Chinese people in Germany eventually achieved what one scholar described as a "meagre victory": a retraction by "Bild-Zeitung". However, the success of the protests laid some foundation for further professional cooperation among Chinese restaurateurs. Germany also boasts a small number of Uyghurs, a Turkic-speaking ethnic minority of China who live in the Xinjiang region in northwest China; they form one of the few obvious communities of Chinese national minorities in Europe. Though they are Chinese citizens or formerly held Chinese citizenship, their ethnic and political identity is defined largely by opposition to China, and for the most part they do not consider themselves part
Ethnic Chinese in Panama Ethnic Chinese in Panama Ethnic Chinese in Panama, also variously referred to as Chinese-Panamanians, Panamanian-Chinese, Panama Chinese, or in Spanish as , are Panamanian citizens and residents of Chinese origin or descent. The community of ethnic Chinese in Panama began to form in the latter half of the 19th century. The first group of Chinese labourers arrived in the country on 30 March 1854 aboard the Clipper "Sea Witch" to work on the Panama Railroad and later established in Jamaica. By the early 20th century, they had already come to play a crucial role in other sectors of the economy