Coming Out Of The Shadows: What It Means To Be French And Chinese • Discoverology

Coming Out Of The Shadows: What It Means To Be French And Chinese

France is home to large Vietnamese and Cambodian communities who arrived in the country in great numbers following the wars in the former French colonies in the 1970s. People of Chinese descent have long faced prejudice and violence in France. But today a new generation is staking out its rightful place in society.

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