Built or Owned by Chinese
Built or Owned by Chinese outside China
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ancient Nara | Nara's Toshodaiji is founded by Ganjin (Jianzhen), a chinese monk who introduced Buddhism in Japan | |
| Funerary and memory sites of the First World War | SE10 Commonwealth Military Cemetery “Noyelles-sur-Mer Chinese Cemetery” and Chinese memorial “Noyelles-sur-Mer Chinese Memorial | |
| Hoi An | Contains variuos Chinese built/owned structure including several Chinese Assembly Halls named after the home region of their members where Chinese expatriate residents socialized and held meetings Eg Fujian, Chaozhao and Cantonese | |
| Melaka and George Town | There are Chinese temples in both Melaka and Georgetown | |
| Samarkand | Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum, Samarkand built by Chinese wife of Timur, Bibi | |
| Singapore Botanic Gardens | Hoo Ah Kay, original land owner, played a key role in the development of the Gardens in 1859 | |
| Thang Long | "It was constructed on the remains of a Chinese fortress dating from the 7th century,.." (unesco) | |
| Vigan | Many of the structures in the Mestizo District along Calle Crisologo are "ancestral houses" built by rich Chinese traders ("Taipans"). The families later became creolised and took Spanish names |
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