Americans in Hong Kong
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85,000 (2018) | |
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Chinese Americans, Hong Kong Americans |
Americans in Hong Kong | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Zài Xiānggǎng Měiguórén |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | zoi6 hoeng1 gong2 mei5 gwok3 jan4 |
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The United States consulate estimates there are about 70,000 Americans in Hong Kong as of January 2023[update], a drop from 85,000 since its 2018 estimate; no census by any US government organization has ever been attempted.[1] They consist of both native-born Americans of various ethnic backgrounds, including Chinese Americans and Hong Kong Americans, as well as former Hong Kong emigrants of Chinese descent to the United States who returned after gaining American citizenship. Many come to Hong Kong on work assignments; others study at local universities. They form a large part of the greater community of Americans in China.
History
The first Americans in Hong Kong were missionaries; their presence was noted as early as 1842, after the lifting of the ban on proselytisation due to the outcome of the
Since the
In recent years, there has also been an increase in Chinese Americans coming to Hong Kong as exchange students or to work for a short time, or even to settle permanently. For example, as recently as the 1960s, virtually all
Notable people
- Jaycee Chan, American-born actor and singer
- Ronnie Chan, Hang Lung Group chairman, Asia Society Co-Chairman
- Kevin Cheng, American-born actor and singer
- MC Jin, American-born Chinese rapper
- Frank Lavin, former US Ambassador to Singapore
- martial artistand actor
- Justin Lo, American-born singer
- Howard McCrary, American-born jazz pianist and singer
- singerand television personality
- Maggie Q, American-born actress
- James E. Thompson, founder of Crown Worldwide Group
- Daniel Wu, American-born actor
- Austin Brice, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Eden Woon, President of the Asian Institute of Technology, President of AmCham Hong Kong
See also
References
Notes
- ^ "U.S. Relations With Hong Kong". Department of State. Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Wang 1996
- ^ Leung 2003, p. 40
- ^ Mark 2004, p. 76
- ^ Callick 1998, p. 72
- ^ "Keith Urges Hong Kong to "Invest in Its Future"", America.gov, United States Department of State, 11 December 2003, retrieved 3 December 2008
- ^ Poon 2004, pp. 2–3
- ^ Hua, Vanessa (27 November 2005), "Asian American entertainers find demand for their talent overseas very rewarding", San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved 24 November 2006
- ^ Jeung 2004, p. 39
- ^ Poon 2004, pp. 19–20
Sources
- Callick, Rowan (1998), Comrades & capitalists: Hong Kong since the handover, Sydney: UNSW Press
- Jeung, Russell (2004), Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches, United States: Rutgers University Press
- Leung, Beatrice (2003), Changing Church and State Relations in Hong Kong, 1950–2000, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press
- Mark, Chi-Kwan (2004), Hong Kong and the Cold War: Anglo-American Relations 1949–1957, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press
- Poon, Felix (December 2004), ABCs in Hong Kong: Chinese American Identity in a Hong Kong Cultural Context, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Wang, Lixin (1996), "American missionaries and the trend of "opening eyes to observe the world" in China after the Opium War"", American Studies in China, 2
Further reading
- Ford, Stacilee (Spring 2002). A Woman's Place is at the Peak: U.S. Women in 19th and 20th Century Hong Kong. Gender Studies Program, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
- Ford, Stacilee (Spring 2001). Who is the American Woman?: U.S. Expatriates in Hong Kong. Xian Foreign Language University.
- Ford, Stacilee (Spring 2000). In the Meridian of Her Usefulness: American Missionary Women in Hong Kong. Department of History Seminar Series. Hong Kong University.
- Ford, Stacilee (May 1999). ""Going Native" in Hong Kong: Gender and Expatriate Narratives". Cultures of Interdependence: The U.S.A. and Asia. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
- Ford, Stacilee (January 1999). "Brand New Spaces, Familiar Places: American Women in Hong Kong". Feminist Literature: Global Outlook on Gender Issues. Srinakharinwirot and Salisbury State Universities.
- Coe, Andrew (1997). Eagles & dragons : a history of Americans in China & the origins of the American Club Hong Kong. Hong Kong: American Club. OCLC 51374229.