Why are there so many Chinese in Peru?

Due to the influence of social environment and historical factors, most manors in Peru bought labor from the Qing Dynasty.

In the coolie trade between the Qing Dynasty and Peru, about 6,543,800 contracted Chinese laborers from Guangdong and Fujian were imported from Macao, Hong Kong and Xiamen. 182 1 year, Peru, which got rid of Spanish colonial rule, declared its independence. In order to speed up economic development, Peru needs a lot of labor. At that time, Peru, with a land area of nearly 6,543,800 square kilometers, had a population of less than 2 million. Therefore, the Peruvian Congress passed an immigration bill, the main purpose of which is to attract immigrants to Peru to develop agriculture. In popular parlance, it is "digging bird droppings".

However, due to the abolition of slavery, the number of slaves is insufficient; After independence, the Indians in Peru also began to implement small-scale peasant economy, and the number of indigenous labor decreased sharply; Moreover, the political situation in Peru has been very turbulent, and European immigrants have stopped. Therefore, the labor force in Peru was extremely scarce at that time, and it became a problem to find someone to "dig bird droppings". Finally, Peruvian manor owners, politicians and businessmen discussed a "good way": buying labor from the Qing Dynasty.