The duty: why a grave in America was a failure
The Wuyi emigration story is usually told as an outward story, with the money running back the other way: men left for 金山 (Jīnshān, "Gold Mountain" — North America), and what they sent home built the houses. There was a third flow, and it moved…
Hong Kong’s Hidden Departure Points: Beyond the Harbor
Stand on the Hong Kong waterfront in 1890, and you’d see dozens of steamships at anchor, their smokestacks belching coal smoke into the humid air. Small boats shuttle between shore and ship, carrying passengers, cargo, and the hopes of thousands. This is the image most descendants carry—the…