Categories: in Jamaica | November 20th, 2007 | by ekk | no comments
Tyson Beckford
‘Naomi Campbell
Sean Paul
‘Bunny Lee’
‘Black Chiney’
Total population
55,000
Regions with significant populations
Kingston
Language(s)
Jamaican English, Chinese
Religion(s)
Christianity, Rastafari, Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Jamaican British Jamaican Americans Jamaican Brazilians Jamaican Canadian Chinese Brazilian Indo Jamaicans
Chinese Jamaicans refer to the small but nonetheless influential group of Jamaicans with Chinese birth or descent. According to the 2000 census, they form 0.2% of the population of Jamaica or 55,000 people; many have also emigrated abroad.
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Categories: in Jamaica | November 20th, 2007 | by ekk | no comments
Interracial marriages came almost immediately, and along with continued immigration the Chinese Jamaican community grew, so that it became the second-largest Chinese-Caribbean population, behind only Cuba. The 1946 Jamaica census recorded, 12,394 Chinese Jamaicans: “2,818 China-born, 4,061 local born, 5,515 Chinese coloured,” with the latter referring to multiracial Blasian people. [4]
Assimilation has taken place through generations and few Chinese Jamaicans can speak Chinese today; most of them speak English or Jamaican Patois as their first language. The vast majority have anglicized given names, but many have Chinese surnames. However, the Chinese food culture has survived to a large degree among this group of people.
Since the 1970s, there have been a significant emigration of Chinese Jamaicans from the island, primarily to the United States and Toronto, Canada.
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Categories: in Jamaica | November 20th, 2007 | by ekk | no comments
Tyson Beckford - model and actor
Black Chiney - a popular reggae/dancehall sound system
Naomi Campbell - model and actress
G. Raymond Chang - Chairman of the Board of CI Financial and Chancellor of Ryerson University
Phil Chen - famous reggae/bassist musician
Staceyann Chin - a spoken word poet
Vincent and Patricia Chin - founders of VP Records
Tami Chynn and sister Tessanne Chin - popular female recording artists
Joseph Hoo Kim - famous reggae/dancehall record producer
Leslie Kong - reggae producer
Bunny Lee - record producer
Byron Lee - musician (known for the song ‘Jump Up’ in the first James Bond film Dr. No)
Michael Lee-Chin - investor and Chairman of AIC Limited
Nicole Lyn - actress
Sean Paul - a popular reggae/dancehall musician
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