Most people on Planet Earth dream to be a Rich Person either being a Millionaire or nowadays to be a Billionaire!
Some people prefer to be just ordinary folks where they dont want to be caught in the “rat race” nor living with much greed!
Few people Ramli think dont want to be rich at all and are willing to go lots of hardships of being “like a poor person” with not much food to eat everyday but have given lots of their money to care for people in need and people who need help most of the time!
What kind of people are you in?
Ramli have heard many success stories of Billionaires and also Millionaires that where their lives are like “poor man to rich man” or “rags to riches” stories..these people have learned life the hard ways but fast enough to “bounce back” and reap the harvest of good fortune that came along their life journeys…They were persistent,smart thinking,patience and have lots of courage,determination and many good attributes that allow them to sustain or undergo life challenges that at the end of the day they made it!That’s actually what matters?Success and Great Results not just mere “give ups” or Reasons why they failed in life or their entrepreneurship.
Malaysia have many of these kind of stories where young people who came from Mainland China like from Fujian or Guangzhou etc..have made through their life journeys by their many sacrifices and struggles to become Great Businessmen with the status of Business Tycoons and Billionaires etc..To name a few of them are like the grandfathers and fathers of the Owners of Genting,Hong Leong,Khong Guan,Lee Rubber and many others….
When we study these people who came to Old Malaya with only a few dollars and even penniless BUT with great determination,innovative minds and lots of hard work they finally made it not to finally own vast lands,businesses,assets,employees and influenced in the business communities as well as political power or support.Some of them are being achieved through the children,grandchildren and great grandchildren.However there are also stories where the grandfather have amassed lots of wealth in his lifetime but his children and grandchildren lost all of them through wastages,poor education and wrong business strategies implemented.Many are due to ignorance,no discipline and no leadership and business acumen.
Ramli wish to highlight some stories of these Chinese Emigration around the World till now and to what extent these Overseas Chinese have impacted to those new found countries of them where they settled many many years ago….
History (as from extracts at Wikipedia)
Main article: Chinese emigration
The Chinese people have a long history of migrating overseas. One of the migrations dates back to the Ming dynasty when Zheng He became the envoy of Ming. He sent people to explore and trade in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean, and many of them were Cantonese and Hokkien.
Waves of immigration
There were different waves of immigration which led to subgroups among overseas Chinese such as the new and old immigrants in Southeast Asia, North America, Oceania, the Caribbean, Latin America, South Africa and Russia.
In the 19th century, the age of colonialism was at its height and the great Chinese Diaspora began. Many colonies lacked a large pool of laborers. Meanwhile, in the provinces of Fujian and Guangdong in China, there was a surge in emigration as a result of the poverty and ruin caused by the Taiping rebellion.[1] The Qing Empire was forced to allow its subjects to work overseas under colonial powers. Many Hokkien chose to work in Southeast Asia with their earlier links starting from the Ming era, as did the Cantonese. The city of Taishan in Guangdong province was the source for many of the economic migrants. For the countries in North America and Australia, great numbers of laborers were needed in the dangerous tasks of gold mining and railway construction. With famine widespread in Guangdong, this attracted many Cantonese to work in these countries to improve the living conditions of their relatives. Some overseas Chinese were sold to South America during the Punti-Hakka Clan Wars in the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong. Many people from the New Territories in Hong Kong emigrated to the UK (mainly England) and the Netherlands in the post-war period to earn a better living.
From the mid-19th century onward, emigration has been directed primarily to western countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and the nations of Western Europe; as well as to Peru where they are called tusán, Panama, and to a lesser extent to Mexico. Many of these emigrants who entered western countries were themselves overseas Chinese or were from Taiwan or Hong Kong, particularly from the 1950s to the 1980s, during which the PRC placed severe restrictions on the movement of its citizens. In 1984, Britain agreed to transfer the sovereignty of Hong Kong to the PRC; this triggered another wave of migration to the United Kingdom (mainly England), Australia, Canada, USA, Latin America and other parts of the world. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 further accelerated the migration. The wave calmed after the transfer of sovereignty in 1997. In addition, many citizens of Hong Kong hold citizenships or have current visas in other countries so if the need arises, they can leave Hong Kong on a short notice. In fact, after the Tiananmen Square incident, the lines for immigration visas increased at every consulate in Hong Kong. More recent Chinese presences have developed in Europe, where they number nearly a million, and in Russia, they number over 600,000, concentrated in Russian Far East. Chinese who emigrated to Vietnam beginning in the 18th century are referred to as Hoa.
It is estimated that only 26,700 of the old Chinese community now remain in South Korea.[2] However, in recent years, immigration from mainland China has increased; 624,994 persons of Chinese nationality have immigrated to South Korea, including 443,566 of ethnic Korean descent.[3]
In recent years, the People’s Republic of China has built increasingly stronger ties with African nations. As of August 2007, there were an estimated 750,000 Chinese nationals working or living for extended periods in different African countries.[4] An estimated 200,000 ethnic Chinese live in South Africa.[5] In a 2007 New York Times article, Chad Chamber of Commerce Director estimated an “influx of at least 40,000 Chinese in coming years” to Chad. As of 2006 there were as many as 40,000 Chinese in Namibia,[6] an estimated 80,000 Chinese in Zambia[7] and 50,000 Chinese in Nigeria.[8] As many as 100,000 Chinese are living and working across Angola.[9] There are currently 35,000 Chinese migrant workers in Algeria.[10]
Russia’s main Pacific port and naval base of Vladivostok, once closed to foreigners, today is bristling with Chinese markets, restaurants and trade houses.[11] Experts predict that the Chinese diaspora in Russia will increase to at least 10 million by 2010 and Chinese may become the dominant ethnic group in the Russian Far East region 20 to 30 years from now.
Overseas Chinese
(海外華人/海外华人 or 外籍華人) Total population 40,000,000 (estimates) Regions with significant populations
| Majority population |
|
|
| Singapore |
3,496,710 |
[6] |
| Minority populations |
|
|
| Indonesia |
7,776,000 |
[7] |
| Thailand |
7,053,240 |
[8] |
| Malaysia |
6,324,000 |
[9] |
| United States |
3,858,000 |
[10] |
| Canada |
1,318,000 |
[11] |
| Vietnam |
1,309,000 |
[12] |
| Peru |
1,300,000 |
[13] |
| Philippines |
1,170,000 |
[14] |
| Myanmar |
1,121,000 |
[15] |
| Australia |
669,896 |
[16] |
| Japan |
655,377 |
[17] |
| Russia |
500,000 |
[18] |
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland |
400,000
374,200
16,310
6,267
4,145 |
[19] |
| Cambodia |
355,000 |
[20] |
| France |
233,000 |
[21] |
| India |
196,000 |
[22] |
| Laos |
190,000 |
[23] |
| Brazil |
156,000 |
[24] |
| New Zealand |
147,570 |
[25] |
| Italy |
144,885 |
[26] |
| South Korea |
137,790 |
[27] |
| Panama |
135,000 |
[28] |
| Spain |
134,022 |
[29] |
| Cuba |
114,242 |
[30] |
| Netherlands |
110,000 |
[31] |
| Germany |
109,000 |
[32] |
| South Africa |
108,000 |
[33] |
| Angola |
100,000 |
[34] |
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