Chinese had little to do with the development in the east, but did lay a lot of rail out west.
Very few women came from China, except some numbers of slave prostitutes later. In fact over 70% of Chinese women were prostitutes who seldomed lived 30 days after arrival,, they were starved, doped, sexually abused. Numerous women comitted suicide given any chance.
Late 1800's congress passed several Acts that stopped Chinese immigration for many years. Those that were here didn't have Chinese women to marry, so the population never grew. It was illegal to marry whites.
It was mostly Irish immigrants that built our cities.
The rich have always found or created a large cheap labor pool, blacks, Irish, Chinese, today it's illegal Mexicans..
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