There are a lot of Chinese restaurants in Britain, though. Run by Chinese Malaysians.
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polysexualstick@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I mean you pretty much answered your own question. The UK never colonised China to anything even remotely close to the degree they colonised India. Which is also why there’s more than 4 times as many people with Indian heritage in the UK than with Chinese heritage. So there’s absolutely zero reason why there should be as many Chinese restaurants/dishes in the UK as there are Indian restaurants/dishes.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Yeah the UK/Chinese relationship turned out very differently than the US/Chinese relationship, which is why OP’s own comparison is to Chinese restaurants (presumably their local “default ethnic cuisine”).