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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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Hong Kong , legal and illegal immigration from China , 1970 - 90 Thousands 200
Illegal Legal 0 LT 1 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988
1990 Source : Ho et al . , 1991 . But by 1979 China ' s “ open door ” was
beginning ...
Hong Kong , legal and illegal immigration from China , 1970 - 90 Thousands 200
Illegal Legal 0 LT 1 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988
1990 Source : Ho et al . , 1991 . But by 1979 China ' s “ open door ” was
beginning ...
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