page_title: Chinese Filipino
section_title: Return of democracy (1987–2000)
hierarchical_section_title: Chinese Filipino / History / Return of democracy (1987–2000)
caption_attribution_description: Philippine President Corazon C. Aquino greets officials as she walks across the flight line to the passenger terminal at Andrews Air Force Base.
context_page_description: Chinese Filipinos, often referred to as Filipino Chinese, are Filipinos of Chinese descent, mostly born and raised in the Philippines. Chinese Filipinos are one of the largest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. In 2013, there were approximately 1.35 million Filipinos with Chinese ancestry. In addition, Sangleys—Filipinos with at least some Chinese ancestry—comprise a substantial proportion of the Philippine population, although the actual figures are not known.
  Chinese Filpinos are well represented in all levels of Filipino society. Many Chinese Filipinos also play an important role in the Philippine business sector.
context_section_description: Despite getting better protections after the dictatorship, crimes against Chinese-Filipinos were still present, the same way as crimes against other ethnic groups in the Philippines, as the country was still battling the lingering economic effects of the more than 2-decade Marcos dictatorship. All these led to the formation of the first Chinese Filipino organization, Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, Inc. (Unity for Progress) by Teresita Ang-See which called for mutual understanding between the ethnic Chinese and the native Filipinos. Aquino encouraged free press and cultural harmony, a process which led to the burgeoning of the Chinese-language media During this time, the third wave of Chinese migrants came. They are known as the "xin qiao", tourists or temporary visitors with fake papers, fake permanent residencies or fake Philippine passports that started coming starting the 1990s during the administration of Fidel Ramos and Joseph Estrada.
caption: Corazon Aquino, of Kapampangan main ancestry, is the third Philippine president to have partial Chinese ancestry.[citation needed]
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