150th Anniversary Celebration-May 2015

[Doug 周]

2015 will mark the 150th anniversary of the contributions of Chinese immigrants to the building of the first US transcontinental railroad ^click

An event scheduled in Northern California, among other regions, to pay tribute to the building of the railroad

[helen]

Thanks Doug

It's also 150 years ago since the New Zealand Government invited the Chinese to New Zealand - to work the gold mines that had already been worked by others before them.

www.teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/28172/welcoming-chinese-miners-1865