Many Chinese people living in Haiti are businessmen in governmental or other businesses while there are other Chinese nationals working in Haitian companies as well . With last names like Wu , Wah , Wawa , Fung , Fong-Ging , Fungcap , were the first known Chinese families arrived in Haiti in the late 1890s , fleeing crumbling dynasties , while continuous waves came into Haiti in the 1970s and 1980s with them mostly coming from Taiwan . There is only one Chinese restaurant in Haiti , the Wujiayuan Restaurant in Pétion-Ville , an upper-class neighborhood in Port-au-Prince . The restaurant was arranged as a shelter during the 2010 Haiti earthquake by China 's foreign ministry
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Chinese Haitians