Chinese people in Réunion

Chinois
Total population
25,000 or more (2000)
Languages
French, Réunion Creole; Chinese (predominantly Hakka and Cantonese) spoken only by members of older generations
Religion
Roman Catholicism · Mahayana Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Sino-Mauritians

Chinois, also referred to by the Réunion Creole name Sinwa or Sinoi, are ethnic Chinese residing in Réunion, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean. As of 2000, roughly 25,000 or more lived on the island, making them one of the region's largest Chinese communities along with Chinese South Africans, Chinese people in Madagascar, and Sino-Mauritians.