▁that ▁those ▁relatives ▁might ▁suffer ▁per sec ution ▁for ▁having ▁foreign ▁contacts . ▁ ▁Up ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁imm igration ▁from ▁China ▁remained ▁almost ▁non - ex istent , ▁even ▁as ▁growth ▁in ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁economy ▁created ▁labour ▁short ages ▁and ▁imm igr ants ▁from ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁flow ed ▁into ▁the ▁country . ▁Police ▁statistics ▁showed ▁ 1 1 3 ▁people ▁from ▁main land ▁China ▁living ▁in ▁Den mark ▁as ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁and ▁one ▁research er ▁estimates ▁perhaps ▁ 6 0 ▁more ▁from ▁Hong ▁Kong , ▁Taiwan , ▁and ▁Singapore . ▁The ▁numbers ▁of ▁migr ants ▁did ▁not ▁reach ▁a ▁significant ▁level ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁just ▁as ▁Dan ish ▁imm igration ▁laws ▁were ▁becoming ▁more ▁strict . ▁By ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 3 , 4 6 7 ▁migr ants / desc end ants ▁of ▁migr ants ▁from ▁main land ▁China , ▁Hong ▁Kong , ▁Singapore , ▁and ▁Taiwan . ▁These ▁years ▁were ▁also ▁marked ▁by ▁a ▁shift ▁in ▁the ▁gender ▁balance ▁of ▁migr ants , ▁with ▁increasing ▁numbers ▁of ▁women . ▁ ▁As yl um ▁seek ers ▁from ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁of ▁China ▁are ▁not ▁pre val ent ▁among ▁Chinese ▁migr ants ▁to ▁Den mark , ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁Den mark ▁has ▁one ▁of ▁Europe ' s ▁lowest ▁re jection ▁rates ▁for ▁as yl um ▁claims ;