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The History of the Chinese in Mexicali
Interesting Article
http://sandiegofreepress.org/2015/04/the-chinese-in-mexicali...
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Very good article..I have been going to Mexicali and eating Chinese food since 1956...Never had a bad meal...We used to hang out in a bar, right on
the border, that we called "The Chinamans". It was run by a Chinese gentleman who was about 200 years old (at least). When things got too rowdy he
would take an old single action colt and shoot into the ceiling, while screaming in Chinese....generally quieted things down.
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There is more, and why the mountain near the Hwy. 5 and 3 junction is called 'El Chinero'... Greg Niemann has a chapter about it in his book, 'Baja
Legends'.
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Here's more:
http://chinese-mexico.blogspot.mx/2007/03/mexicalis-chinatow...
http://chinese-mexico.blogspot.mx/2007_02_01_archive.html
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Thanks for the "more", Dennis!
Thank you CortezBlue for the post!
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Cool article! Thanks for passing it along.
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Always good reading
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really interesting history there! I was surprised to see that the author recommended sharkfin soup ????
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This article was written in 1900 and it states that the Chinese were in the State of Sonora 1500 years ago .......from the same blog:
http://chinese-mexico.blogspot.mx/2007/02/chinese-traces-in-...
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This may bring Gavin Menzies—or at least his book—back into the discussion.
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Living and working in Calexico was interesting as a minority of our students were listed as ethinic Chinese, but most of them were far more Mexican.
Only a few spoke one of the Chinese languages, but they all spoke Spanish. One of our teachers was also Chinese-Mexican.
Most of the families had been in the Mexicali area for a long time, but there were some who were quite new arrivals to Mexico and the US.
One of my students who was born in China complained that too many relatives kept coming from China so the profits from their restaurant in Mexicali
was being split too many ways!
And it was fun to joke with a couple of my students who were chosen to attend a Hispanic student leadership convention in Sacramento. Many were quite
surprised to see Victor Ma and Michele Chang.
The interaction between the towns at the border were quite fluid; and like almost all of our students, the Chinese-Mexicans had one foot on either
side of the border.
Good articles --- thanks!
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Love the personal addition to the thread. Thanks DianaT.
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Old Harper's article by William T. Vollmann about the fire under Mexicali that drove the Chinese above ground. He describes an entire town down there.
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A friend back in the 1980's was a teacher in San Marcos, named Ralph Campos... he was a Chinese-Mexican from Mexicali... I never heard him speak
Chinese, however.
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