THE CHINESE IN CUBA

    Chinese were brought to Cuba by the Spanish Colonists in 1847 from the Portuguese colony  of Macau and English colony of Taiwan these were all very poor destitute chinese.

    Then, in the late 1800's over 5,000 Chinese workers left the USA to settle in Cuba to escape vicious discrimination and in the early 1900's as the Chinese revolution began to take form and the horrific japanese invasions many escaped the political chaos for any country outside of Asian hemisphere, Cuba received a substantial number.

    They intermarried other races, Spanish, Black, Amerindian etc., to integrate quickly for their survival based on the fears experienced in China, the USA, Macau and Taiwan where the feudal systems were far more rigid and oppressive than Europe.

    When Fidel Castro came to power he appropriated Chinese businesses and holdings as state property and many had to flee Cuba despite the fact many were very mixed racially, had Spanish first and last names. This was much like Haiti's Tom Tom under Papa Doc.

    By 1949 most of them abandoned Cuba to which they had contributed  so much and fought so many wars for, to return to California, Florida, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic where they continued to integrate racially.

    Some went to South America and established big businesses. When Indo-Caribbeans talk about suffering and punishment, it is pale compared to the experience of the Chinos of the West.

    - Contributor.