Thai Chinese

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Thai Chinese, also known as Chinese Thais or Sino-Thais, are Thai citizens of Chinese ethnicity or ancestry. They form the largest mixed-ethnic group in Thailand and the largest overseas Chinese community in the world, ahead of neighbouring Malaysia and its Chinese population in second. As of 2012, the Thai Chinese population stood at approximately 9.5 million people, accounting for 11 to 14 per cent of the country's total population. It is also one of the oldest and most prominently integrated overseas Chinese communities, with a history dating back to the 1100s. Slightly more than half of the ethnic Chinese population in Thailand trace their ancestry to Chaoshan, proven by the prevalence of the Teochew dialect among the Chinese community in Thailand as well as other Chinese languages. The term as commonly understood signifies those whose ancestors immigrated to Thailand before 1949. The Thai Chinese have been deeply ingrained into all elements of Thai society over the past 200 years....

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