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Waves of Chinese emigration have happened throughout history. They include the emigration to Southeast Asia beginning from the 10th century during the Tang dynasty, to the Americas during the 19th century, particularly during the California gold rush in the mid-1800s; general emigration initially around the early to mid 20th century which was mainly caused by corruption, starvation, and war ...
The history of Chinese Americans or the history of ethnic Chinese in the United States includes three major waves of Chinese immigration to the United States, beginning in the 19th century. Chinese immigrants in the 19th century worked in the California Gold Rush of the 1850s and the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1860s. They also worked as ...
Timeline of Chinese history. This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China.
Ethnic Chinese immigration to the United States since 1965 has been aided by the fact that the United States maintains separate quotas for Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. During the late 1960s and early and mid-1970s, Chinese immigration into the United States came almost exclusively from Taiwan creating the Taiwanese American subgroup.
By excluding all Chinese laborers from entering the country, the law severely curtailed the number of immigrants of Chinese descent allowed into the United States for 10 years. [52] The law was renewed in 1892 and 1902. During that period, Chinese migrants illegally entered the United States through the loosely-guarded U.S.–Canadian border. [53]
Ming officials draw up the first "house law" in Chinese history [39] 1375: Ming starts issuing a new note called the Da Ming Baochao [40] The Hongwu Emperor halts constructions at Fengyang due to expenses and waste; construction plans shift to Nanjing [24] 1376: March: Ming forces defeat Bayan Temür [41] July: Ming forces defeat Bayan Temür ...
Events Other people/events 221 BC: Qin dynasty: First records of the territory in Chinese history: 206 BC: Han dynasty: Inhabitants in Ma Wan Island: 25 AD: Building of Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb (est.) 901 AD: Punti settlement: 1075: Song dynasty: Founding of Li Ying College: 1163: Salt fields in Hong Kong first officially managed: 1277
Chinese immigration to America in the 19th century is commonly referred to as the first wave of Chinese Americans, and are mainly Cantonese and Taishanese speaking people. About half or more of the Chinese ethnic people in the United States in the 1980s had roots in Taishan , Guangdong, a city in southern China near the major city of Guangzhou.