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When a Chinese man moved to North America, he might take a concubine with him or acquire one there, as custom required him to leave his wife in China to take care of his parents. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An intermediary took her from San Francisco via Portland, Oregon , to Idaho, where her buyer, a wealthy Chinese man, possibly named Hong King, ran a saloon ...
Far East Deep South is a 2020 American documentary film about a Chinese American family's journey to search for their family roots. Instead of leading them to the Far East to a remote village in China, it took them to the deep south into the small town of Cleveland in the Mississippi Delta.
The film begins by exploring theories about General Tso.It then shifts focus to China, [3] where few recognize the eponymous dish. [4] The film then traces Tso's real-life history in the Qing Dynasty as well as the history of Chinese immigration to the United States. [1]
Films created by members of the Chinese American community, as well as American films starring a majority Chinese origin cast and Chinese films set in America. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
In an 1885 expulsion, the city of Eureka, Calif., put its Chinese residents on two ships and kept them out for seven decades. Now, the Eureka Chinatown Project tells the story.
The anti-Chinese sentiment included attacks on Chinatowns, burnings of businesses, and lynchings. The anti-Chinese sentiment was codified into law when the United States congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, which was the first time a group of people were banned from entering the United States solely on the basis of race and ...
In the 19th century, Sino–U.S. maritime trade began the history of Chinese Americans. At first only a handful of Chinese came, mainly as merchants, former sailors, to America. The first Chinese people of this wave arrived in the United States around 1815. Subsequent immigrants that came from the 1820s up to the late 1840s were mainly men.
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