There is another difference between emigrating overseas and overseas Chinese: how many Chinese are there overseas?

Immigrants refer to people who emigrate from Chinese mainland, including overseas Chinese and Chinese.

The most fundamental difference between overseas Chinese and Chinese is nationality.

Overseas Chinese refer to those who retain China nationality but have worked and lived overseas for a long time.

Chinese refers to people whose ancestors came from Chinese mainland (second-generation immigrants, third-generation immigrants, Chinese) or from China, and later acquired the nationality of the host country through various channels.

Generally speaking, China people include China people (all ethnic groups with Han nationality or close to Han nationality). Generally speaking, China people refer to foreign Chinese. For example, Singaporean Chinese, Thai Chinese, American Chinese and so on.