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This study aims to reconstruct the history of overseas Chinese living in Chinatown, Busan in a humble measure by limiting the period from 1960s～1970s after liberation. Liberation borne pleasure and hope not only on Korean but on overseas Chinese. Not long after, overseas Chinese in Korea experienced a sea change starting from the division of Korea into south and north and the Chinese Civil War. Due to Chinese who came to Busan fleeing from the civil war in mainland China, the population of overseas Chinese in Busan fairly increased as much as other cities in Korea. The Korean War would be the incident that had the greatest impact on the history of overseas Chinese in Busan. Due to the refugees who flocked into Busan, the population of overseas Chinese explosively increased. As the capacity of Cheonggwan(淸館) Street reached the limit, three wartime overseas Chinese villages were constructed. After the war, Cheonggwan Street which was slightly a closed space underwent a great change as the so-called Texas Village which was in Jungang-dong was moved to Cheonggwan Street in 1953 after Busan Station was disappeared due to a disastrous conflagration. The street still had an appearance as the slums of the center of town, but was booming for a while because the street was an entertainment district where foreign currency flows. From 1960s, however, Korean government started to impose various legal controls on overseas Chinese’s economic activity. Overseas Chinese in Busan, alike overseas Chinese in other areas, sank into a slough of stagnation under flat legal restrictions.