themeltingpot

We learned it from history class, in the early century, Chinese immigrants are brought to the states to help build the railroad tracks. The wage they gained were minimal or they were just treated like slaves; work for the meals. Why were they willing to travel half of the world to strange land, and submitted under such brutal treatment? It was traced back to the Early Ming Dynasty, European missionaries along with business traders travel far on the ocean, reach to the continent of China. Along preaching the religion of christianity and recruit the new followers; they spread out flyers and rumors, there is a land in West, where you have to sail for 30 days, upon arrival, you will find gold bullion on mine, on sidewalk. It is a gold ticket for future. All the sudden, hundreds to thousands volunteers signed for this journey.

Upon arrival, they were shackled, forced to work under severe condition to dig mine, build railroad tracks. Ever since then, they couldn’t return to their homeland, they settled in. They build their own communities; they gave birth to a new generation (so called Chinese - American); They reshape their culture (the combination of chinese and American). Now a day, still hundreds of thousands Chinese risk their lives over the sea in hope to reach this land. They hope that they can find a new haven for a better life. A better life for their next generations. Or they couldn’t stand the poverty in their homelands, in hope to find a better future in a strange land. The biggest chinese communities are spread out on several states. The most concentrated Chinese communities are located in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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