![]() Most in the current list of the Philippines' richest each year comprise Taipan billionaires of Chinese Filipino background. ![]() Chinese Filipinos also play a leading role in the Philippine business sector and dominate the Philippine economy today. Accordingly, the oldest Chinatown in the world is located in Binondo, Manila founded on 8 December 1594.Ĭhinese Filipinos are a well established middle class ethnic group and are well represented in all levels of Filipino society. However, the actual current figures are not known since the Philippine census does not usually take into account questions about ethnicity. In 2013, according to the Senate of the Philippines, there were approximately 1.35 million ethnic (or pure) Chinese within the Philippine population, while Filipinos with any Chinese descent comprised 22.8 million of the population. Chinese immigration to the Philippines occurred mostly during the Spanish colonization of the islands between the 16th and 19th centuries, attracted by the lucrative trade of the Manila galleons and since the late 20th century. ![]() ![]() Chinese Filipinos are one of the largest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Minority Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Mazuism, Traditional Chinese Folk ReligionĬhinese Filipinos (incorrectly termed as Filipino Chinese in the Philippines) are Filipinos of Chinese descent with ancestry mainly from Fujian province, but are born and raised in the Philippines. Predominantly Christianity ( Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, P.I.C, Iglesia ni Cristo) Hokkien, Mandarin, Cantonese, Taishanese, Teochew, Hakka and various other varieties of Chinese Metro Manila, Baguio, Metro Cebu, Metro Bacolod, Metro Davao, Bohol, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo, Leyte, Pangasinan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Vigan, Laoag, Laguna, Rizal, Lucena, Bicol, Zamboanga City, Sulu, Cotabatoįilipino ( Tagalog), Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinense, Chavacano, English and other languages of the Philippines ' Filipinos with Chinese descent' : '22.8 million' (as of 2013, according to the Senate) ![]() ' Ethnic (or pure) Chinese' Filipinos: '1.35 million' (as of 2013, according to the Senate) A Chinese Filipina maiden wearing the Maria Clara gown called Traje de Mestiza, dated 4 November 1913. ![]()
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