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When the new
revolutionary government led by
Fidel Castro came to power in
1959, the economic and political situation changed. Many Chinese grocery store owners, having had their properties
expropriated by the new government, left Cuba. Most of these settled in the
United States, particularly nearby
Florida, where they and their U.S.-born children are called Chinese-Americans or
Cuban-Americans of Chinese descent, while a relatively few to nearby
Dominican Republic and other
Latin American countries, and also to U.S.-ruled territory of
Puerto Rico, where they are called
Chinese Puerto Ricans, Cuban-Puerto Ricans of Chinese descent, or Cuban-Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese refugees to United States include people whose ancestors came to Cuba 10 years before the
Cuban Revolution and those from United States. These Chinese American refugees, whose ancestors had come from California, were happy to be back in the United States. As a result of this exodus, the number of pure Chinese dropped sharply in Havana’s
Barrio Chino. The places they migrated to had a unique Chinese culture and a popularity of Chinese Cuban restaurants.