Ep. 301 | The History of the Chinese Jamaicans
The China History Podcast
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The History of the Haka People in China
These people who will later on be called the haka people from the central plai of china. The sea ban, you all recall, was that edict issued by kangshi that forced everyone to move inland. And this indirectly led to a lot of haka people settling down in the rich and bountiful gwantong province. It was no different for these haka chinese in jamaica than it was for many of their haka brethren in other lands, living under similar circumstances. They were sitting ducks to be ripped off, taken advantage of and to suffer insults and occasional lance. These were the ones who came to jamaica and planted the seeds the next
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