pétionville, an upper-class neighborhood in Port-au-Prince. The restaurant was arranged as a shelter during the 2010 Haiti earthquake by China's foreign ministry.[2]

About 230 Chinese were in Haiti at the time of the disaster. Most are safe but eight Chinese police officers on a peacekeeping mission died in a collapsed United Nations building.[3]

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