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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 Fo-tsung

    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

  • Chinatown-limehouse-1920s

    A woman holds a child in Limehouse, East London, 1920s.

  • A Chinese language poster from 1920s London

    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.

  • Liverpool Chinese Gospel Church (3)

    Chinese Gospel Church in Liverpool.

  • True Buddha Temple - geograph.org.uk - 458617

    A temple of the True Awakening Tradition of Buddhism in the London Borough of Brent.

  • China Court Restaurant. - geograph.org.uk - 707948

    Chinatown in Birmingham

  • Chinese Greater London 2011 census

    Chinese population in London (2011 Census)

  • Denver House Bounds Green

    Denver House Bounds Green

  • Library Charing Cross Road (geograph 3197418)

    Charing Cross Library

  • Chinese merchant seamen memorial, Pier Head (cropped)

    Chinese merchant seamen memorial, Liverpool's Pier Head

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