Britons in China

This article is about Chinese people of British descent. For British people of Chinese descent, see British Chinese.

As of 2006, an estimated 36,000 British people live in China, including those living in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China.^[1] A different estimate puts the number of Britons in China (including Hong Kong) at 3,752,031,^[2][3] 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.^[4]

As of the 2011 Hong Kong Census, there were 33,733 Britons in Hong Kong.^[5]

Education

British international schools in Mainland China include:

Beijing:

• British School of Beijing, Sanlitun
• British School of Beijing, Shunyi
• Dulwich College Beijing
• Harrow International School Beijing
• Pennon Foreign Language School, Beijing
• International School of Beijing (Formed by a merger of the British Embassy School)
• Beijing Rego British School (closed)

Guangdong:

• British School of Guangzhou
• Bromsgrove School Mission Hills (Shenzhen)
• Dulwich International High School Zhuhai

Jiangsu:

• Wycombe Abbey International School of Changzhou (former Oxford International College of Changzhou)
• British School of Nanjing
• Dulwich College Suzhou
• Dulwich International High School Suzhou

Shandong:

• Malvern College Qingdao

Shanghai:

• Nord Anglia International School Shanghai Pudong
• The British International School Shanghai, Puxi Campus
• Dulwich College Shanghai
• Harrow International School Shanghai
• Wellington College International Shanghai
• Shanghai Rego International School (Closed)

Sichuan:

• Malvern College Chengdu
• Oxford International College of Chengdu

Tianjin:

• Wellington College International Tianjin

British schools in Hong Kong include:

• Harrow International School Hong Kong
• Kellett School
• Malvern College Hong Kong
• South Island School

Notable personalities

• Lee and Oli Barrett - social media personalities^[6]

See also

• British diaspora
• British Chinese
• China-United Kingdom relations

References

1. "Brits Abroad". BBC News – Special Reports. BBC. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
2. "The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons put the size of the British expatriate community in Hong Kong at over 3 million". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
3. "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". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
4. "Lords Hansard, 22 March 2007". UK Parliament.
5. Interactive Data Dissemination Service, Hong Kong Census, 2011
6. Ellery, Ben; Knowles, Tom (2020-01-09). "Beijing funds British YouTubers to further its propaganda war". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2020-01-19.