Hongqiao Town in
Minhang District has the largest South Korean community in Shanghai and is considered to be the
Koreatown of Shanghai.[citation needed] The Koreatown is located near Hongquan Lu (虹泉路) and Jinhui Nan Lu (金汇南路).[4] As of 2011, about 30,000 of the 50,000 Koreans in Shanghai live in the Koreatown area.[1]
History
In early 1919 there were 400 Koreans in Shanghai. In the autumn of 1919 this increased to 700.[5] In that era, Shanghai became a center of
Korean nationalism.[6]
In 1982 there were 462 ethnic Koreans in Shanghai. This increased by 58.9% to 734 in 1990.[7] According to the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, from 1990 to 1995 the ethnic Korean population in Shanghai increased by 60%.[8]
As of 2003 there was an estimate of 7,500 long-term South Korean residents in Shanghai, with 2,676 of them having residential permits.[9]
By 2008 almost 23,000 Koreans resided in Shanghai, making up of 15% of the foreigners and making for the second largest migrant group in Shanghai. In addition Shanghai became the center of South Korean tourism to China.[10]
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