Britons in China

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As of 2006, an estimated 36,000 British people live in China, including those living in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China.{{cite web|title=Brits Abroad|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/|website=BBC News – Special Reports|publisher=BBC|access-date=10 December 2014}} A different estimate puts the number of Britons in China (including Hong Kong) at 3,752,031,{{cite web| title=The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons put the size of the British expatriate community in Hong Kong at over 3 million|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmfaff/117/11712.htm#note212|publisher=Publications.parliament.uk|access-date=2013-11-12}}{{cite web|title=The FCO had the figure for Hong Kong and China combined at 3,752,031 : Both figures cover all British nationals, including those who are not British citizens.|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo060322/text/60322w15.htm|publisher=Publications.parliament.uk|access-date=2013-11-12}} the majority of which are those in Hong Kong who have continued to possess British nationality, particularly the British nationals (overseas) status, which numbered 3.4 million as of 2007.{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldhansrd/text/70322w0001.htm|title=Lords Hansard, 22 March 2007|work=UK Parliament}}

As of the 2011 Hong Kong Census, there were 33,733 Britons in Hong Kong.[http://itable.censtatd.gov.hk/UI/Report/Report.aspx?lang=en-US Interactive Data Dissemination Service], Hong Kong Census, 2011