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Texas has a Chinese American population. As of the 2010 U.S. census, it is 0.6% Chinese with over 150,000 living there. Many live in Plano, Houston, and Sugar Land.. After May 1869, a group of Chinese workers in the Western United States began moving to Texas, as there was a demand for labor in the post-American Civil War environment. [1]
Edward M. Chen compiled oral histories and wrote a chapter about the history of the ethnic Chinese published in the 1984 book The Ethnic Groups in Houston, edited by Fred von der Mehden. [35] Edward Chen, in 1980, had organized an exhibit at UH about the Chinese community, titled "Centennial of the History of Chinese in Houston since 1880." [8]
Many early Chinese immigrants established restaurants, and that practice has continued throughout Chinese American history in the Dallas area. Chinese restaurants can now be found throughout the entire Metroplex. However, many of these restaurants cater mostly to generic American tastes. Chinese restaurants catering to more traditional ethnic ...
China was first known as "China Grove", for a water stop for the Texas and New Orleans Railroad that sat amidst a grove of chinaberry trees. In the 1860s a small community grew around the water stop, and another a few miles away named Nashland. A post office with the name "China" was established there in 1893.
The first 250 male Chinese immigrants came to work on constructing the Houston and Texas Central Railroad in 1870. Even though the population was increasing steadily, following start of Worl War II the population of Chinese immigrants doubled as people were seeking out the new economic opportunities.
Texas Senate Bill 147, which would bar Chinese citizens from buying property, evokes for critics a history of anti-Asian discrimination facilitated by laws.
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China sends the most international students to the U.S., with Chinese students accounting for 33.2% of the international student population. In the 2017–2018 school year, there were close to 363,000 enrolled students in higher education. [98] Chinese students also make up 32.2% of the undergraduate students and 48.8% of the graduate students.