Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c4.s2.112

v1.c4.s2.112

Yet another group of Indians who arrived in China and stayed on were policemen and watchmen, especially from Punjab. The policemen were mainly based in Hong Kong and in the foreign concessions at Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Hankou and so on while the Indian watchmen were more widely dispersed among smaller towns as well. At one time, they accounted for approximately half of the Indians in eastern China. This group, along with the merchants in western China and in the Chinese ports, were mostly repatriated to India during the 1930s and 1940s.