" Overseas Chinese (華僑 in pinyin: huáqiáo, or 華胞 huábāo, or 僑胞 qiáobāo) are ethnic Chinese who live outside of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan."
This quote, is from the May 24 2005, article that follows in LINKAGE from the CHINA HISTORY FORUM - giving statistical demographics, about Overseas Chinese.