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The Chinese Brazilian community is centered around the Liberdade district in São Paulo . Besides being an area famous for its strong Japanese presence, a significant number of Taiwan ese immigrants settled in Liberdade, and many Chinese immigrants have come to Liberdade following the Communist revolution in 1949. Many Cantonese from Hong Kong and Portuguese-speaking Macau — including some Macanese of mixed Chinese and Portuguese descent — also settled the place after their return to mainland Chinese rule in 1997 and 1999 respectively. These Macau immigrants can usually speak and understand Portuguese (its Creole, Macanese Or Patuá , is also spoken), allowing them to adjust more easily to life in Brazil. A very sizeable number of Chinese Indonesian s settled the area as refugees when they were violently forced out by Indonesians of Malay descent in the 1960s. Today, Chinese Brazilians usually speak a mixture of Chinese and Portuguese. EXTERNAL LINKS
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