Editing Tonga (section)

=== Ethnic groups ===
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{{bar percent|Tongan|darkgreen|97.03}}
{{bar percent|Part Tongan|purple|0.79}}
{{bar percent|Chinese|red|0.73}}
{{bar percent|Fijian|black|0.3}}
{{bar percent|European|orange|0.25}}
{{bar percent|Indo-Fijian|darkblue|0.12}}{{bar percent|Other Pacific Islander|green|0.2}}
{{bar percent|Other Asian|maroon|0.19}}
{{bar percent|Other|darkgray|0.37}}
{{bar percent|Not stated|gray|0.03}}
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According to the government portal, Tongans, [[Polynesians|Polynesian]] by ethnicity with a mixture of [[Melanesia]]n, represent more than 98% of the inhabitants. About 1.5% are mixed Tongans and the rest are [[European ethnic groups|European]] (the majority are British), mixed European, and other [[Pacific Islanders]]. In 2001, about 3,000 to 4,000 [[Chinese in Tonga|Chinese lived there]], comprising 3 to 4% of the total Tongan population.<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=229612 "Editorial: Racist moves will rebound on Tonga"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407043220/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/ |date=7 April 2020 }}, ''New Zealand Herald'', 23 November 2001</ref> The [[2006 Nukuʻalofa riots]] mainly targeted Chinese-owned businesses, leading to the emigration of several hundred Chinese<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-11-22/flight-chartered-to-evacuate-chinese-in-tonga/1316302 "Flight chartered to evacuate Chinese in Tonga"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602104514/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-11-22/flight-chartered-to-evacuate-chinese-in-tonga/1316302 |date=2 June 2013 }}, ABC News, 22 November 2006</ref> so that only about 300 remain.<ref>{{cite book | chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230339750_8 | doi=10.1057/9780230339750_8 | chapter=China's World Wide Web: Overseas Chinese in the South Pacific | title=The Pacific Islands in China's Grand Strategy | date=2011 | last1=Yang | first1=Jian | pages=105–125 | isbn=978-1-349-29497-8 }}</ref>