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The Distribution of the Overseas Chinese

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The Population of Modern China

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This chapter examines the geographical distribution of the population of overseas Chinese [1] in the contemporary world. The topic is an interesting and relevant one for several reasons.

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    David Yaukey

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Poston, D.L., Mei-Yu, Y. (1992). The Distribution of the Overseas Chinese. In: Poston, D.L., Yaukey, D. (eds) The Population of Modern China. The Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1231-2_6

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