This book is mainly about the history of overseas Chinese in America.Overseas Chinese refer specifically to citizens living abroad who still retain China's national box.In addition, this book also deals with part of the content of Chinese in America. The so-called Chinese here refers to foreign citizens of Chinese descent who have joined or acquired the nationality of the host country, because some of them were once overseas Chinese, and later acquired the nationality of the host country; The descendants of overseas Chinese are still inextricably linked with overseas Chinese ideologically, economically and by blood.

Today, there are more than 30 million overseas Chinese and Chinese living in more than 100 countries and regions around the world.As long as there are people living, traces of overseas Chinese and Chinese can be found almost everywhere, so overseas Chinese in our country are known as "the nation on which the sun never sets". America is one of the regions where overseas Chinese immigrated relatively late.In the Americas, Latin America moved earlier, followed by the United States and Canada.There are currently about 1.8 million overseas Chinese and Chinese in America, distributed in more than 30 countries and regions, including about 1 million in the United States, 450,000 in Canada, and 350,000 in Latin America.The number of overseas Chinese in the Americas is second only to Asia among the five continents of the world.

The early Chinese laborers traveled thousands of miles across the ocean to America, where they suffered discrimination and torture. Together with the local residents of the Americas, they resisted tyranny, overcame obstacles, and jointly developed the Americas.These American overseas Chinese worked together with the local residents and were an important force in building the country of residence; the overseas Chinese in the Americas were oppressed by the Spanish colonial rule together with the local residents, and they were a new force in the country of residence against colonial oppression; they had friendly exchanges with the American people They were the first to build a bridge of friendship between China and the Americas; they cared about the safety of the motherland, shared the same fate with the motherland, and made important contributions to the motherland.It can be said that the history of overseas Chinese in the Americas is a history of blood and tears, entrepreneurship, struggle and patriotism, and it is a heroic poem.