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Ethnic Chinese in Panama also variously referred to as Chinese-Panamanian Panamanian-Chinese Panama Chinese or in Spanish as Chino-Panameño[citation needed] are Panamanian citizens and residents of Chinese origin or descent.The community of ethnic Chinese in Panama began to form in the latter half of the 19th century. The first group of Chinese labourers arrived in the country on 30 March 1854 by way of Canada and Jamaica to work on the Panama Railroad.