SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Chinese Emigration, Chain Migration, Chinese Canadians
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*why do so many asians want to move: economic reasons (expecting that their earnings would get better) Better job -> better future: some of them are unhappy with where they live. (political reasons, etc. ) 1~2 months to travel from china to canada by ships. In the 1850s, many chinese lived along the fraser river in bc, but not all of them came directly from china. Some of them came from san francisco mainly from california. In 1850, there was a gold discovery along the fraser river and also along the sacramento river. There were too many competitions around the areas. Not much rule existed, so it was hostile. Many of them came from the northern area where the sacramento river is (the capital of california) and came down to bc. They didn"t have borders and customs at that time: from san francisco, from china. They heard about the discovery of gold in 1850s.
