EDITOR/BAIHUAHUA
According to data released by the U.S. Federal Census Bureau
As of 2022, the Chinese population in the United States has reached more than 5 million
It is equivalent to an entire city of people in Changsha or Qingdao who immigrated to the United States
How are these immigrants doing now?
Now that they see China's development, will they regret it?
Second-class citizens who have been discriminated against
In 2021, Boston welcomed the first Chinese-American female mayor in history. Boston is home to the world-famous Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is an important technology and medical city in the United States.
And Wu Mi's election was seen as a victory and progress for Chinese power in the United States. Two years have passed in the blink of an eye, has the status of the Chinese really become higher now?
Despite the rapid development of American society, there is still serious racial discrimination. In particular, Asian American groups, whether they are international students, businessmen, or workers, can be targeted for racial discrimination.
Especially in recent years, under the influence of Trump's "China threat theory" and the Chinese virus theory exaggerated by the media. Hatred of the Chinese pervades American society.
There were even various attacks against the Chinese. In order to protect itself, local Huawei has set up its own self-defense shooting course, which has helped many Chinese compatriots who have been attacked to improve their self-defense skills.
The Chinese are buying guns to defend themselves, and American society can no longer make them feel safe. In the so-called largest country in the world, people can only use primitive methods such as gun fighting to protect their property.
The awareness of self-defense among the Chinese community is rapidly increasing. The side shows the enormous security pressure they are facing. Not only is there no sense of security, but there is also a lack of trust in the American police.
They have also set up emergency rescue teams and medical teams to respond to such emergencies, and have also set up assembly points in case of emergencies with volunteers to patrol.
One Chinese girl, Siswanjo, described how she did not experience any discrimination in Singapore, but when she came to the United States, she began to experience racial discrimination like other Chinese people.
For example, being abused as a "Chinese guy", "squinting", etc. She said the remarks were extremely hurtful. Behind this is all malice against China.
In the face of the increasingly severe security situation, many Chinese communities in the United States have launched an appeal on social media, hoping that everyone can unite and form a strong team to resist external pressure.
Chinatown, USA
If it is so hard, why do we have to travel thousands of miles to foreign countries to experience this kind of discrimination? Most of those who go abroad do so because of the following reasons.
Chinatown in the United States
Use the U.S. green card as a shortcut to the college entrance examination
For education, the United States not only has the world's top universities and educational resources, but also many well-known primary and secondary schools. Many people send their children out to study so they can go to American universities.
Although Chinese universities are also very good, we cannot deny that China is stressful and competitive. Many parents let their children immigrate in order to take a shortcut and use a foreign hukou to get a low score to a Chinese university.
The United States is one of the world's leading providers of medical care, and advanced medical technology and equipment can provide the best treatment services for immigrants.
In particular, the survival rate of cancer within five years has always been the world's leading level. Therefore, there are also many people who immigrate because of medical treatment. Legal immigrants can also enjoy a well-established medical system and abundant medical resources to ensure their health and well-being.
But only if you have enough insurance, otherwise the high medical bills may directly bankrupt you. Free health care is not free for everyone. You'll have to spend quite a bit of money on insurance.
The more than 5 million Chinese in the United States did not suddenly migrate to the past, but have experienced decades of accumulation. Not only has there been many immigration fevers, but there has also been a considerable deterioration of the immigrant community.
Who are the people who go abroad?
The first time Chinese went to the United States in large numbers was when the Beiyang government sent laborers during World War I. Many of them were unable to return home and had to stay in the United States.
At that time, the laborers were not greedy for glory and wealth, but the Beiyang government was weak and unable to help them. The Chinese who remain are often discriminated against and subjected to various unequal treatments.
The United States even introduced the Chinese Exclusion Act, which was aimed at Chinese laborers. They believe that Chinese do the work of eight people by themselves, which drives down wages and makes manpower worthless.
In order to keep their high wages, American workers demonize the image of Chinese who love to work overtime without holidays and are willing to take low wages.
One of the most famous waves of immigration in American history occurred in the mid-19th century, during the Gold Rush between 1848 and 1855. During this period, famine and political turmoil in Europe, as well as economic downturn in Asia, led to a large number of immigrants to the United States.
Chinese who responded positively to the gold rush also joined the wave of immigration. It is estimated that thousands of Chinese have come to the West Coast of the United States to join the gold diggers.
There is a striking news from the West - gold is hidden in California. , a large amount of gold was found on the west coast of North America, which led to the outbreak of the gold rush.
In the years that followed, more and more Chinese moved to the United States, and people from southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong in China migrated to the United States in search of better economic opportunities.
They flocked to the United States along with the gold rush, some becoming vendors and shopkeepers in the gold rush areas, and others providing services to gold prospectors.
As the gold rush spread, the Chinese also became involved in infrastructure construction and agricultural labor work. Many Chinese contributed to the development of the western United States by providing labor for railroad building, mine digging, and farming.
Although participating in the Gold Rush was an important historical moment for the Chinese, it is also important to mention that they were not treated fairly in American society at the time.
After that, due to the change in the pattern of China, many Kuomintang people, people with poor family composition, fled to the United States for refuge.
To this day, the United States is also a popular place for the "second generation of criminals" to flee. For example, the prototype in "In the Name of the People", embezzled laid-off workers to compensate hundreds of millions of yuan, and was the criminal who caused the Northeast workers to freeze to death.
Her daughter Qu Wanting has been active abroad all the year round, smearing China on the Internet, saying that her mother was wronged. Many "greedy second generations" are hiding in the United States, and Canada and other countries dare not come back.
The return of talent has become a new trend
Unlike the popular wave of immigration in the past decade or so, returning to China has now become a new trend. For example, Gu Ailing, who won the gold medal for China, exchanged for Chinese nationality for the Olympics.
China's strength attracts many foreign talents to return, and its own strength will naturally attract the best talents in the world.