China has 1.4 million immigrants, but 40% are from Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan
China's 2020 census shows that only 0.1% of the population are immigrants, and 40% of them are from Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan. A figure that debunks the narrative.
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China records just 0.1% foreign immigrants: the figure that debunks the Western narrative
China has an immigration problem: it barely exists. According to the 2020 census, the country had 1,430,695 immigrants, a figure that would amount to 0.1% of its population of 1.4 billion. But the data shrinks even further when broken down: 584,998 of those "immigrants" are residents of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, territories Beijing considers part of China. True foreigners —845,697 people— account for just 0.06% of the population.
China's mirror versus Western reality
While Spain debates how to manage a foreign population exceeding 15%, China maintains border control that puts any developed country to shame. Only 12,000 foreigners had permanent residency in 2023. The difference is no accident: in China, political and economic power are fused in the Communist Party, which has decided that mass immigration is not in its interest. In the West, as some analyses point out, the real power —financial and corporate— has chosen to open the floodgates to sustain the system, regardless of the social consequences.
What the Chinese census hides
40% of the "immigrants" are actually Chinese from territories with special status. If the same criterion were applied in Spain —counting Spaniards born in Latin America as "foreigners"— the immigration percentage would skyrocket. But the comparison is flawed here: Spain has millions of foreigners of diverse origins; China barely reaches 0.1% in total. The irony is that while Europe accuses Beijing of lacking openness, the data show that Chinese society is, demographically, the most homogeneous in the developed world.
If China maintains its iron border control, it will remain a demographic anomaly. Perhaps the real mirror is not for the West, but for those who believe development requires openness without conditions.
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China has an immigration problem: it barely exists. According to the 2020 census, the country had 1,430,695 immigrants, a figure that would amount to 0.1% of its population of 1.4 billion. But the data shrinks even further when broken down: 584,998 of those "immigrants" are residents of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, territories Beijing considers part of China. True foreigners —845,697 people— account for just 0.06% of the population.
China's mirror versus Western reality
While Spain debates how to manage a foreign population exceeding 15%, China maintains border control that puts any developed country to shame. Only 12,000 foreigners had permanent residency in 2023. The difference is no accident: in China, political and economic power are fused in the Communist Party, which has decided that mass immigration is not in its interest. In the West, as some analyses point out, the real power —financial and corporate— has chosen to open the floodgates to sustain the system, regardless of the social consequences.
What the Chinese census hides
40% of the "immigrants" are actually Chinese from territories with special status. If the same criterion were applied in Spain —counting Spaniards born in Latin America as "foreigners"— the immigration percentage would skyrocket. But the comparison is flawed here: Spain has millions of foreigners of diverse origins; China barely reaches 0.1% in total. The irony is that while Europe accuses Beijing of lacking openness, the data show that Chinese society is, demographically, the most homogeneous in the developed world.
If China maintains its iron border control, it will remain a demographic anomaly. Perhaps the real mirror is not for the West, but for those who believe development requires openness without conditions.
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