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Q: I've read there are fewer than 1m laowei living in China. Is this correct? How many legally?
And an additional question.... How many Chinese citizens were born in a country other than China?
I know that in Australia these days that figure is about 25%. And I'm sure the figure for quite a few EU countries would be on the high side too.
So I guess I'm asking three questions here...
Feel free to answer any, or all.
a little over a million acc.to the latest census.
I found this source, quoting 0.6 millions foreigners in China for 2011
http://shanghaiist.com/2011/04/30/total_number_of_foreigners_in_mainl.php
That's 0.0461% for you, all nationalities put together 
Let's double that number and round it generously, it's still 0.1%. Counting the naturalized Chinese citizen won't change the number, they account for roughly 5000 people.
Thanks for those answers above. Relative to the entire population foreigners amount to a miniscule amount. No wonder we get the stare treatment, especially in cities off the beaten track, such as mine.
