Australians in China

{{short description|Ethnic group in China}}

{{About|Chinese people of Australian descent|Australians of Chinese ancestry|Chinese Australians}}

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| total = 55,000

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| regions = {{hlist|Beijing | Guangzhou | Hong Kong | Shanghai}}

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| languages = {{hlist|Australian English | Chinese}}

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| related_groups = Australian diaspora

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Australians in China include Australian expatriates in China, international students, Chinese Australians as well as Chinese people of Australian descent. In 2001, there were over 55,000 Australians present in China.{{Cite web |url=http://www.southern-cross-group.org/archives/Statistics/Numbers_of_Australians_Overseas_in_2001_by_Region_Feb_2002.pdf |title=Southern Cross Group |access-date=2011-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720101723/http://www.southern-cross-group.org/archives/Statistics/Numbers_of_Australians_Overseas_in_2001_by_Region_Feb_2002.pdf |archive-date=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead }} Of them, over 2,000 lived in the capital Beijing, an estimated 3,900 in Guangzhou and about 2,500 in Shanghai. Notwithstanding mainland China, the remaining overwhelming 46,000 Australians resided in Hong Kong. By 2010, the number of Australians living in mainland China had grown to 13,286, according to the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China.{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110429_402722638.htm |title=Major Figures on Residents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and Foreigners Covered by 2010 Population Census |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of China |date=April 29, 2011 |accessdate=May 26, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514214156/http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110429_402722638.htm |archivedate=14 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}