Tuesday, May 5



Neglected history of Chinese community in Mexico recognized in Assistant Professor Robert Chao Romero’s new book

On a spring day in 1911, local merchants went on a rampage in the Mexican city of Torreón, Coahuila. They slaughtered hundreds of illegal Chinese immigrants, and 20 years later, most Chinese residents had been driven out of the country. Read more...

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Assistant Professor Robert Chao Romero recently published his book “The Chinese in Mexico, 1882-1940.”

Credit: UCLA NEWSROOM