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Jinshan Stranger
Chen PofengHistorical117k Wordsongoing
At the end of the 19th century, in order to make a living, for their families, and for a chance of survival, countless Chinese workers crossed the ocean and came to British Columbia, Canada, to devote themselves to the blood and fire of North American railway construction. The railway was opened, but they had no way to return. The late Qing Dynasty was turbulent, the country was broken, and the return journey was far away; in a foreign country, Chinese Exclusion Act, discrimination and violence
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