... troops occupied Canton for several years and China was forced to legalize the importation of opium. The first wave of immigration started with Chinese Immigrant to America between 1820-1924. The Chinese came in Hawaii for the first sugar plantation. The demanded of Chinese labors increased due to their work performance and wages. The Chinese labors were cheaper than the native Hawaiian labors ... same country. As a result, the sugar plantations companies had started import the labor from different countries Japan, Korean, Filipino and India. Japanese migrants started in 1885 and the dem...

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