Orang Tionghoa di Papua Nugini membentuk sebuah komunitas yang sangat beragam. Hingga 2008^[update], hanya sekitar 1,000 "Tionghoa lama"—orang keturunan kelahiran imigran akhir abad ke-19 dan awal abad ke-20—yang masih berada di negara tersebut karena sebagian besar telah berpindah ke Australia.^[4] Namun, jumlah mereka meningkat secara siginfikan dengan kedatangan komunitas Tionghoa perantauan baru dari Asia Tenggara dan juga Tiongkok daratan.^[5] Terdapat juga beberapa migran dari Republik Tiongkok di Taiwan.^[6]

Tokoh terkenal

• Sir Julius Chan, Perdana Menteri, 1980–82 dan 1994–97^[7]
• Byron Chan, putra Julius dan anggota parlemen untuk Distrik Namatanai^[7]
• Chin Hoi Meen, pengusaha dan pemimpin komunitas, penerima King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom^[8][9]
• Robert Seeto, mantan gubernur Provinsi New Ireland^[7]
• Ni Yumei Cragnolini, presiden Asosiasi Tionghoa^[10]
• Perry Kwan, Jurubicara Dewan Majelis Ketiga - 20 April 1972 - 22 Juni 1972. Anggota untuk New Ireland.

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