Chinese Jamaicans

E676349

ethnic group

Chinese Jamaicans are a Caribbean ethnic community of Chinese descent in Jamaica, known for their significant contributions to the island’s commerce, cuisine, and cultural life.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chinese Caribbean people	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Jamaica ⓘ
culturalContribution	Jamaican cuisine ⓘ development of Chinese-Jamaican bakeries ⓘ fusion of Chinese and Jamaican food traditions ⓘ participation in Jamaican film and media ⓘ participation in Jamaican music industry ⓘ popularization of dishes such as Jamaican-style chow mein ⓘ support of community associations and benevolent societies ⓘ
demographicTrend	emigration to Canada ⓘ emigration to the United Kingdom ⓘ emigration to the United States ⓘ
earlyRole	indentured labourers ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Chinese ⓘ
firstSignificantArrival	mid-19th century ⓘ
heritageOrganization	Chinese Benevolent Association of Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese Freemasons in Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageSite	Chinese cemetery in Kingston, Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
integrationPattern	high degree of assimilation into Jamaican society ⓘ maintenance of some Chinese cultural traditions ⓘ
language	Cantonese ⓘ Hakka Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamaican English NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamaican Patois NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorEconomicRole	bakery sector ⓘ restaurant sector ⓘ retail trade ⓘ small business ownership ⓘ supermarket sector ⓘ wholesale trade ⓘ
migrationWave	19th century Chinese migration to Jamaica ⓘ 20th century Chinese migration to Jamaica ⓘ
notableReligionTrend	conversion to Christianity over generations ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	small minority of Jamaica’s total population ⓘ
primaryAncestralOrigin	Guangdong, China NERFINISHED ⓘ Hakka Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
relatedGroup	Chinese Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese Canadians NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese Caribbeans NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese Cubans NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese Haitians ⓘ Chinese Trinidadians and Tobagonians NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese diaspora NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamaican people ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Chinese folk religion ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Taoism ⓘ
socialPerception	known for contributions to Jamaican cultural life ⓘ known for contributions to commerce in Jamaica ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinese Surinamese → relatedGroup → Chinese Jamaicans ⓘ

Caribbean peoples → hasSubgroup → Chinese Jamaicans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Caribbean people