Chinese Expats in India 在印中国人

 Recent years have witnessed a surge in Chinese ex-pats in India. Chinese immigrants are not new in India. Around 18000 to 20000 Chinese have settled in India in recent years. The figure was around 5000 to 7000 in the year 2015. They have a noticeable presence in the city of Kolkatta and Mumbai. There are places named “Chinatown” in Mumbai and Kolkatta. They can be classified into two parts, one is Chinese who immigrated to India and others as Chinese, born in India.

近年来，在印度的中国人数量激增。中国移民在印度并不是什么新鲜事。近些年大约有18000到20000名中国人已在印度定居。该数字在2015年约为5000至7000人。他们在加尔各答和孟买有着明显的存在。在孟买和加尔各答都有“唐人街”。这些人可以分为两部分，一部分是移民到印度的中国人，另一部分是在印度出生的中国人。

Immigrants from China started coming centuries ago and increased in the 18^th century during the development of ports at Kolkatta and Chennai. The Chinese community has a noticeable presence in the city of Kolkatta and they have noticeable Social and economic contributions. They are well known in the trade of leather products and restaurants.

来自中国的移民始于多个世纪以前，并在18世纪随着加尔各答和金奈港口的发展而增加。中国社区在加尔各答有着显著的存在，他们为当地的发展做出了显著的社会和经济贡献。他们大都以从事皮革产品和中餐厅而著名。

There are records in history about the visit of Chinese Buddhist Monk Faxian during the 5^th century to the town of Tamluk in West Bengal which was then known as Tampralipta. Another town of Achipur, West Bengal is named after Chinese immigrant Tong Achew. He started sugarcane plantation and sugar factories in the 18^th century. He was given land by East India Company, owned by Britishers. He brought more Chinese immigrants with him to help. His grave and a Chinese temple can still be visited at Achipur.

有历史记载，在公元5世纪，来自中国的佛教僧人法显大师访问了西孟加拉邦Tamluk镇，当时该镇称为Tampralipta。西孟加拉邦阿奇普尔（Achipur）的另一个镇则以中国移民Tong Achew的名字命名。他于18世纪在此开始种植甘蔗并兴办糖厂。他的土地由当时英国人所有的东印度公司（East India Company）给与 。随后他带来更多的华人移民来帮助他。现在在阿奇普尔（Achipur）依然可以参观他的坟墓和一座华人庙宇。

Recent immigrants from China prefer to adapt to Bangalore and Powai in Mumbai as their home in India. Eminent people in India who have roots with China :

近些年来，来自中国的移民更倾向于选择在班加罗尔和孟买的博维作为他们在印度的家。一些杰出的印度人大多有中国人的根：

Jwala Gutta, Badminton player, her mother is Chinese.

嘉娃拉·古达，羽毛球运动员，她的母亲是中国人。

Lawrence Liang, lawyer, Chinese family settled in India for long.

劳伦斯·梁，律师，他的家庭很早以前便定居在印度。

Meiyang Chang, Actor, and Singer, third-generation Chinese settled in India.

Meiyang Chang，演员和歌手，移居印度的第三代中国人

Nelson Wang, Restaurant owner, third-generation Chinese settled in India.

Nelson Wang，餐厅老总，移居印度的第三代中国人

Sahil Khan, Actor, his mother is Chinese.

Sahil Khan，演员，他的母亲是中国人。

Similarities in Culture and friendly nature makes life easy for ex-pats from both the countries in India and China.

文化的相似和友好的自然环境使得来自中国和印度的外国人的生活变得更加容易。