History

1.  Why did Victoria become the major gateway for early Chinese immigration into Canada?

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2.  How did Victoria’s Chinatown once become a political centre of the global Chinese diaspora?

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3.  Why was Victoria the major source of both anti-Chinese racism and Chinese anti-racism?

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Geography

4.  Why did Chinatown start from the northern bank of Johnson Ravine?

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5.  Who owned Chinatown’s buildings in the late nineteenth century?

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6.  What were the major landscape changes in Chinatown in the early 20th century?

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Landmarks

7.  What kind of different story does each of five Chinese arches tell?

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8.  Is the Chinese Public School a typical Chinese building?

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9.  Why is the Chinese Cemetery located in the most prestigious neighbourhood of Victoria?

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Streets

10. Which street of Chinatown is in this picture?

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11. What building in this picture has now disappeared from today’s Fisgard Street?

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12. What is currently located in the place where this building once stood on Government Street?

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Organizations

13. Which associations in Victoria’s Chinatown once served as early headquarters of varied Chinese communities across Canada?

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14. What are the “tongs” among Chinese Canadian communities?

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15. What was the first Chinese women’s political organization that appeared in the “bachelor society” of Victoria’s Chinatown?

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People

16. Who launched the first transnational Chinese company in Canada?

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17. How did Victoria’s Chinatown help nurture the father of modern China?

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18. Why is Victoria’s Chinatown still a major gateway for Chinese participation in Canadian multiculturalism?

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