A Brief History of Chinese Immigrants: Taishan

Did you know that most immigrants from China came from a small little city called Taishan? Approximately 1.3 million Taishanese live worldwide while about 1 million live within the city itself. This extreme contrast makes Taishan one of the highest producers of foreign Chinese residents in the world. They introduced many things we think of such as Chop Suey and Foo Young Eggs. Yet their story is not often told. Learn more about this interesting part of Sino-American history and look inside the Taishan Museum in this video.