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From 1850-1930 about 1 million emigrated to the US from China japan Korea Philippines
and india
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3 circumstances of Asia—US migration
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First- gold—chinese
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2
nd
- Hawaiian sugar plantations—from japan korea and Philippines
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3
rd
- asian Indians—paid their own passage to Canada and the pacific coast
China
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Chinese emigration- begun centuries before euro and Americans became interested in
Chinese labor
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Push factors-particularly in the Guangdong province of China
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Ecom change, political upheaval, natural disaster, religious persecution
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“Opening of China”
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Canton hub for foreign trade
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Great britian opens china to trade and Christian proselytizing
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GB purchased tea, Chinese demanded payment in silver
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GB reverse trade balance-imported increasing amts of opium into china
Opium came from india
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Addiction increases, demand for opium increases, trade balance reverses
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England sends navy to China to force China to trade in Opium
This then lead to the First Opium War !839-42
China loses
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Tready of Nanjing 1842
China opens 5 ports to foreign commerce
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- Spring '08
- KIM
- japan, People's Republic of China, China japan Korea
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