The pre-Revolution colonies had indentured servitude. The 'problems' were that the [Irish?] servants were not treated as a non-renewable resource (better to work them into the ground), and if they bolted they were hard to distinguish from the gen pop.
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I still remember an old Japanese lady imitating a stereotypical Chinese accent while talking to .... avoid being lynched because of her race.
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Time change though, now countries are competing for the Chinese. ...residents of Hong Kong.
UK will give them full citizenship, Oztralia and the USofA want them; even Japan, who have little love since the 1930s, want the financial acumen the 'walking capital' of China's financial gateway to the rest of the World.
TFIglobal: The world has joined hands to decimate the heart of China’s financial might