In contrast to these "established" overseas Chinese are the more than 3,000 "new overseas Chinese" who have arrived from Taiwan in recent years, most of them to invest and engage in business activities.
但還能讓老一輩華人欣慰的是，清明上墳、各姓氏宗親會祭祖、中秋賞月、端午吃粽子、過年舞龍舞獅等中國傳統習俗，至今仍持續不輟。而大部分華人的婚喪喜慶，也盡可能地按照規矩來。共襄盛舉尋史料相對於老僑，近幾年來自台灣的三千多華人被稱為「新僑」。