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Chinese in Fiji

Index Chinese in Fiji

The Chinese diaspora in Fiji is a small but influential community in the multiracial society that makes up modern-day Fiji. [1]

61 relations: Buddhism, Cabinet of Fiji, China, Chinese Australians, Chinese folk religion, Chinese in Samoa, Chinese in Tonga, Chinese New Zealanders, Christianity, Citizenship, Confidence trick, Confucianism, Demographics of Fiji, Diaspora, Dixon Seeto, Fiji, Fiji Law Society, Fiji Times, Fijian dollar, Fijian language, Fijians, Fishing, Gambling, General electors, Graeme Leung, Han Chinese, Harvard University Press, Heroin, Hong Kong, Horticulture, House of Representatives of Fiji, Indians in Fiji, James Ah Koy, Joni Madraiwiwi, Kenneth Low, Legislative council, Legislature, Levuka, Lieutenant colonel, Lynn Pan, Money laundering, Orisi Rabukawaqa, Parliament of Fiji, Pio Wong, Police, Politics of Fiji, Prostitution, Public inquiry, Rotuma, Sandalwood, ..., Sawani, Sea cucumber as food, Senate of Fiji, Shanghainese, Suva, Taoism, The New Zealand Herald, Vice-President of Fiji, Xinhua News Agency, Yue Chinese, 2013 Constitution of Fiji. Expand index (11 more) »

Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Cabinet of Fiji

Fiji has the Westminster system — executive authority is vested nominally in a President, but exercised in practice by a Cabinet of ministers, presided over by the Prime Minister.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese Australians

Chinese Australians are Australian citizens of Chinese ancestry.

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Chinese folk religion

Chinese folk religion (Chinese popular religion) or Han folk religion is the religious tradition of the Han people, including veneration of forces of nature and ancestors, exorcism of harmful forces, and a belief in the rational order of nature which can be influenced by human beings and their rulers as well as spirits and gods.

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Chinese in Samoa

The majority of Chinese nationals currently residing in Samoa are businessmen, labour workers and shopowners in the south western island nation of Samoa, and there are at least 30,000 people in Samoa who are of mixed Samoan and Chinese descent, although they are classified as ethnic Samoans in official census.

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Chinese in Tonga

A significant Chinese presence in Tonga is relatively recent.

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Chinese New Zealanders

Chinese New Zealanders are New Zealanders of Chinese ancestry.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Citizenship

Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or belonging to a nation.

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Confidence trick

A confidence trick (synonyms include con, confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, scam and stratagem) is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, used in the classical sense of trust.

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Confucianism

Confucianism, also known as Ruism, is described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or simply a way of life.

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Demographics of Fiji

The demographic characteristics of the population of Fiji are known through censuses, usually conducted in ten-year intervals, and has been analysed by statistical bureaus since the 1880s.

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Diaspora

A diaspora (/daɪˈæspərə/) is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale.

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Dixon Seeto

Dixon Seeto is a Fijian businessman and political leader of Chinese descent.

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Fiji

Fiji (Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी), officially the Republic of Fiji (Matanitu Tugalala o Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी गणराज्य), is an island country in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island.

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Fiji Law Society

The Fiji Law Society is the official body that registers and regulates the activity of all lawyers in Fiji.

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Fiji Times

The Fiji Times is a daily English-language newspaper published in Suva, Fiji.

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Fijian dollar

The Fijian dollar (currency sign: FJ$, $; currency code: FJD) has been the currency of Fiji since 1969 and was also the currency between 1867 and 1873.

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Fijian language

Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti) is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language.

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Fijians

Fijians (iTaukei) are a nation and ethnic group native to Fiji, who speak Fijian and share a common history and culture.

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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.

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Gambling

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.

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General electors

"General Electors" is the term formerly used in Fiji to identify citizens of voting age who belonged, in most cases, to ethnic minorities.

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Graeme Leung

Graham Everett Leung is a Fijian lawyer and former president of the Fiji Law Society.

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Han Chinese

The Han Chinese,.

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Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.

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Heroin

Heroin, also known as diamorphine among other names, is an opioid most commonly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Horticulture

Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other cultivar).

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House of Representatives of Fiji

The House of Representatives was the lower chamber of Fiji's Parliament from 1970 to 2006.

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Indians in Fiji

Indo-Fijians are Fiji citizens who are fully or partially of Indian descent, which includes descendants who trace their heritage from various parts of the Indian subcontinent.

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James Ah Koy

Sir James Michael Ah Koy, KBE (born in Lautoka, 30 November 1936) is a Fijian businessman, politician, and diplomat of Chinese and Fijian descent.

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Joni Madraiwiwi

Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, Lord Madraiwiwi Tangatatonga (1957 – 29 September 2016) was a Fijian lawyer, politician and was the Vice-President of Fiji from 2004 to 2006.

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Kenneth Low

Kenneth Mang-Kwong Low is a Chinese-Fijian businessman and political leade.

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Legislative council

A legislative council is the name given to the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state; or, in the United States, a council within a legislature which supervises nonpartisan legislative support staff.

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Legislature

A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.

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Levuka

Levuka is a town on the eastern coast of the Fijian island of Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division of Fiji.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lynn Pan

Lynn Pan (born 1945 in Shanghai), also Ling Pan, is an author and an expert on the Overseas Chinese.

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Money laundering

Money laundering is the act of concealing the transformation of profits from illegal activities and corruption into ostensibly "legitimate" assets.

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Orisi Rabukawaqa

Orisi Rabukawaqa is a Fijian career soldier.

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Parliament of Fiji

The Parliament of Fiji is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of the Fiji.

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Pio Wong

Pio Iowane Wong is a Fijian politician of Fijian and Chinese descent.

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Police

A police force is a constituted body of persons empowered by a state to enforce the law, to protect people and property, and to prevent crime and civil disorder.

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Politics of Fiji

Politics of Fiji take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic.

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Prostitution

Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment.

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Public inquiry

A tribunal of inquiry is an official review of events or actions ordered by a government body.

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Rotuma

Rotuma is a Fijian dependency, consisting of Rotuma Island and nearby islets.

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Sandalwood

Sandalwood is a class of woods from trees in the genus Santalum.

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Sawani

Sawani is a genre of semi-classical singing, popular in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

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Sea cucumber as food

Sea cucumbers are marine animals of the class Holothuroidea.

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Senate of Fiji

The Senate of Fiji was the upper chamber of Parliament.

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Shanghainese

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Suva

Suva is the capital and largest metropolitan city in Fiji.

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Taoism

Taoism, also known as Daoism, is a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao (also romanized as ''Dao'').

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.

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Vice-President of Fiji

The position of the Vice-President of the Republic of Fiji was created in 1990, to provide a constitutional successor to the President of Fiji, in the event of the latter's death or resignation, or of his otherwise being unable to carry out his duties.

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Xinhua News Agency

Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English) or New China News Agency is the official state-run press agency of the People's Republic of China.

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Yue Chinese

Yue or Yueh is one of the primary branches of Chinese spoken in southern China, particularly the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, collectively known as Liangguang.

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2013 Constitution of Fiji

Fiji's fourth constitution was signed into law by President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau on September 6, 2013, coming into effect immediately.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_in_Fiji

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