Chinese American history

The Chinese-Americans struggled the most to achieve equality and opportunity after the immigrating to America. The Chinese immigrated to America as workers. The paying wages in America were 10 times what was considered the norm for wages in China, so they immigrated to America. “After moving to the United states they were treated horribly they were even seen as “racially inferior” by the native born Americans.” (University library open collections program, Chinese exclusion act). The Chinese…

During the late 1850’s, some Americans felt threatened by the increasing amount of Chinese immigrants joining the American Labour Force. In order to make-up their troubled feelings towards Chinese immigrants, California passed The Anti-Coolie Act in 1862 which was $2.50 Police Tax charged to a Chinese immigrant in order to work or carry out business. In short, the Anti-Coolie Act was an attempt to lessen the immigration of Chinese people by demoralizing them through means of low economical…

In these few decades, China’s economic has growth efficiently and the country is developing rapidly. However, in the 19th century and early 20th century , many Chinese were living under privation whether in cities or rural areas. As a result, many Chinese had the “American dream”: immigrating to the United States to get away from hardship and anticipate for life improvement. Indeed, their main goal was to “gold digging” meaning to earn money for better survival and able to contribute even a…

traditions and peoples.” In other words, immigrants have been and will continue to be a vital aspect of American society, helping the nation thrive as an economic powerhouse, a technological innovator, and a cultural melting pot. Especially in a city as ethnically and culturally diverse as New York City, immigrants remain at the heart of its charm and successes. Yet in recent years and throughout U.S. history, immigrants have endured various stigmas and stereotypes placed on them by politicians,…

coal miners and their families took guns and axes to attack the local Chinatown, the immigrant workers living there defenseless as they were celebrating a homeland holiday. An estimated over thirty men killed, many more injured, the five hundred Chinese living there fled from the Union Pacific Railroad, where they worked for far lower wages than their white peers in hopes of gathering enough fortune to provide for their families back in China. However, they were tricked into returning by the…

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, an anchor baby is a child born on American soil thought to have been chosen in order to improve the family’s legal citizenship status. In Lee’s “I Was An Anchor Baby,” Lee uses historical context, personal experiences, and generalizations about what an anchor baby is to build a pathos appeal that contradicts the stereotype that anchor babies are lazy, undeserving, and used so illegal immigrants can be granted citizenship in the United States.…

one in Sind (India) and the other in Egypt". Herodotus' record of the immense African developments that crossed both the African mainland and quite a bit of South East Asia, was not the primary nor would it be the last perception by voyagers and history specialists alike, of the dark civic establishments in South East Asia. Landing in a few waves amid the sixteenth century, numerous European travelers composed and wondered about the developments they had experienced. In any case,…

who is a British-born American historian who focuses on Chinese History. He was a professor at Yale University for 15 years (1993-2008). To me because he studied Chinese History and taught it at a widely know Ivy League University makes him a creditable resource for this topic. His identity as a History connoisseur helps portray his book well to those who finds the History of China and History in general interesting. The Question of Hu is a story of a forty-year old Chinese man who is brought…

to be an important colonial port of British Empire for quite a long time has certainly left its mark. Obviously, the laws and accordingly concept of rule of law in both of these countries have a long history and tradition. The problem for Hong Kong is the major differences with which British and Chinese societies were moving forward over the centuries. For both of those countries, the laws were established according to the society requirements. They were the result of a class war and were…

My friends always say that I have an “undying love for the motherland”. They know that I am extremely dedicated to Chinese. When people look at me now, they see a girl who is unashamedly proud to be Chinese American. However, they don’t see the long journey it took to become who I am today. I had a hard time accepting my Chinese heritage as part of my identity. When I was younger, I hated being Asian and desperately wanted to be white. This was mainly due to the underrepresentation of minorities…