TY - BOOK AU - Ali,Bessie Ng Kumlin ED - University of the South Pacific. TI - Chinese in Fiji SN - 9820203392 U1 - 996.1100495/1 22 PY - 2002/// CY - Suva, Fiji PB - Institute of Pacific Studies, Unviersity of the South Pacific KW - Chinese KW - Fiji KW - History KW - Immigrants KW - Social conditions KW - Ethnic relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index; 1. Leaving Guangdong -- 2. The newcomers -- 3. Overcoming barriers -- 4. Encounters in a new land -- 5. Traders and tillers -- 6. Punctuating a Presence -- 7. Politics -- 8. Calling Fiji home N2 - The author describes her people's migration from China to Fiji, tracing their settlement from the 1870s to the present day. This is a history of their hopes and aspirations, their realities and decisions as they made new lives for themselves in a new land--From back cover ER -