Israelis in China

Israelis in China

Israelis in China, as compared to other foreign communities, are not large in number. There are at most a few hundred in each of a few major cities, and possibly more scattered around in other locations outside of the major cities.

Beijing

Roughly 130 Israelis are reported to live in Beijing.cite news
last = Gordon
first = Buzzy
title = On Mainland China, Jews Can Choose Chabad or Liberal
publisher = Jewish Telegraphic Agency
date = 2005-09-29
url = http://www.ujc.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=85657
accessdate = 2006-09-05 ] In 2005, the Israeli embassy to China held their Hanukkah celebrations at the Great Wall of China, the first such celebration in Chinese history. [cite news
coauthors = Canada Television News Staff
title = China's Great Wall hosts Hanukkah celebration
publisher = Canada Television
date = 2005-12-26
url = http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051225/hannukah_israel_051225/20051225?hub=CTVNewsAt11
accessdate = 2006-09-05 ]

Shanghai

Shanghai's Israeli community may be the largest in mainland China. In 1995, when the Israeli consulate opened, only two Israelis lived in the city. However, by 2003, that number had grown to 70, and as of 2005, over 200 Israelis were registered as living in Shanghai. [cite news
last = Luo
first = Man
coauthors = Zou Huilin
title = Passport tells tale about Shanghai Jewish refugees
publisher = China Daily
date = 2005-04-18
url = http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/18/content_435043.htm
accessdate = 2006-09-05 ] The city also boasts an Israeli restaurant run by a husband-and-wife team from Israel who came with their three sons which is considered something of a gathering point for the city's Israeli community; the Israeli consul is also known to frequent the restaurant. [cite news
last = Chiu
first = Alexis
title = Mediterranean Mama
publisher = Shanghai Star
date = 2005-03-03
url = http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2005/0303/pr13-1.html
accessdate = 2006-09-05 ]

Many Israelis in Shanghai are involved in the diamond industry. Most notable among them is Sara Imas, a former Chinese citizen with a German Jewish father and Jiangsu mother, who was born and raised in China and later recognized by former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin as the first Jewish immigrant from China to Israel. Imas later returned to Shanghai as the representative of a diamond company after gaining Israeli citizenship and living in Israel for 12 years. [cite news
last = Wang
first = Shanshan
coauthors = Li Jian
title = A Chinese Jew's tale of adversity and triumph
publisher = China Daily
date = 2005-07-27
url = http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/27/content_463688.htm
accessdate = 2006-09-05 ]

Hong Kong

The Israeli community in Hong Kong is larger than those of Beijing and Shanghai combined.

References

See also

* History of the Jews in China
* Kaifeng Jews


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