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'''British Asians''' (also referred to as '''Asian Britons''')<ref>{{cite book |doi= 10.1007/978-1-349-26302-8_4 |chapter=British Asian Entrepreneurs: Culture and Opportunity Structures |first1=Tariq |last1=Modood |first2=Hilary |last2=Metcalf |first3=Satnam |last3=Virdee |title=Choice and Public Policy |year=1998 |pages=62–78 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Taylor-Gooby |publisher= Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-333-73131-4 }}</ref> are British
Represented predominantly by [[South Asian ethnic groups]], census data regarding birthplace and ethnicity demonstrate around a million Asian British people derive their ancestry between [[East Asia]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[Central Asia]], and [[West Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/|title=Statistics - release calendar - GOV.UK|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> Since the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]], British people of general Asian descent have been included in the "Asian/Asian British" grouping ("Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British" grouping in Scotland) of the [[Census in the United Kingdom|UK census]] questionnaires.<ref name="autogenerated1991">{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ethnicity/focus-on-ethnicity-and-identity/a-guide-to-comparing-1991-and-2001-census-ethnic-group-data/comparing-1991-and-2001-census-ethnic-group-data.pdf|title=A guide to comparing 1991 and 2001 Census ethnic group data|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=27 April 2015}}</ref> Categories for [[British Indians]], [[British Pakistanis]], [[British Bangladeshis]], [[British Chinese]], [[Hong Kongers in the United Kingdom|British Hongkongers]] and other Asians have existed under an Asian British heading since the 2011 census.<ref name="ukcensus2011"/> In [[British English]] usage, especially in less formal contexts, the term "Asian" usually refers to people who trace their ancestry to the [[Indian subcontinent]] ([[South Asia]]), contrary to other Anglosphere countries such as [[Australia]] and the [[United States]], where the term "Asian" usually refers to people who trace their ancestry to the [[Far East]] (East Asia or Southeast Asia).
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