Shanghainese people

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Shanghainese people
上海人

Yao Ming, Liza Wang Liu Xiang, Lu Xun Xu Guangqi
Total population
approximately 20,000,000
Regions with significant populations
Total population Shanghai 18,580,000 people Hong Kong As part of Mainlander population Republic of China (on Taiwan) As part of Mainlander population United States As part of Chinese American population Australia As part of Chinese Australian population
Languages
Shanghainese dialect, other Wu Chinese dialects, Mandarin Chinese
Religion
Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religion
Related ethnic groups
Wuyue people, Ningbo people, other Han Chinese

Shanghainese people (Chinese: 上海人; pinyin: Shànghǎi rén; Shanghainese dialect: [zɑ̃.ˈhe.ɲɪɲ]) refers to the people who are from Shanghai, China, who can speak the Shanghainese dialect of Chinese. With the prosperity of Shanghai, more and more migrants have been moving to Shanghai for school and work which also creates "New Shanghaier". "New Shanghaier" are also contributing to the development of Shanghai. There is also a significant minority of Shanghainese people living in Sydney, Australia particularly in the suburbs of Ashfield and Burwood. As well as that, many Shanghainese have moved to New York City and settled in various suburbs. In Hong Kong a lot of rich people are from Shanghai origin. They or their ancestors fled from the communists in 1949 with all their belongings and money. Some actors on the TVB network, a television network based in Hong Kong, are originally from Shanghai, such as Liza Wang, Tracy Ip, and Natalie Tong. A significant part of the Shanghainese population also have ancestry from Ningbo.

[edit] See also

• Shanghai
• Chinese people
• List of Chinese people
• Han Chinese
• Cantonese people
• Taiwanese people

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