THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN MAZATLAN:
A JOURNEY FROM PAST TO PRESENT (PART 1)
By May Q. Wong
Imagine strolling the Plazuela Machado, watching families socializing, kids playing…but wait… the faces look more Asian than Mexican! If you were here in the late 1920s, you would have seen more Chinese than Americans or Canadians. Chinese faces may be rare here now, but they have graced this part of the hemisphere since the 1600s when the “Manila Galleons” plied the luxury trade route between the Spanish ports of Manila and Acapulco.
I was asked by May to not use the whole article so here's a link -
By May Q. Wong
Imagine strolling the Plazuela Machado, watching families socializing, kids playing…but wait… the faces look more Asian than Mexican! If you were here in the late 1920s, you would have seen more Chinese than Americans or Canadians. Chinese faces may be rare here now, but they have graced this part of the hemisphere since the 1600s when the “Manila Galleons” plied the luxury trade route between the Spanish ports of Manila and Acapulco.
I was asked by May to not use the whole article so here's a link -
