About this title: No one knows how many Chinese are being smuggled into the United States, but credible estimates put the number at 50,000 arrivals each year. Astonishing as this figure is, it represents only a portion of the Chinese illegally residing in the United States. Smuggled Chinese presents a detailed account of how this traffic is conducted and what happens to the people who risk their lives to reach Gold Mountain. When the Golden Venture ran aground off New York's coast in 1993 and ten of the 260 Chinese on board drowned, the public outcry about human smuggling became front-page news. Probing into ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Temple University Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781566397339ISBN:1566397332
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Temple Univ Pr, Philadelphia
ISBN-13:9781566397339ISBN:1566397332
Description: New in New jacket. No one knows how many Chinese are being smuggled into the United States, but credible estimates put the number at 50, 000 arrivals each year. Astonishing as this figure is, it represents only a portion of the Chinese illegally residing in the United States. Smuggled Chinese presents a detailed account of how this traffic is conducted and what happens to the people who risk their lives to reach Gold Mountain. read more
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