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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Inhabitants of Seychellois of Chinese heritage</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Ethnic group</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Sino-Seychellois</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de; color:inherit;">Total population</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">c. 1,000 (1999)<sup id="cite_ref-ChineseLanguage_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChineseLanguage-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de; color:inherit;">Regions with significant populations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Mont_Fleuri" title="Mont Fleuri">Mont Fleuri</a><sup id="cite_ref-Mahoune_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahoune-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de; color:inherit;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Seychellois_Creole" title="Seychellois Creole">Seychellois Creole</a>; <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hakka" class="mw-redirect" title="Hakka">Hakka</a> & <a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a>) not widely spoken,<sup id="cite_ref-Mahoune_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahoune-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de; color:inherit;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a><sup id="cite_ref-Mahoune_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahoune-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de; color:inherit;">Related ethnic groups</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Sino-Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sino-Mauritian">Sino-Mauritians</a><sup id="cite_ref-Yap_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yap-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sino-Seychellois</b> are <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Chinese" title="Overseas Chinese">overseas Chinese</a> who reside in <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a>. In 1999, their population was estimated at 1,000 individuals, making them one of <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>'s smaller Chinese communities.<sup id="cite_ref-ChineseLanguage_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChineseLanguage-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sino-Seychellois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first Chinese immigrants to Seychelles arrived from Mauritius in 1886.<sup id="cite_ref-Mahoune_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahoune-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until around 1940, it was common for a <a href="/wiki/Sino-Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sino-Mauritian">Sino-Mauritian</a> to bring his relatives over from China to Mauritius for a period of apprenticeship in his business; after they had gained sufficient familiarity with commercial practises and life in a colonial society, he would send them onwards with letters of introduction, lending them his own capital to start up businesses in neighbouring regions, including Seychelles.<sup id="cite_ref-Yap_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yap-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like in other overseas Chinese communities, rivalry between <a href="/wiki/Yue_Chinese" title="Yue Chinese">Cantonese</a>- and <a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a>-speakers was a common feature of their social life. The two separate groups lived in different areas and even refused to marry each other, instead preferring to marry local women of African descent. They started out working on <a href="/wiki/Vanilla" title="Vanilla">vanilla</a> plantations, but quickly turned to shopkeeping, transport, and fishing.<sup id="cite_ref-Mahoune_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahoune-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language,_education,_and_culture"><span id="Language.2C_education.2C_and_culture"></span>Language, education, and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sino-Seychellois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Language, education, and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1945, Richard Man-Cham, the father of future Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/James_Mancham" title="James Mancham">James Mancham</a>, requested government permission to open a Chinese school. The government responded coldly to the idea.<sup id="cite_ref-Mahoune_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahoune-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Formal Chinese language education would not be established in Seychelles until 2007, when the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> sent a teacher to work with the adult and distance education department of Seychelles' Ministry of Education.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, most Sino-Seychellois do not speak Chinese, though they may <a href="/wiki/Passive_speakers_(language)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passive speakers (language)">understand it</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mahoune_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahoune-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_individuals">Notable individuals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sino-Seychellois&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable individuals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Sir <a href="/wiki/James_Mancham" title="James Mancham">James Mancham</a>, descendant of a Chinese immigrant grandfather<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Anglican Archbishop <a href="/wiki/French_Chang-Him" title="French Chang-Him">French Chang-Him</a>, descendant of a Chinese father<sup id="cite_ref-Mahoune_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahoune-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Li_Huarong&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Li Huarong (page does not exist)">Li Huarong</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deputy Minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Chang-Leng" title="Nicole Chang-Leng">Nicole Chang-Leng</a>, Seychelles' first female pilot and <a href="/wiki/Pilot_in_command" title="Pilot in command">captain</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sino-Seychellois&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="#cite_ref-Mahoune_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mahoune_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mahoune_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMahoune2000">Mahoune 2000</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Yap-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Yap_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Yap_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFYapLeong_Man1996">Yap & Leong Man 1996</a>, p. 37</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWang2008">Wang 2008</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAn2007">An 2007</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Sino-Seychellois&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAn2007" class="citation cs2">An, Ran (2007-09-12), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://big5.china.com.cn/international/txt/2007-09/12/content_8863598.htm">"塞席爾領導人工作勤勉首任總統有1/4中國血統"</a>, <i>China Radio International</i><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-31</span></span></cite><span 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