Smuggled Chinese by Ko-lin Chin PAPERBACK 9781566397339

Smuggled Chinese\nby Ko-lin Chin\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Ko-lin Chin\nTitle: Smuggled Chinese\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and cultural history\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S.\nPublication year: 1999\nISBN-13: 9781566397339\nISBN-10: 1566397332\nRRP: \u00A326.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nNo 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'.