An Introduction to the Little-Known History of Chinese Migration in Mexico Tim Johnson - McClatchyDC
go to original October 21, 2013

Chinese success may have led to resentment in the past, but today children of Chinese immigrants embrace both their family history and the life they've forged in Mexico. CCTV's Franc Contreras reports how Chinese culture is flourishing in Mexico. (cctvamericasnow)

The Chinese state television report above is an interesting introduction to the history of Chinese in Mexico, one that has a little-known bleak period.

Small numbers of Chinese arrived in Mexico centuries ago as servants of Spanish merchants. A far larger number, perhaps 60,000, came at the end of the 19th and beginning of the early 20th century, fleeing poverty and hardship in southern China’s Canton region. They called Mexico "Big Lusong," in contrast to "Little Lusong," which was the Philippines.

The U.S. government barred Chinese immigration in 1882, so many of the Chinese migrants aimed to use Mexico as a springboard, but in the end most stayed in Mexico despite hardships.

Many of the Chinese settled in Baja California, particularly the city of Mexicali which became known as “Little Canton,” according to this bilingual blog on Chinese in Mexico.

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