Part One: Globalization and Diaspora: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Indian

  • During the 19th Century, many Chinese immigrated to Europe and the United States.
  • Chinese often tended to stay together and formed “Chinatowns” in their new home countries.
  • In the twentieth century, Chinese immigrated to the United States from South America and the Caribbean.


  • Subethnic Groups:


    Chinese American
    American-born Chinese
    Chinese Argentines
    Chinese Australians
    Chinese Vietnamese
    Chinese British
    Burmese Chinese
    Chinese Canadian
    Chinese Cayman Islander
    Chinese Cuban
    Chinese Filipino
    Indonesian Chinese
    Malaysian Chinese
    Chinese Manuritian
    Chinese Peruvian
    Chinese Puerto Rican
    Chinese Singaporean
    Chinese South African
    Chinese Thai




  • Japanese people immigrated to the United States and South America. The countries most densely populated by the Japanese today are Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
  • Koreans began migrating after 1910, when the Japanese colonized Korea.
  • The nineteenth century British colonization of India brought about Indian diaspora. The British moved Indians around the country, sending them off to work or to fight in WWI and II. Indians thus spread to different regions and countries, and brought much of their heritage and religion with them. Today, there are South Asian Hong Kong Muslims, Sikh Canadians, Punjabi Mexican Californians, Gujarati East Africans, and South African Hindus.