Chinese in Mississippi

[niuyin]

Here is an article on Chinese immigrants to the American south.

mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature33/chinese.html

[Raymond]

There is a relatively new website serving primarily two purposes. One, it is dedicated as an informational portal about Chinese in the South (i.e., the Southern States in the US, aka Deep South). Two, it is dedicated as an informational portal about Chinese with the family clan name Seid/Sit and its Anglicized spelling variations (e.g., Xue and Hsueh, among others). The website address is: www.seid.name

[chane]

Is there information about Chinese in the Shelby area? The web links given are not accessible.

[Doug 周]

chane,

This is a really old thread. Search for chinese in the first link's search function.

I got these hits:
Chinese in Mississippi: An Ethnic People in a Biracial Society^click
and
The Geography of Mississippi^click

The second link's domain expired

[helen]

www.facebook.com/YinandYangPress Follow John Jung www.facebook.com/YinandYangPress

[chane]

Thanks for tips. I managed to find several of the books in Kindle format at Amazon, which is perfect since I do not have access to USA retail shops. For only $2.99 Jung's "Chopsticks...." is a good read.

Two of my ancestors spent time there and I have often wondered about the stories they told.

[Doug 周]

John Jung's blog^click

[helen]

May 16, 2012 12:11:51 GMT -5 chane said:

Thanks for tips. I managed to find several of the books in Kindle format at Amazon, which is perfect since I do not have access to USA retail shops. For only $2.99 Jung's "Chopsticks...." is a good read.

Two of my ancestors spent time there and I have often wondered about the stories they told.

Please share your thoughts with John Jung - he's a nice guy.
www.facebook.com/groups/msdeltachinese/

[douglaslam]

This is indeed a very interesting topic. I remember reading the story of Joe Moon on this board. Joe Moon's from the Deep South, his trip to his ancestral home in Toishan was a heart-warming story. I can't get enough of stories of ordinary folks like him.

I admire the people from Sze Yup who braved the difficult political environment to eke out a living in the Deep South. They had to walk a tight rope, straddling a strident racial divide. I have not heard of any of my Chungshan compatriots making it in the hostile, and often violent South in the 19th. and early 20th. century. All you Sze Yup people out there, take a bow. I salute you.

[helen]

Would that being in the middle, Chungshan people may not have had a ready access to HK? The Zengcheng people had a railway system to HK, and hence was easier to get away on the ships. Is Chungshan close to the sea at all?

Or maybe they were not affected by the famine/wars, so didn't have to leave?

[johnjung]

The Facebook page for Mississippi Chinese is:

www.facebook.com/groups/msdeltachinese/

You can find a website pertaining to the Mississippi Chinese at:

mississippideltachinese.webs.com/

[johnjung]

Thanks, Helen, although I do have a few posts re: Mississippi Chinese on my own Facebook page: www.facebook.com/yinandyangpress
most of the posts deal with other aspects of Overseas Chinese.

A Facebook page dedicated to Mississippi Chinese is: www.facebook.com/groups/msdeltachinese/

HOWEVER, this board doesn't seem to activate links to Facebook... you may need to copy/paste the url into your browser window instead.

[douglaslam]

Chungshan is actually closer to HK than Sze Yup. When road transport was poor, people used to go to Macau, then by ferry to HK. That was the way I went to HK in 1956 when I was a young boy.

In the past, people trying to smuggle into HK would choose Macau as a stepping stone. Those who prepared to brave the shark-infested waters to swim to HK, also launch themselves from Chungshan. In other words Chungshan is well-placed for those wishing to leave China legally,or illegally.

My aunt's place in Kowloon was a safety house for many village folk who smuggled into HK in the 1960s. My aunt would house them in the hallway, storage space, bunk space or any nook and cranny until they found a job and moved out. People are happy to talk about those heady days of mass escape from China, and not forgetting how my aunt stood by them.

[raymond]

Chane......I'm not sure what sort of information you're seeking......anyway, in 1950 Shelby, Mississippi had two (2) Chinese grocery stores: Joe & Company and Jeong Joe Grocery. Hope this information helps you some.

[Doug 周]

May 17, 2012 15:55:05 GMT -5 johnjung said:

...this board doesn't seem to activate links to Facebook... .

johnjung,

Welcome to the forum. Hope you can participate with your expertise in Southern Chinese Americans.

While editing your post, if you select your typed facebook URL (like you did for your other URL) and click the hyperlink icon (this option is only availalbe from the non quick reply section) then you should get an active link pointing towards the desired facebook page. The reader should have a facebook account and cookies enabled to automatically log-in. This works for Firefox, Chrome, and IE.

Henry commented about a group called the transitional generation^click . I used to believe that if someone could find and view this forum, they were computer comfortable. I now realize that a significant number of the current Chinese genealogists are part of this transitional generation. They may not be as facebook compliant as those who frequent your facebook page.

IMHO