In 1782, the first Chinese seaman was found in England.
More and more Chinese people moved to England over the years.
In 1851, the census recorded 78 Chinese men living in England.
The first Chinese Embassy was established in 1877 in London.
A few years later small Chinese communities were founded in London and Liverpool.
In the 1940s, about 20,000 Chinese people joined the British Army and participated in World War II.
In 1941, the census recorded 2419 Chinese people in England.
During the 1950s, thousands of farmers from Hong Kong emigrated to England to look for jobs.
In 1970, many Vietnam Chinese refugees fled to Britain due to newly installed communist regime in Vietnam.
Because Chinese medicine became very popular in the UK in the 1990s, many Chinese herbalists and their families came to the UK.
Towards the end of the 1997, a small number of well educated Hong Kong government civil servant were granted British citizenship, thus allowing them to live in the UK.
But this group of Chinese citizens suffered badly as they were unable to claim social benefits.
Although they were well educated and middle-aged, they were unable to find jobs.
Being well educated they did not want to work in catering.
In 1999, Portugal granted all Macau Chinese people full citizenship with an EU passport before they returned to China.
Under EU law, the Macau Chinese are allowed to live in EU countries as EU citizens and are entitled to all social security benefits.
The Macau Chinese prefer to live in England.
Most of them find it difficult to get a job because of language barrier.
In the past two decades, British Universities have employed thousands of well educated Chinese scholars from mainland of China to work in IT and technology research projects.
All their hard work has not been recognised by society.
Their children's school achievement is outstanding.
When their offspring join the workforce, they will play a very important part in the UK and international job markets.
There is an increasing number of new immigrants in England.
Large numbers of Chinese refugees have arrived in Britain.
These people are no skills and are hardly abide to speak English and unable to claim social benefit.
Most of them work illegally in the farming, catering, and other industries requiring little skill.
These Chinese refugees have already created problems for the British Home Office, the police and other governmental departments relating to illegal immigrants.
The present government is struggling to deal with this problem.
Chinese overseas students living in the UK often work in shops in China Town.
They enjoy eating out and buying designer goods in Manchester King Street.
Their lifestyle is extremely different from normal students.
Most overseas students come from a wealthy family.
Travel and overseas school fees are very expensive, if these students did not come from a wealthy background, they would not be able to afford to live expenses in the UK.
They spend about 3-5 years in the UK and enjoy traveling to European countries.
