Editing Overseas Chinese (section)

===Republic of China===
In the first half of the 20th Century, war and revolution accelerated the pace of migration out of China.<ref name=":Han2" />{{Rp|page=127}} The [[Kuomintang]] and the [[Chinese Communist Party|Communist Party]] competed for political support from overseas Chinese.<ref name=":Han2" />{{Rp|page=|pages=127–128}}

Under the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republicans]] economic growth froze and many migrated outside the Republic of China, mostly through the coastal regions via the ports of [[Fujian]], [[Guangdong]], [[Hainan]] and [[Shanghai]]. These migrations are considered to be among the largest in China's history. Many nationals of the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] fled and settled down overseas mainly between the years 1911–1949 before the [[Nationalist government]] led by [[Kuomintang]] lost the mainland to Communist revolutionaries and relocated. Most of the nationalist and neutral refugees fled mainland China to [[North America]] while others fled to [[Southeast Asia]] ([[Singapore]], [[Brunei]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]] and [[Philippines]]) as well as [[Taiwan]] (Republic of China).<ref name="Sarawakiana">{{cite web|title=Chiang Kai Shiek|url=http://sarawakiana.blogspot.com/2008/08/chiang-kai-shek-or-chiang-chung-cheng.html|publisher=Sarawakiana|access-date=28 August 2012|archive-date=6 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206041057/http://sarawakiana.blogspot.com/2008/08/chiang-kai-shek-or-chiang-chung-cheng.html|url-status=live}}</ref>