History
Asian-Argentines primarily migrated in three waves. The first wave was composed of Japanese immigrants (largely from Okinawa Prefecture), that arrived in small numbers during the early twentieth century. The second wave were primarily Korean entrepreneurs, settling in Buenos Aires during the 1960s, and the third wave were mostly Chinese entrepreneurs, who settled in Buenos Aires during the 1990s.
By the mid-1990s, Asian-Argentines were already active in politics, having opened a special Unidad Básica (Peronist) party office under the name Unión de Residentes Taiwaneses Justicialistas ("Union of Justicialist Taiwanese Residents) at the heart of Buenos Aires's Chinatown Arribeños & Mendoza. This branch later closed, presumably as assimilation continued, while a regular Unidad Básica opened across the street.
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