Proportion of Chinese in Thailand

According to statistics, there are nearly 6.5438+million Chinese in Thailand, accounting for 654.38+04% of the total population of Thailand, which is the second largest ethnic group after Thais. Most Chinese in Thailand come from Guangdong, Chaoshan and Xiamen. Chinese in Thailand have a long history and a large number, which have made considerable contributions to the development of Thailand.

At the same time, the political status of Chinese in Thailand is quite high. Since Prime Minister Anan Panyalachun ascended the throne on 18, almost all the prime ministers who ascended the throne have China ancestry.

There are probably three reasons why China people live overseas: First, because they are doing business there, they have adapted to local conditions and have better living conditions; Second, China's maritime merchants were plundered or forced to stay there for a long time; Third, they emigrated overseas because they avoided military disasters, which has happened in almost all generations. The ruling class of the Qing Dynasty also adopted an unequal ethnic policy towards the people, and those Han Chinese who did not want to be ruled by Manchu began to emigrate in large numbers.

Although China people have migrated to Thailand since ancient times, it was not until modern times that a large number of China people really lived in Thailand. After China's "closed door" was opened by western countries, a large number of western industrial products entered the China market, which led to the disintegration of China's natural economy, and a large number of farmers and craftsmen went bankrupt, unemployed and had no livelihood.