Figures

• Symbolic representation of varieties of Chinese
• 1.1 The regional administrative hierarchy in the People's Republic of China
• 2.1 Population of China, 1620-1840
• 2.2 The journey of a recruited emigrant, 1914-40
• 2.3 Taiwan students' departures and returns
• 3.1 Dual family system
• 3.2 Floor plan of a Straits Chinese house in Malacca
• 3.3 Asian currencies against the dollar
• 4.1 Percentage of direct foreign investments in China by country, 1994
• 5.1 Primary one enrolment in Singpore's schools, 1959-84
• 5.2 Chinese [in Australia] by birthplace, 1986
• 5.3 Birthplace [of Chinese in Australia] by state of residence, 1996
• 5.4 Chinese population in New Zealand
• 5.5 Breakdown of Chinese population [in New Zealand] by recency of immigration, 1996
• 5.6 Chinese population [in New Zealand] by sex and age group, 1996
• 5.7 Chinese residents in Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago regions, 1996
• 5.8 Distribution [of Chinese in Britain] by age and gender, 1991
• 5.9 Birthplace of Chinese in Britain, 1991
• 5.10 Immigration of main Chinese groups to the Netherlands

Tables

• 2.1 Chinese settler migration to the three main overseas destination countries
• 2.2 Estimated population outflows from China, 1801-1925
• 2.3 Immigrants from Hong Kong
• 4.1 Huaqiao Investments in yuan
• 5.1 Brunei's Chinese population
• 5.2 Geographical distribution of [Brunei's] Chinese population
• 5.3 Chinese population in Burma
• 5.4 Number of Chinese registered as foreigners compared with Indians
• 5.5 Economic classes in Cambodia, 1963
• 5.6 Estimated Chinese population [in Laos]
• 5.7 Mean monthly household income [in Malaysia]
• 5.8 Growth of Sabah Chinese population
• 5.9 Distribution of Chinese [in Sabah] by regional speech group, 1991
• 5.10 Ten main districts of Chinese concentration [in Sabah], 1991
• 5.11 Growth of Sarawak Chinese population
• 5.12 Chinese population [in Sarawak] by regional speech group
• 5.13 Main districts of Chinese concentration [in Sarawak], 1991
• 5.14 Percentage distribution of Singapore's total population by ethnic group
• 5.15 Resident population [of Singapore] born in China, Hong Kong or Taiwan by year of arrival and sex, 1990
• 5.16 Chinese resident population [of Singapore] by speech group, 1990
• 5.17 Persons aged 5 years and over in resident Chinese households [in Singapore] by predominant language spoken, 1980 and 1990
• 5.18 Distribution of Chinese in South Vietnam by speech group
• 5.19 Chinese population growth in Canada
• 5.20 Sex ratio and nativity of Chinese in Canada
• 5.21 Distribution of [Canada's] Chinese Population by province
• 5.22 Intended destinations of immigrants from Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan by [Canadian] province, 1971-80
• 5.23 Chinese population in Canadian metropolitan areas
• 5.24 Percentage age and sex distributions of the Chinese population in Canada
• 5.25 Landed immigrants [in Canada] from Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan
• 5.27 China-born immigrants in the British Caribbean
• 5.28 Chinese communities (foreign- and local-born) in Caribbean region
• 5.29 Chinese populations in Spanish America, 1950 and 1967
• 5.30 Chinese immigration and population growth [in the US]
• 5.31 Ten states with the largest Chinese populations [in the US]
• 5.32 Percentage of 16 and over working population in different occupational categories [in the US], 1990
• 5.33 Chinese in Australia
• 5.34 Estimated Chinese population in the Pacific Islands, 1996
• 5.35 Chinese and non-citizen population of Papua New Guinea
• 5.36 The Chinese-born population in England and Wales
• 5.37 British residents born in East and Southeast Asia
• 5.38 Distribution of Chinese citizens in France by sex
• 5.39 Breakdown of Chinese economic activities in Paris, 1992
• 5.40 Distribution of Chinese enterprises in the Florence-Prato area, 1995
• 5.41 Characteristics of main Chinese groups in the Netherlands
• 5.42 Place of origin, 1990
• 5.43 Chinese-Indonesian restaurants [in the Netherlands]
• 5.44 Chinese population in Japan, 1876-1942
• 5.45 Chinese population in Japan, 1946-96
• 5.46 Number of Chinese in Korea, 1883-1910
• 5.47 Number of Chinese [in Korea], 1910-30
• 5.48 Chinese numbers in Madagascar, 1893-1941
• 5.49 Chinese numbers in Madagascar, 1951-75
• 5.50 Number of Chinese in Mauritius
• 5.51 Number of Chinese in Reunion
• 5.52 Distribution of Chinese economic activity [in Reunion], 1962

Maps

• 1.1 China's administrative divisions
• 1.2 Macroregions of south-central China
• 1.3 Chinese dialects in China
• 1.4 Min supergroup areas
• 1.5 Yue supergroup areas
• 1.6 Hakka speech areas
• 1.7 Places in Guangdong where returned Huaqiao and their dependants exceeded 10% of population, 1957
• 1.8 Places in Fujian where Huaqiao exceeded 10% of population, 1958
• 1.9 Guangdong and Pearl River Delta
• 1.10 Zhejiang
• 2.1 Inter-provincial 'floating population' flows, 1985-90
• 2.2 China trade routes to Southeast Asia
• 5.1 Brunei
• 5.2 Burma
• 5.3 Cambodia
• 5.4 Indonesia
• 5.5 Laos
• 5.6 Malaysia
• 5.7 The Philippines
• 5.8 Singapore
• 5.9 Thailand
• 5.10 Vietnam
• 5.11 Canada
• 5.12 The Caribbean
• 5.13 Spanish America
• 5.14 The United States
• 5.15 Australia
• 5.16 New Zealand
• 5.17 The South Pacific
• 5.18 Fiji
• 5.19 Papua New Guinea
• 5.20 Solomon Islands
• 5.21 French Polynesia
• 5.22 Britain
• 5.23 France
• 5.24 Arrondissements of Paris
• 5.25 Italy
• 5.26 The Netherlands
• 5.27 China's border with Russia, 1840
• 5.28 Russia
• 5.29 Japan
• 5.30 Korea
• 5.31 India
• 5.32 Chinese tanneries in Calcutta, 1960s
• 5.33 Madagascar
• 5.34 Mauritius
• 5.35 Reunion Island
• 5.36 South Africa