Chinese Movement In Canada Case Study

This paper will discuss the culture of the Vietnamese people. A group that has become a part of Canada through immigration. In studying them, we will discover where they come from, some things about what they believe, and the foods and activities they practice, as well as how they have adapted to being in Canada. They are recent immigrants, and must find Canada very different than their home country.

Several hundred Chinese come to British Columbia. This was due to the Gold Rush, which is when several people move to a newly discovered Goldfield

In his article, Christopher argue the process and influence of the “1885 Chinese Immigration Act” by talking about the history of Chinese migrants in Canada, how did Canada turn its back on those people, how they were treated in Canadian society and the senators who defense for Chinese Canadians. The author Christopher G. Anderson is a researcher who works Canada’s immigrant history, and the entrance of Chinese is a significant event during late 19th century until early 20th century. In this summary, I will talk about how did Canada betray those people and how did they fight back.

During the years of 1880-1930 some Chinese sought out refugee from their overpopulated, disastrous, and low paying country, to Canada which they had believed was the cure to their problems. The Chinese chose to emigrate from China, as a cause of the many advantageous benefits in Canada, such as the healthcare system, rights and freedoms, and welcoming multicultural society. Moreover, Canada had many benefits, but Canada’s most justifiable reason to adopt more immigrants had been to fabricate the railroad that connected West Canada to East Canada. The Chinese had found this to be a welcoming job opportunity that many could not pass, evidently

Canada has turned into an attractive place for immigrants from around the globe who are looking for a developed country that will give them good opportunities to succeed in their future. “Over the last few decades, Canadian immigrants have come primarily from these ten countries: China, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, the United States, Iran, Romania, the United Kingdom, and Sri Lanka.”( Hughes). Immigration had been the key to Canada’s economy as it benefits it economically and politically. “Immigrants added their cultures, languages, and religions to the mix.” (Ibid, Hughes). New comer’s have a positive impact on Canadian society. They have contributed to Canada’s economy in so many ways but most importantly they have contributed by providing and assisting in skills and labour shortage, they have excelled in the educational opportunities offered in Canada and also they bring their culture to Canada when they immigrate here.

Contrary to the United States’ initial warm welcome to Chinese immigrants, Canada began their era of peak Chinese immigration with hostility. One large factor in why this occurred can be found in the time frame of peak Chinese immigration to Canada which was after the United States enacted their Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) which effectively prevented almost all new Chinese immigrants from entering the US for the following decade. Because of that newfound barrier, Chinese that still wanted to come to North America to take advantage of economic opportunities found themselves purchasing tickets to British Columbia, Canada. However, sentiments towards Chinese in 1880s western Canada were analogous to those present in the United States; those which led to the enactment of America’s Chinese Exclusion Act. As Chinese populations in California continued to grow, Americans found that the Chinese began making economic conditions less than ideal for white laborers which later started social uproar in the latter half of the 19th century. Because Canada is directly adjacent to the United States, Canadians witnessed the economic woes of native-born laborers along the west coast. As a result, they became increasingly wary of Chinese currently in or the increasing number now entering Canada. Between January 1881 and October 1884, approximately 17,00 Chinese entered Canada. A Canadian fear of succumbing to the same economic

The Chinese immigrants came to Canada via boat. They started landing in the Fraser River valley from San Francisco, as gold miners. Secondly, the next rush of Chinese immigrants came to Canada in the 1880s to build the last area of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia. They were

So he decided to make a head tax to get into Canada. This head tax was originally $50 then $100 then a massive $500! Established on July 1, 1923 this act ended 1947 making it last for 24 years! The chinese were discriminated and forced to make smaller towns called “chinatowns” this is where some of the chinese people would be before they were accepted into the canadian society. China towns were a very smart invention, the chinese were finally accepted somewhere in canada.

Emphasizing of Canadian social and political history, the writing of Denise Chong and Joy Mannette shows that many different groups and classes of people that constitute the Canadian society and the help of individuals, have somehow influenced the history of Canada. From the writing of Denise Chong, “from The concubine’s children”, we can clearly observe that Chinese were unwelcome in Canada to a degree where special taxes levied on the Chinese for school and policing, employment, laundry, shoes, even cigars and even bared from becoming naturalized citizens, from owning land, from working on public works (56). Such opposition did not prevent the government to bring one exception to the rule, claiming that the Chinese would work for much less, were more reliable than the available white labour and many Chinese were assigned the most dangerous job (57). Moreover, newspapers and politicians alike pandered to public

The chinese immigrants settled most in California, and most states west of the Rocky Mountains. Did you know that almost two thirds of the chinese built the transcontinental railroad. The Chinese immigrants increased dramatically to over 20,000 people in 1852. American farmers hired laborers at $1 per day to help them, or work as field hands. 75% of farm workers in California were Chinese. Three Chinese sailors were the first recorded men from China to arrive in America. News of the discovery spread to China by April 1848 and the first Chinese immigrants started to arrive in San Francisco. Floods leading to disastrous crop failures hit southern China sparking increased migration to America. The California legislature passed the Foreign Miners Tax to work on gold claims as anti-immigrant sentiment grew. The end of the California Gold Rush and laborers took farming jobs. Charles Crocker starts to hire Chinese immigrants for Central Pacific section of the Transcontinental Railroad. Anson Burlingame negotiated Burlingame Treaty of friendship with China, guaranteeing the right of Chinese immigration, but not the right of

The year 1858 denoted the beginning of progressing Chinese movement to the districts of British North America; that movement would later shape the present-day Canada. In the east were the settlements of New Brunswick,

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The goal of my project is to make a video which is approximately 8 minutes long for introducing how Chinese immigrants’ qualities of lives changed after they moved to Canada. This includes writing 5 - 15 survey questions to interview the Chinese immigrants in Montreal, meeting with them and recording our conversations, translating Chinese words to English, analyzing and summarizing their answers to explain how Canadian environment influenced them, merging all interview videos, editing the whole documentary, and adding background music and subtitles to the video.

The American dream, a hope for many to migrate from their country in order to begin a new life in a nation littered with opportunity. Throughout history, immigrants from all over have travelled here. From places like Poland to China to Spain, many decide to make the trip to America to allow themselves new opportunities. The transition to America, was never easy. The Chinese in particular suffered extreme discrimination. To honor their hardships, in New York City’s China Town the Museum of Chinese History was built. People can come visit to experience and acknowledge the rough Chinese American History. It certainly opens your eyes to see what it is like moving from one country to another.

Besides educational reason people leave china people they are feeling suffocated, metaphorically and physically, by the environment and communist government. Education is not the only reason people are feeling the need to flee. China has the worst air pollution mainly due to burning coal. Cancer is the number one killer in China and hundreds of thousands of deaths are occur just from the pollution in the air alone. Aside from that they water poses a major threat aswell, 500 million people have trouble accessing clean water. In some cities you can hardly see the sun and children are routinely dying from lead poisoning. While the suppression of communism is not nearly as deadly, people are still leaving becuase they simply don't agree with the communist ideals, and would rather not live under that rule.