British Chinese facts for kids

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British Chinese, also Chinese British, Chinese Britons or British-born Chinese (often informally referred to as BBCs), are people of Chinese ancestry who were born in the United Kingdom or have moved to the United Kingdom. According to the 2001 UK census, there are 247,403 British Chinese people living in the United Kingdom. They make up almost 0.5% of the population of the United Kingdom.

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Shen Fu-Tsung was the first ever recorded ethnic Chinese person to set foot in what is now the United Kingdom, having visited over 300 years ago in 1685
A woman holds a child in Limehouse, East London, 1920s.
A Chinese language poster calling for a meeting with a visiting Ph.D Dr. Pan who was there to build an ancestral hall and reconnect with Shanghai. Limehouse, London, 1924.
Chinese Gospel Church in Liverpool.
A temple of the True Awakening Tradition of Buddhism in the London Borough of Brent.
Chinatown in Birmingham
Chinese population in London (2011 Census)
Denver House Bounds Green
Charing Cross Library
Chinese merchant seamen memorial, Liverpool's Pier Head

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