Overseas Chinese who immigrated to the United States from China.

Chinese Americans are Chinese Americans. Chinese-Americans refer to people who originally had China nationality, but have been naturalized in the United States (renounced China nationality) due to historical and life reasons, or Chinese American citizens. Chinese Americans are part of the global Chinese community. They include Taiwan Province Province, China, American Chinese Singaporeans and China immigrants from other countries in the world who joined the United States.

Chinese-Americans are Chinese-Americans (or Chinese-Americans, English: Chinese-Americans), referring to China people with American nationality or Americans with China descent. Chinese Americans are part of the global Chinese community.