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The New York metropolitan area is home to the largest and most prominent ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, hosting Chinese populations representing all 34 provincial-level administrative units of China.[1][2] The Chinese American population of the New York City metropolitan area was an estimated 893,697 as of 2017, constituting the largest and most prominent metropolitan Asian national diaspora outside Asia.[3] New York City itself contains by far the highest ethnic Chinese population of any individual city outside Asia, estimated at 628,763 as of 2017.[4]
New York City and its surrounding metropolitan area, including Long Island and parts of New Jersey, is home to 12 Chinatowns, districts where Chinese immigrants were made to live for economic survival and physical safety[5] that are now known as important sites of tourism and urban economic activity. Six Chinatowns[6] (or nine,[7] New York including the emerging Chinatowns in Elmhurst and Whitestone, Queens,[8] and East Harlem, Manhattan) are located in New York City proper. Chinese communities are also located in more suburban areas such as Jersey City, New Jersey; Nassau County, Long Island; Edison, New Jersey;[8] West Windsor, New Jersey; and Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey.
China City of America in Sullivan County, New York is a proposed in 2012 but whose development has stalled due to the 2022 arrest of its CEO. Dragon Springs (in Deerpark, Orange County, New York) serves as the de facto headquarters for both the global Falun Gong New religious movement as well as its Shen Yun performance arts troupe.[9]
The Chinese American community in the New York metropolitan area is rising rapidly in population as well as economic and political influence. Continuing significant immigration from mainland China[10] has spurred the ongoing rise of the Chinese population in the New York metropolitan area; this immigration and its accompanying growth in the impact of the Chinese presence continue to be fueled by New York's status as an alpha global city, its high population density, its extensive mass transit system, and the New York metropolitan area's enormous economic marketplace. As of 2024, illegal Chinese immigration to New York City has accelerated,[11] including a significant new wave of Chinese Uyghur Muslims fleeing religious persecution in northwestern China's Xinjiang Province and seeking religious freedom in New York,[12] concentrating in Queens.
- ^ Vivian Yee (February 22, 2015). "Indictment of New York Officer Divides Chinese-Americans". The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
Now they are reaching out to the Chinese-language press, contacting lawyers to advise Officer Liang and planning a protest march in New York, a city with the largest Chinese population outside of Asia.
- ^ "Chinese New Year 2012 in Flushing". QueensBuzz.com. January 25, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- ^ "SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA Chinese alone". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Chinese alone – New York City". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ^ Goyette, Braden (November 11, 2014). "How Racism Created America's Chinatowns". HuffPost. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ Kirk Semple (June 23, 2011). "Asian New Yorkers Seek Power to Match Numbers". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ Stefanie Tuder (February 25, 2019). "Believe It or Not, New York City Has Nine Chinatowns". EATER NY. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Lawrence A. McGlinn (2002). "Beyond Chinatown: Dual Immigration and the Chinese Population of Metropolitan New York City, 2000" (PDF). Middle States Geographer. 35 (1153): 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ "Dragon Springs – Located in beautiful Deerpark, NY". Dragon Springs. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
There is no other place in the world like Dragon Springs. It combines the natural beauty of New York State with ancient Chinese architecture, performing arts, academic learning, and spiritual meditation.
- ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: Lawful Permanent Residents 2013 Supplementary Tables – Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ Eileen Sullivan (November 24, 2023). "Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing the Southern Border". The New York Times. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
Most who have come to the United States in the past year were middle-class adults who have headed to New York after being released from custody. New York has been a prime destination for migrants from other nations as well, particularly Venezuelans, who rely on the city's resources, including its shelters. But few of the Chinese migrants are staying in the shelters. Instead, they are going where Chinese citizens have gone for generations: Flushing, Queens. Or to some, the Chinese Manhattan..."New York is a self-sufficient Chinese immigrants community," said the Rev. Mike Chan, the executive director of the Chinese Christian Herald Crusade, a faith-based group in the neighborhood.
- ^ Tara John and Yong Xiong (May 17, 2024). "Caught between China and the US, asylum seekers live in limbo in New York City". CNN. Retrieved June 8, 2024.