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Panoramic view of Hong Kong harbor in the 1890s showing multiple steamships at anchor with Victoria Peak in the background, where thousands of Chinese emigrants began their journey to North America
Emigration Stories

The Enping-Cuba Connection: Chinese Coolies in the Caribbean

The Enping-Cuba Connection: Chinese Coolies in the Caribbean The familiar story of Chinese migration to Cuba centers on Taishanese migrants who built Havana's bustling Chinatown in the late 19th century. Their restaurants, laundries, and mutual aid societies formed the visible heart of Cuban Chinese culture. But this is only part of the story. {{FIG:fig_map_enping_wuyi}} While…
March 12, 20260Comments

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Historical photograph showing Heshan migrants in Singapore during the early 20th century, with traditional Chinese architecture in the background
Emigration Stories

From Heshan to Nanyang: How Chinese Migrants Built Lives Across Two Worlds

From Heshan to Nanyang: How Chinese Migrants Built Lives Across Two Worlds Before millions of Chinese families crossed the Pacific to California's Gold Mountain, there was another journey—older, closer, and equally transformative. This is the story of the people who left the mountains of Guangdong's Five Counties region (五邑, Wǔyì) not for America, but for…
March 6, 20260Comments

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Elder placing incense at an ancestral altar inside a traditional Chinese clan temple during the Qingming Festival.
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Qingming in the Five Counties: A Diaspora Descendant’s Guide to Tomb-Sweeping in Wuyi

Qingming in the Five Counties: A Diaspora Descendant's Guide to Tomb-Sweeping in Wuyi Every spring, a quiet migration takes place. From San Francisco, Toronto, Sydney, and Singapore, thousands of overseas Chinese board planes bound for a small region in southern China. They carry no suitcases of gifts—just themselves, and sometimes, a lifetime of questions. They…
March 3, 20260Comments

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