華か商しょう

noun

Chinese merchants abroad; overseas Chinese traders

Refers to ethnic Chinese merchants operating outside China. This term is sensitive; it can carry historical or political connotations depending on context.

• 戦せん前ぜん、東とう南なんアジアの華か商しょうは地ち域いき経けい済ざいで重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたした。

  Before the war, Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia played an important role in the local economy.