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    Chinese people have been the majority of migrants in Australia. They have worked and have create their communities in Australia. Nowadays, there are a number of Chinese town in Australia and also, in Australian universities, many Chinese people are studying. In Australian history, it is well- known that many Chinese labours worked at gold mines. Also, under the White Australian Policy, they experienced racial discriminations. However, there is still some unknown history, that those Chinese migrants

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    ‘Being Chinese’ and ‘Being American’: Variation among Chinese American Young Adults,” the correlation between the Chinese immigrating to the United States abridging Chinese and American cultures varied based on their age of immigration and the duration of their time in the United States, demonstrating that immigration provides a multifaceted experience for each individual. Chinese immigrants who immigrated over the age of twelve, like Mah and Leon, present an anchored identity as Chinese, but have

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    inhabitants have been primarily immigrants and their descendants. However, despite this fact, Americans have a history of mistreating immigrants. Although they are two distinctly different groups of people with distinctly different cultures the similarities between the treatment of Catholic and Chinese immigrants in America are immense and bear only a few differences. Both groups were discriminated against and forced to work horrible jobs for unfair wages, however, only immigrants from China were banned from

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    complete picture is formed to depict the status of Chinese immigrants in Canada. The Chinese immigration experience has had its own difficulties and obstacles. It seems that for every hurdle that the Chinese immigrants go through, there is another twist that prevents that individual from realizing the goals that prompted them to leave the China in the first place. The Cost of a Chinese Immigrant For the first part of Chinese history, immigrants had to pay large sums of money for the right to work

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    the Chinese immigrants to the U.S had many characteristics. First, the Chinese immigrants mainly came from mainland China, such as the Guangdong province. The Chinese immigrants mainly came from the Guangdong province of China because of the location of Guangdong province. The Guangdong province was close to coastal areas where Guangong people could take the boasts and migrate to America. Also, Guangdong people was far away from the Chinese government's control. Therefore, Chinese immigrants could

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    Introduction to Chinese Americans The beginning of Chinese immigration to the United States first started in the 19th century, the political unrest and economic pressures in China and the Gold Rush era in California prompted thousands of Chinese immigrants to migrate to the United States to search for temporary work, and to seek for the dreams of gold in the 1850s. Many of them arrived in America hoping to acquired wealth to send money back to support their families and hoping to return back to

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    Canadian is the third largest immigrants group to come to Canada, after immigrants from Great Britain and Europe. It is estimated there are nearly 1.5 million Chinese Canadians in Canada.1 In the early years, Chinese came to Canada because of the gold rush and working opportunities for railroads construction. Later, the Chinese were not as welcomed upon their arrival in Canada, as the Canadian Government enacted with Immigrations Acts to restrict the number of Chinese immigrants. After hundred years of

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    Chinese Immigrants in California In the 1850’s, the Gold Rush in California lead the Chinese to immigrate to California. They were welcomed with harsh treatments and little payment for jobs. Still, they stayed because of the many job opportunities that could provide them with money for their families back in China. On January 24, 1848, the gold rush began. News of the gold found in California spread across the country. In the spring and summertime of that year, trading vessels carried the news

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    Challenges Japanese and Korean Immigrants as well as Chinese Immigrants Faced in America The United States experienced major waves of immigration during the nineteenth and twentieth century. Many immigrants came to America seeking greater economic opportunity. However, the Japanese and Korean immigrants, as well as the Chinese immigrants faced a great amount of racism while making their way in America. For the Japanese and Korean immigrants, they faced challenges including: segregated schools, the

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    After the first wave of Chinese immigrants arrived in the United States in the early 1840s during the California Gold Rush, many Chinese people continued to travel across the Pacific, escaping poor conditions in China with hopes and ambitions for a better life in America. Many more Chinese immigrants began arriving into the 1860s on the Pacific coast for work in other areas such as the railroad industry. The immigrants noticed an increasing demand for their labor because of their readiness to work

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