华侨历史悠久 人数众多 分布广泛 秦汉时期,中国就与一些邻国有所来往。到了唐代,南洋一带已有华侨在那里定居。华侨自称“唐人”,并称祖国为“唐山”,即由此而来。不过,直到鸦片战争之前,华侨人数只有一百多万。此后,伴随着“契约华工”的出现。华侨不仅人数激增,而且分布渐广。 The overseas Chinese have a long history and a large number of people. Widely distributed during the Qin and Han Dynasties, China had some contacts with some neighboring countries. In the Tang Dynasty, there were overseas Chinese settled in Nanyang. The overseas Chinese claim to be “the Chinese” and claim that the motherland is “the Tangshan”. However, until the Opium War, there were only over one million overseas Chinese. Since then, accompanied by the “contract laborer” appeared. Overseas Chinese not only experienced a surge in population, but also gradually spread.