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By 1868, when the Burlington Treaty, guaranteeing free entrance and equal treatment for Chinese nationals was signed, several ships began bringing passengers to Portland directly from Hong Kong. After the completion of major railroad construction in the 1880s, many Chinese former railroad workers moved to Portland. In 1890, ten percent of the city's population was Chinese.
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The boundaries of who is or is not a member of the Chinese nation are not necessarily consistent. A person of Russian (Éluōsī Zú), Korean (Cháoxiǎn Zú), Vietnamese (Jīng Zú), Kyrgyz (Kēěrkèzī Zú), Hmong (Miáo Zú), or Mongol (Měnggǔ Zú) ethnicity with Chinese citizenship would be considered a full member of the Zhonghua Minzu. A Russian living in Russia, a Korean living in Korea, a Vietnamese living in Vietnam, a Kyrgyz living in Kyrgyzstan, a Hmong person living in Southeast Asia, or a Mongol living in Mongolia would almost universally be considered not to be. On the other hand, Cháoxiǎn Zú living and working in Korea or Mongolian from Inner Mongolia living and working in the independent state of Mongolia would be considered members of the Zhonghua Minzu, which can give rise to potential issues of identity.
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Hong Kong has never been a Chinese city. During its existence, save the Japanese occupation in WWII, it has been British. Since January 26, 1841, when England first planted a flag on what was then a barren rock, Hong Kong has been a special mixture of East and West. Because it had been a colony of the British Empire for close to 155 years, this city developed a mindset different from cities in the mainland, regardless that 98% of Hong Kong citizens are ethnically Chinese. Most of the people that helped build Hong Kong were from Guangdong (Canton) — but generations have passed and a way of life has been ingrained.
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On March 13, 1886, the Oregonian reported that members of the "Ku Klux Klan," who were identified as residents of "Slabtown," had harassed the Chinese inhabitants around Guild's Lake. Slabtown was the name of a working-class section of NW Portland between Guild's Lake and the present Pearl District. A mob ransacked Chinese homes and farms, burning down thirty houses. "They then came on ...another ranch, where they turned out five more men. Here they found one man who had a pistol, so they tied his hands before searching him and fired some thirty or forty pistol shots to terrify their victims." The Oregonian ... reported that the "ruffians" invaded homes, stole items, and forced their victims to walk toward the city.
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