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Indentured workers came chiefly from China and India . From about ... China was
the largest source of indentured workers . One of their ... Chinese businessmen
ran the gold mines there and used coolies from China to work in them . By the ...
Indentured workers came chiefly from China and India . From about ... China was
the largest source of indentured workers . One of their ... Chinese businessmen
ran the gold mines there and used coolies from China to work in them . By the ...
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HONG KONG Hong Kong is a colony shaped by immigrants - 90 per cent from
China . Immigration has gone through a number of distinct phases since the end
of the Second World War . The first was the massive influx which followed the ...
HONG KONG Hong Kong is a colony shaped by immigrants - 90 per cent from
China . Immigration has gone through a number of distinct phases since the end
of the Second World War . The first was the massive influx which followed the ...
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TAIWAN ( CHINA ) 22 Until recent years , there was relatively little immigration
into Taiwan ( China ) . The 20 million population remained more or less
homogeneous , although there was a distinction between the native Taiwanese
who ...
TAIWAN ( CHINA ) 22 Until recent years , there was relatively little immigration
into Taiwan ( China ) . The 20 million population remained more or less
homogeneous , although there was a distinction between the native Taiwanese
who ...
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