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〕 |popplace=Thailand |rels=Predominantly Theravada Buddhism minorities Mahayana Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, Sunni Islam and Christianity |langs= Thai historically Varieties of Chinese (Teochew, Hakka, Hainanese, Cantonese and Hokkien) |related= Thai peopleSouthern ChinesePeranakan Overseas Chinese }} Thai Chinese are Thais descended from various Chinese ethnic groups, particularly Han Chinese. Thailand is home to the largest overseas Chinese community in the world 〔http://www.star2.com/food/food-news/2015/10/20/give-up-meat-and-sex-for-thai-festival-ticket-to-heaven/〕 with a population of approximately nine million people, accounting for 14% of the Thai population as of 2012.〔(CIA - The World Factbook-Thailand )〕 It is also the oldest, most prominent, and best integrated overseas Chinese community. Slightly more than half of the ethnic Chinese population in Thailand trace their ancestry to eastern Guangdong province. This is evidenced by the prevalence of the Minnan Chaozhou dialect among the Chinese in Thailand. A minority trace their ancestry to Hakka and Hainanese immigrants. The Thai Chinese have been deeply ingrained into all elements of Thai society for over the past 200 years. The present Thai royal family, the Chakri Dynasty, was founded by King Rama I who himself was partly Chinese. His predecessor, King Taksin of the Thonburi dynasty, was the son of a Chinese immigrant from Guangdong Province and a Thai mother. With the highly successful integration of historic Chinese immigrant communities throughout Thailand, a significant number of Thai Chinese are the descendants of intermarriages between Chinese immigrants and native Thais. Many Thai Chinese have intermarried and assimilated into Thai society and self-identify solely as Thai. In modern times, Thai Chinese exist at all levels of Thai society and have a strong presence in Thailand's business sector and political arena〔Amy Chua, "World on Fire", 2003, Doubleday, pg. 3 & 43.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=High technology and globalization challenges facing overseas Chinese entrepreneurs | SAM Advanced Management Journal )〕 with most of Thailand's former prime ministers and the majority of parliament having at least some Chinese ancestry. ==Demographics== Thailand has the largest overseas Chinese community in the world.〔 14% of Thailand's population are considered ethnic Chinese.〔 One Thai academic of Chinese origin claims the share of those having at least partly Chinese ancestry is estimated at about 40%,〔 but without an accurate census or nationwide DNA testing, there is no credible evidence to support this theory. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thai Chinese」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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