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    The Chinese Mestizo in Philippine History

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    The Chinese Mestizos were an important group in Philippine society in the 19th century. They played a key role in the development of the Filipino middle class and agitation for reforms. To resolve issues with the growing Chinese population, the Spanish encouraged marriages between Catholic Chinese and Filipinos, leading to the emergence of Chinese Mestizos. Binondo was established as a settlement for these groups, and Chinese Mestizo communities emerged across the Philippines, influencing the formation of Filipino national identity and grievances against Spanish rule.

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    The Chinese Mestizo in Philippine History

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    The Chinese Mestizos were an important group in Philippine society in the 19th century. They played a key role in the development of the Filipino middle class and agitation for reforms. To resolve issues with the growing Chinese population, the Spanish encouraged marriages between Catholic Chinese and Filipinos, leading to the emergence of Chinese Mestizos. Binondo was established as a settlement for these groups, and Chinese Mestizo communities emerged across the Philippines, influencing the formation of Filipino national identity and grievances against Spanish rule.

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    The Chinese Mestizos were an important group in Philippine society in the 19th century. They played a key role in the development of the Filipino middle class and agitation for reforms. To resolve issues with the growing Chinese population, the Spanish encouraged marriages between Catholic Chinese and Filipinos, leading to the emergence of Chinese Mestizos. Binondo was established as a settlement for these groups, and Chinese Mestizo communities emerged across the Philippines, influencing the formation of Filipino national identity and grievances against Spanish rule.

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    The Chinese Mestizo in

    Philippine History
    Formation of the Filipino Nationality
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    History of Chinese in the Philippines
    The Chinese Mestizos were an important element of
    Philippine society in the 19th century. They played a
    significant role in the formation of the Filipino middle class,
    in the agitation for reforms, in the 1898 revolution, and in the
    formation of what is known as the Filipino nationality.
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    Thus Spaniards faced dilemma: they wanted Chinese for
    their indispensable services in the economy and yet were
    suspicious and wary of their growing number. This dilemma,
    however, was resolved through the policy of converting the
    Chinese and encouraging marriages between Catholic
    Chinese and Catholic Indios.
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    In 1594, the Spanish Governor Luiz Perez Damarinas
    created Binondo as a permanent settlement for Chinese
    mestizos who converted to Catholicism. In this part of
    Manila, Chinese merchant and traders were free to do
    their business.
    Binondo also became the place of intermarriage
    between Chinese immigrants and Filipino natives, thus the
    emergence of Chinese mestizos.
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    Binondo
    • Once Binondo has been assigned to the
    Chinese as a parish, the Dominican quickly
    made of it a community of married Catholic
    Chinese.

    • Clearly, Binondo, by the seventeenth


    century was intended to be a settlement for
    Catholic Chinese and their mestizo
    descendants.
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    Chinese mestizo communities started to emerge in
    many other parts of the Philippines. In Manila, notable
    communities were Sta. Cruz and Tondo. In early 17th
    century, more than 100 Chinese individuals were married
    to native Filipinos in Iloilo, Pampanga and Cebu. In
    Northern Luzon, Chinese mestizos could be found in
    Pangasinan, Benguet, and Mountain Province.
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    The Evolution of the Chinese Mestizo
    From the time that Chinese mestizos became numerous enough to be classified
    separately, the population in the Philippines that were controlled by Spain was
    formally divided into four categories:

    • Spaniards and Spanish mestizos


    • Indios
    • Chinese
    • Chinese mestizo

    The last three were considered tribute-paying classes but the amount of their
    tribute payments and the services demanded of them varied
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    Chinese Mestizos
    Any person born of a Chinese father and an Indio mother was considered as
    Chinese mestizo. Subsequent descendants were listed as Chinese mestizo. A mestiza
    who married a Chinese mestizo, as well as their children, was registered as a mestizo.

    But a Chinese mestiza who married an Indio was listed, together with their
    children, as an Indio.
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    Significance of the Chinese Mestizos
    • Chinese merchants carried on a rich trade between Manila and the China coast
    and distributed the imports from China into the area of Central Luzon, to the
    immediate north of Manila.
    • Chinese established themselves at or near Spanish settlements, serving them in
    various ways: providers of food, as retail traders, and as artisans
    • They monopolized internal trading in the Philippines while the Spanish mestizos
    were concerned with foreign trade.
    • The entrepreneurial power of the Chinese mestizos gave way to the emergence of
    the Philippine middle class described as more active and enterprising, more
    prudent and pioneering, more oriented to trade and commerce than the Indios
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    Significance of the Chinese Mestizos

    Another significant role that Chinese mestizos played in the Philippine society
    was the formation of Filipino identity. During the latter part of 19th century, Chinese
    mestizos became more influential in the economy of the Philippines as a Spanish
    colony. Spaniards were concerned with the ability of Chinese mestizos to create a
    discord in the society.
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    Significance of the Chinese Mestizos

    In 1800s, Chinese mestizos in some provinces in the Philippines began to


    formulate their opinions about the Spanish colonial rule. Indios and Chinese
    mestizos classified themselves as one in terms of social and cultural. Both Chinese
    mestizos and Indios shared grievances about the harsh conditions under the Spanish
    rule.
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    Significance of the Chinese Mestizos

    The most vivid manifestation of the budding


    sense of Filipino nationalism appeared in the late
    1870s in the writings of Pedro Paterno and
    Gregorio Sanciano, who were both Chinese
    mestizos.
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    Rizal and the Chinese Mestizos

    Rizal is considered as a part of the fifth


    generation of Chinese mestizo. But, he and his
    father were considered Indios because he disliked
    being called a Chinese mestizo.
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    Conclusion
    Chinese mestizos played a vital role before, during,
    and after the Spanish colonial period. They are the ones
    that helped the Filipino indios to understand what was
    happening in the Spanish regime. They are the ones who
    provided the foundation of the Filipino nationality.
    SLIDESMANIA.COM
    Thank You
    SLIDESMANIA.COM

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