Chinese people in Chile
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| Northern Chile, Santiago, Chile |
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Chinese Chileans are Chileans of Chinese descent. There is a Chinatown in Santiago, Chile in the area of Calle San Diego and Alonso Ovalle.[1]
Migration history
Between 1,200 and 1,500 Chinese workers in Peru offered support to the Chilean side in the War of the Pacific (1879-1883) and thus went to Chile at the war's end.[2]
Notable people
- Jorge Chiong works director of the University of Lampa
- Oscar Lee Chong former footballer
- Alfonso Leng post-romantic composer of classical music
- Jorge Peña Hen musician/composer
- Rung Fang Cheng dancer and participant Rojo
- Diego Lin Chou writer
- Viviana Shieh singer
References
- ^ Valenzuela Levi, Nicolas (2006-05-17), "¿Chinatown Santiaguina?", Plataforma Urbana, retrieved 2012-09-02
- ^ Chou 2004, Ch. 3
Sources
- (Spanish) Chou, Diego Lin (2004), Chile y China: inmigración y relaciones bilaterales (1845-1970), Santiago de Chile: Instituto de Historia/Centro de Investigaciones Diego Barros Arana, ISBN 956-244-165-2
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