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Chinese nationals allegedly operated a marijuana ring using quiet homes as grow houses, withholding workers' passports until ...
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May also marks the publication of Ghosts of Gold Mountain, a groundbreaking history of Chinese railroad workers by Stanford scholar Gordon H. Chang.
It was the promise of riches from the gold rush that first drew Chinese migrants in droves to American shores. They called the land across the ocean Gum Shan, or Gold Mountain.
The entrance to Sojourning in Gold Mountain, an exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of History that delves into what life was like for Chinese migrant workers travelling to the US in the 19th century.
The workers who traveled from China to northeast Brazil to build a new factory for electric car maker BYD earned roughly $70 per 10-hour shift, over twice the Chinese hourly minimum wage in many ...
Electric vehicle producer BYD brought hundreds of Chinese workers on irregular visas to build a factory in Brazil, a key labor inspector told Reuters, adding the company has pledged to comply with ...
High on a mountain in China, Indigenous tea growers are using ancient techniques to create a premium tea that has never been more popular.
China controls over 75 percent of Tajikistan’s output of gold, which, on the one hand generates significant money for the Tajik government, but also harms local citizens and the ecosystem.
Chinese mining and agricultural companies operating in Tajikistan are causing environmental damage and health concerns for local communities while receiving preferential treatment from the Tajik ...
Chinese firms are tapping into Tajikistan’s vast mineral wealth -- and angering Tajiks as they pollute the environment in the process -- yet still get preferential treatment from the government ...
Chinese labourers turned central California into an agricultural powerhouse – and built a bustling Chinese-run town once called the "Monte Carlo of California" in the process.