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| 210,000 2.2% of the UAE population | |
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| Abu Dhabi · Dubai | |
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| Wenzhounese · Cantonese · Mandarin Chinese · English | |
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| Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Islam |
There are approximately 400,000 Chinese people in the United Arab Emirates as of 2023, according to the Chinese ambassador.[1] Many Chinese expatriates hail from the Wenzhou region; they are mostly businessmen and merchants who run hundreds of commodity shops through the Emirates.[2] Chinese culture in the Emirates has a sizeable presence; there are many Chinese restaurants in Dubai.[citation needed]
The Chinese-themed Dragon Mart is a set of two adjacent shopping malls in the China Cluster of Dubai International City, a suburb of Dubai.[3][4] It is 1.2 kilometre long and is the "largest Chinese retail trading hub outside mainland China".[5] It includes the largest concentration of Chinese businesses in the UAE.[6]
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