Overseas Chinese – Wikipedia

The term “Overseas Chinese” refers to those of Han Chinese ethnicity living outside of Republic of China and People’s Republic of China, or more broadly, to all 56 recognized ethnic groups in China; Chinese people in the sense of Zhonghua minzu. For example, members of the Tibetan diaspora may travel to China on passes granted to certain Overseas Chinese.[17]Overseas Chinese defines several criteria for identifying Han overseas Chinese: there is a direct racial lineage of descent from groups originating from China, they still retain their culture, self-identify with Chinese culture or acknowledge Chinese origin

via Overseas Chinese – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.