About 60 million people of Chinese birth or descent live outside of China, with around 2.4 million estimated to live in Europe, with the largest communities in France, the UK, and Italy.
Read more about Chinese migration on the Unesco website here.
Non-Chinese may be aware of both Mandarin and Cantonese (also known as Yue), but may not realise how many other varieties exist. Some are often considered dialects but one 'dialect' can be different enough to be unintelligible to another, and while many people can read the most widespread translations, some may find great benefit from reading or listening in the form they use most at home.
For more details on Bibles and related materials visit the China focused pages on scriptureearth.org and find.bible. Find.Bible also contains an interactive map.
