▁on ▁contract s ▁for ▁the ▁summer . ▁Though ▁the ▁initial ▁understanding ▁was ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁return ▁to ▁China ▁after ▁their ▁work ▁had ▁ended , ▁half ▁found ▁other ▁employ ment ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁their ▁contract s , ▁or ▁had ▁entered ▁into ▁relationships ▁with ▁Dan ish ▁women , ▁and ▁thus ▁chose ▁to ▁sett le ▁down ▁in ▁Den mark . ▁Similar ▁forms ▁of ▁" co inc ident al ▁arrival " ▁would ▁continue ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁dec ades : ▁some ▁sail ors ▁jump ed ▁ship ▁in ▁Den mark ▁or ▁became ▁str and ed ▁there ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 4 - 0 5 ▁Rus so - J apan ese ▁War ▁and ▁later ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁a ▁few ▁it iner ant ▁soap stone ▁trad ers ▁arrived ▁from ▁Q ingt ian , ▁Z he ji ang ▁and ▁ended ▁up ▁stay ing ▁in ▁the ▁country , ▁and ▁other ▁similar ▁cases . ▁By ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 4 3 ▁Chinese ▁are ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁become ▁imm igr ants ▁in ▁Den mark ; ▁most ▁of ▁these ▁were ▁male , ▁and ▁among ▁them ▁were ▁just ▁four ▁women ▁married ▁to ▁Dan ish ▁men . ▁Early ▁imm igr ants ▁maintained ▁few ▁community ▁links ▁to ▁each ▁other ▁or ▁to ▁their ▁ancest ral ▁land , ▁and ▁thus ▁were ▁quickly ▁assim il ated ▁into ▁Dan ish ▁society . ▁After ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁establishment ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁of ▁China , ▁many ▁deliber ately ▁cut ▁off ▁their ▁contacts ▁with ▁relatives ▁in ▁China ▁in ▁fear