    chinese immigration to the world has traditionally been to the united states, canada, australasia, and europe. however, migration to the middle east is a recent occurrence that has very little documentation, with dubai and iran having some references, and more recently, northern iraq. ==algeria== ===algiers===  the chinese in algeria are a group of chinese nationals numbering an estimated 40,000 people, most of whom live in the bab ezzouar district of algiers. according to the bbc, in 2009, there have been clashes between them and the local population over the high unemployment and the fact that these migrant workers would often accept low wages, fueling tensions. ==egypt== 250px|thumb|right|1955 ma bufang with kmt ambassador to saudi arabia ===cairo and alexandria===  chinese people in egypt form one of the smaller groups of overseas chinese, numbering about 6,000 - 10,000 situated mainly in cairo and alexandria. many who are drawn to this country are chinese muslims. ==iran== ===tehran===  iran's total chinese population is estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000 people, and is one of the smaller groups of overseas chinese. most of this group is situated in tehran. ==iraq==  ties between china and iraq date back only to 1958 and was only strengthened after the persian gulf war. after the 2003 iraq war, china came out as the big winner with iraq's oil contracts. after the war, the city of baghdad had only one chinese restaurant. as of 2011, 500 chinese nationals live in the northern city of sulaimaniyah. ===baghdad chinese history=== baghdad, the capital of iraq was home to only one authentic chinese restaurant in 2006 when the country was getting back to a sense of "normalcy". a man by the name chen xianzhong opened up the restaurant near the national theater that eventually branched
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