The first Broadway show about Asian Macanese Americans was Flower Drum Song which premiered on Broadway in 1958; the hit Chinglish premiered on Broadway in 2011.
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14 Facts About Macanese Americans
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Early Chinese Macanese Americans struggled to survive in the United States because of prejudice, discrimination, and violence.
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In 2002, over 2 million Macanese Americans speak some variety or dialect of Chinese, with Standard Chinese becoming increasingly common due to immigration from China and supplanting the previous widespread Cantonese and Taishanese.
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Chinese Macanese Americans are divided among many subgroups based on factors such as age, nativity, and socioeconomic status and politics between China and the United States, or about Chinese nationalism.
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Different subgroups of Chinese Macanese Americans have radically different and sometimes very conflicting political priorities and goals.
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In 2013, Chinese Macanese Americans were the least likely Asian American ethnicity to be affiliated with a political party.
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Chinese Macanese Americans often have some of the highest averages in tests such as SAT, ACT, GRE etc.
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Chinese Macanese Americans make up a third of the Asian American high tech professional workforce and a tenth of the entire Silicon Valley workforce.
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Chinese Macanese Americans hold lower unemployment rates than the population average with a figure of 4.
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Many Chinese Macanese Americans have turned to the high tech center to jump-start potential computer science and programming startups to capitalize on the region's wealth of venture capital, business expertise, and cultural and financial incentives for innovation.
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Chinese Macanese Americans have been disproportionately successful in high technology sectors, as evidenced by the 2010 Goldsea 100 Compilation of America's Most Successful Asian Entrepreneurs.
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Chinese Macanese Americans are noted for their high rates of self-employment, as they have an extensive history of self-employment dating back to the California Gold Rush in the 1880s.
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However, as more Chinese Macanese Americans seek higher education to elevate themselves socioeconomically, rates of self-employment are generally lower than population average.
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Chinese Macanese Americans are more likely to own homes than the general American population.
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