Chinese Overseas Migration
Brooks Bao
400110019
Composition & Conversation
24 April 2013
Research Report
Chinese Overseas Migration When referring to the countries for the contemporary Chinese overseas migration, most Chinese would be likely to choose the developed countries such as The United States or Canada. Dating back to the sources for the Chinese overseas migration to America, it began at the time of 18th century. If not counting the ancestors of the Amerindians who presumably crossed the Bering Strait in prehistoric times, the Philippine sailors were the first to settle in the U.S. However the Chinese were the first large-scale Asians immigrants to enter the United States around 1848. At that time, their purpose was to earn more money so that they could bring the salary back to China (Le). What’s more, the young men had to leave their wives and children in China behind. There is no doubt that they suffered a lot when they first arrived there. For there was a table from Most Frequently Occupations showing the statistics on employed Chinese males that most of their occupations were labors or servants since the California god crush (Jocobson 11). However, there was a time when the Chinese were much widely accepted by Americans. Even though in the 19th century miners, laborers, and servants were still three of the top occupations they took, surprisingly there came the increasing number of other various occupations like shopkeepers, shoemakers or the barbers (Murphy 21). What’s more, in actuality, the first large-scale Chinese immigrants were finally wealthy, successful merchants, along with skilled artisans, fishermen, and hotel and restaurant owners. For the first few years they were greatly accepted by the public, government officials, and especially by employers, for they were renowned for their hard work and dependability. However, the first Chinese immigrants boom did not last for a long period that after a much larger group of
400110019
Composition & Conversation
24 April 2013
Research Report
Chinese Overseas Migration When referring to the countries for the contemporary Chinese overseas migration, most Chinese would be likely to choose the developed countries such as The United States or Canada. Dating back to the sources for the Chinese overseas migration to America, it began at the time of 18th century. If not counting the ancestors of the Amerindians who presumably crossed the Bering Strait in prehistoric times, the Philippine sailors were the first to settle in the U.S. However the Chinese were the first large-scale Asians immigrants to enter the United States around 1848. At that time, their purpose was to earn more money so that they could bring the salary back to China (Le). What’s more, the young men had to leave their wives and children in China behind. There is no doubt that they suffered a lot when they first arrived there. For there was a table from Most Frequently Occupations showing the statistics on employed Chinese males that most of their occupations were labors or servants since the California god crush (Jocobson 11). However, there was a time when the Chinese were much widely accepted by Americans. Even though in the 19th century miners, laborers, and servants were still three of the top occupations they took, surprisingly there came the increasing number of other various occupations like shopkeepers, shoemakers or the barbers (Murphy 21). What’s more, in actuality, the first large-scale Chinese immigrants were finally wealthy, successful merchants, along with skilled artisans, fishermen, and hotel and restaurant owners. For the first few years they were greatly accepted by the public, government officials, and especially by employers, for they were renowned for their hard work and dependability. However, the first Chinese immigrants boom did not last for a long period that after a much larger group of