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Ching gets fired from his job producing silk in China. Loses his house. Lives on the street.
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Decides to immigrate to America from China by steamboat to look for a better life since he got fired from his job spinning silk in China. He brings only 100 yuan and a change of clothing. He is 26 when he immigrates.
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Makes a friend named Jin Lin on the boat. They get through the trip together.
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Catches the common flu from another passenger on the boat. His body is not used to this kind of sickness, so he gets really sick.
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Obtained at Angel island because he was sick when going through the line to get passed through to America. Jin Lin goes through to work on railroads.
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Meets a girl named Sun Park.
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Ching and Sun are released from Angel Island because of overcrowding. Although, he is highly discriminated against because of the Chinese Exclusion Act and still can not find a job, so he goes to mine for gold.
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Marries Sun Park near the gold mines.
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After months of difficult mining alone with the gear he spent all his money on, he finds gold.
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Cashes in all his gold for $500.00.
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Buys himself a cow farm, and settles down with his wife.
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Has a kid, names him Timmy.
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Has a kid, names him Johnny.
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After a good, long life, Ching dies at his farm with his wife and kids by his side, at theageof84.