I'm Jamaican Chinese. My grandfather came from China & worked in JA. He met my grandmother there & had 4 children. He took 2 boys back to China leaving my aunt & dad with my grand mother hoping to return. Sadly he never did b/c of illness which he ended up dying. Yrs later my aunt had a chance to visit China to see our family, but my dad also fell ill & never made the trip. Sadly he never saw his brothers again. One died in China & my dad passed 5 yrs ago. My families story was very sad, but we've managed to meet some of our cousins in NY in the 80's. I'm so proud of my Jamaican Chinese heritage!!!
When I tell people Im of indian,chinese, and african descent they look at me with three heads. As a mixed Jamerican kid, Yankee Ute dem will never understand.Know your history ,bless up!
The Chinese have the lockdown on the grocery business in Jamaica. They get a bad rep a lot of times but at the end of the day most Jamaicans I know who are price conscious buy their groceries from the Chiney man. Even with the emergence of Mega Mart and other American style supermarkets the Chiney shop still has a loyal following because their prices are fair. Often times their exchange rate on foreign currency is better than the cambios too.
Funny but I had worked with the Chines one Wilson LeeSang ,after my scholarship paper was burnt . I cursed the Catholics , because my boss was Catholic, but as strange faith would have it ,I got in so well with the Chinese , they treated me so well. To this day anywhere I got , I am finding Chinese friend !!~
Back in the days Mr Chin ( JAMAICANS call most Chinese Mr.chin) shop was where most of , if not all poor JAMAICANS bought n truss their daily n weekly groceries from. They (the Chinese) had a little book that they use to make a note of wat the people truss and how much they paid and had a balance cause de.pay was small n that couldent buy food n take care of the other things they needed to SURVIVE. To I when I look back at those days the Chinese played a very important part of how de poor ( black) people survived week on week out n that's a FACT. NO 1 who was living here inna JA. can deny. Bless up
My fada is my hero if I ever had 1. Reason is I am saying to I self this man is either a madman or im is very adventurous. Cause my father spoke very little english n most of his vocabulary taught to him by the rude boys n bad man dem who lived around the area where we lived at 1 time back in deh day inna jones twn. at benow st. in front of dis big dance hall. Memories Don't leave like people do . Bad wud wreck but both my parents were well liked by the 90+% people who were black or coloured who buy dem groceries at the chinney man shop at de conor .
My Mom 's friend is Chinese Descendant , from Hong Kong, her Mom and Dad they were born there, Lot of Chinese Descendants live in Jamaica, I know quite a few!
Love this pic some of my family members are Chinese jamacian and my grandfather until this day we are proud of our culture from may pen right through the island
There was no Jamaican gov't law until 1962. Prior to that it was British law and rule. The moderator needs to revisit their history books. I am Jamaican and have Chinese Jamaicans in my family.
Can I ask what your specific mix is? Also, my great grandfather's second wife was named Queen Elizabeth Gray, are you related to her perhaps? She was born in 1880 in Westmoreland Parish.
The new wave of chinese immigration is not necessarily a good thing but we as Jamaican must understand that we live in a Globalized world now . If someone is to be blamed it is the government who are not looking out for our long term interests.
In everything, we look for someone to blame. A we being prevented from migrating to Asian countries? In what ways has the presence of the Chinese in Jamaica prevented us from being educated and achieving? Was it our laziness and lack of proper planning which has caused their business to be thriving while ours have been closing in some communities? I could go on.
I beg to disagree, Chinese have been in Jamaica for hundred of years. My mother just passed at 102 years and she told us of the Chinese of years ago who rode their donkeys and worked very hard to achieve their goals. Chinese groceries were all over the country side, I went to school with many Chinese and found them to be very nice hard working people. Many Jamaicans are complaining about the Chinese taking over, yet Jamaicans are all over the world, Brooklyn is like little Jamaica, they are in Belize,Costa Rico,Cuba , London and I could go on and on. They complain about the Chinese controlling the jobs . The Jamaicans of today, need to develop better work ethics, be more disciplined and honest. If they do not want the Chinese there, they need to invest in business and employ their own. The Chinese are not the gunmen and the robbers, they are basically peaceful people. As Jamaicans, we travel out to other countries, we invest, some of us become millionaires in our adopted countries which we could not do in Jamaica. Stop criticizing the Chinese and come up with a solution to save our beautiful Jamaica from the criminals who are not Chinese. It’s out of many. One people and the Chinese living in Jamaica are Jamaicans and have the right to exist. I am sure the complainants are those who have nothing to contribute and also know nothing about the history of Chinese, Jews, Indians, Spanish. Lebanese and others who migrated to Jamaica over a century ago and contributed to our growth. Stop complaining and take a page from the book of these hard working people, Jamaica belongs to us all.
1. Jamaica is not independent, the Queen is still head of State. 2. The Chinese were brought over by the British as a buffer class and they continue to be so. 3. The new wave of Chinese investment and immigration is nothing but Neo-colonialism. 4. We are not all Jamaican, black Jamaican’s are the original Taino people, we are native to the Island. No matter how long you live in China, if you’re black they will never see you as Chinese.
Live Life The number 1. I am very frustrated the government has been dragging out becoming a republic for 50 years while other countries have become republics for even 15 years Jamaica could have been 50myearsold!!!!
Man these people are heathens they stole our ppl identity and language once again.. They really are unfair to blacks n Indians they ain't no damn Jamaicans they are theifs
Am speaking about jamaican chinese ?because there are some nice jamaican chinese , we speaking about the new commers ,that acting like jamaica belongs to them ,and taking over our ISLAND....thoese are the chinese we talking
How are they ‘taking over the island’? You sound just like how the racist British used to complain about the first influx of non-whites in the early days. It’s just prejudice which is not nice!
Love learning more about my culture. So happy to see Jamaica so integrated. I am a jam is with direct Syrian and India roots as well as African and German. I always wanted a Chinese girl friend hahahah
Unlike their fellow immigrants from China and India who had begun arriving in Jamaica in the mid-19th century, the Syrians and the Lebanese did not land on the island as indentured labourers. They, like the Jews who had arrived centuries before, came of their own free will, albeit fleeing religious persecution.
I'm quarter Indian and I speak standard English as a jamaican- almost all my family members speak the patua way, but my mom is quarter Chinese I think and my great grandfather was full Indian! African history is really interesting along with Chinese history of indentured labour, who knew this would be so interesting and spectacular! I'm in grade 6 learning about our African past and indentured labour, it's really fascinating
good episode, it’s great to have so much exposure you to different cultures and people. don’t forget black chiney as a culture chinese representatives.
JAMAICA! JAMAICA! " FIRE DEH A MUSS MUSS TAIL, HIM TINK A COOL BREEZE." "FROG SIDONG INA WARM WATA TINKING IT FEEL SOO WONDAFUL, ONLY FI FIN OUT WEN IT TOO LATE- DAT A COOK HIM A COOK." AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW? - MR FROG IS NO MORE. It is true, that not long t after the slaves were freed in Jamaica, there was a great shortage of labourers on the plantations. As such,
@0.32 :what my eyes are seeing and what my ears are hearing is confusing my poor brain...i mean should i ask him for a spliff before or after my egg noodles with dumplings?
In China is a time. The language is able to speed time up so fast, its a living dying thing in each. There is no such thing as a non Chinese Either East Asian also Southern Asian or also only East well who is the one to decide is not me.
We're not really one. We're Majority Black African. Then there's a small mixed population then a smaller indian and Chinese population and lastly the Descendants of colonizers who for some reason never left.
I'm Jamaican Chinese. My grandfather came from China & worked in JA. He met my grandmother there & had 4 children. He took 2 boys back to China leaving my aunt & dad with my grand mother hoping to return. Sadly he never did b/c of illness which he ended up dying. Yrs later my aunt had a chance to visit China to see our family, but my dad also fell ill & never made the trip. Sadly he never saw his brothers again. One died in China & my dad passed 5 yrs ago. My families story was very sad, but we've managed to meet some of our cousins in NY in the 80's. I'm so proud of my Jamaican Chinese heritage!!!
caligirl300 GOD BLESS YOU!!!!
you are not Jamaican
@@carlosbailey303 fuck you
caligirl3000 that was a truly tragic story ...... very sad
@@carlosbailey303 what gives you the right to say that
When I tell people Im of indian,chinese, and african descent they look at me with three heads. As a mixed Jamerican kid, Yankee Ute dem will never understand.Know your history ,bless up!
I'm an African mix of west Indian
@@tae_taemic322 huh?
I’m Asian American and I speak Patois to blacks and Spanish to whites
The Chinese have the lockdown on the grocery business in Jamaica. They get a bad rep a lot of times but at the end of the day most Jamaicans I know who are price conscious buy their groceries from the Chiney man. Even with the emergence of Mega Mart and other American style supermarkets the Chiney shop still has a loyal following because their prices are fair. Often times their exchange rate on foreign currency is better than the cambios too.
Funny but I had worked with the Chines one Wilson LeeSang ,after my scholarship paper was burnt . I cursed the Catholics , because my boss was Catholic, but as strange faith would have it ,I got in so well with the Chinese , they treated me so well. To this day anywhere I got , I am finding Chinese friend !!~
Back in the days Mr Chin ( JAMAICANS call most Chinese Mr.chin) shop was where most of , if not all poor JAMAICANS bought n truss their daily n weekly groceries from. They (the Chinese) had a little book that they use to make a note of wat the people truss and how much they paid and had a balance cause de.pay was small n that couldent buy food n take care of the other things they needed to SURVIVE. To I when I look back at those days the Chinese played a very important part of how de poor ( black) people survived week on week out n that's a FACT. NO 1 who was living here inna JA. can deny. Bless up
How did the shop biz start n thrive
So it sounds like Mega Mart and other American style supermarkets are Price gouging.
My fada is my hero if I ever had 1. Reason is I am saying to I self this man is either a madman or im is very adventurous. Cause my father spoke very little english n most of his vocabulary taught to him by the rude boys n bad man dem who lived around the area where we lived at 1 time back in deh day inna jones twn. at benow st. in front of dis big dance hall. Memories Don't leave like people do .
Bad wud wreck but both my parents were well liked by the 90+% people who were black or coloured who buy dem groceries at the chinney man shop at de conor .
I love Chinese spirit thay love to work hard for what thay want
My Mom 's friend is Chinese Descendant , from Hong Kong, her Mom and Dad they were born there, Lot of Chinese Descendants live in Jamaica, I know quite a few!
Love this pic some of my family members are Chinese jamacian and my grandfather until this day we are proud of our culture from may pen right through the island
+Phillip Lyn mine too Phillip :)
I love leaning more about my Jamaican Chinese roots
Same here
There was no Jamaican gov't law until 1962. Prior to that it was British law and rule. The moderator needs to revisit their history books. I am Jamaican and have Chinese Jamaicans in my family.
Can I ask what your specific mix is? Also, my great grandfather's second wife was named Queen Elizabeth Gray, are you related to her perhaps? She was born in 1880 in Westmoreland Parish.
Ken Gray DO YOU EAT SUSHI!!!
@H Kim lmao
I knew quite a few Jamaican- Chinese growing up; their food is great
The new wave of chinese immigration is not necessarily a good thing but we as Jamaican must understand that we live in a Globalized world now . If someone is to be blamed it is the government who are not looking out for our long term interests.
In everything, we look for someone to blame. A we being prevented from migrating to Asian countries?
In what ways has the presence of the Chinese in Jamaica prevented us from being educated and achieving?
Was it our laziness and lack of proper planning which has caused their business to be thriving while ours have been closing in some communities? I could go on.
I beg to disagree, Chinese have been in Jamaica for hundred of years. My mother just passed at 102 years and she told us of the Chinese of years ago who rode their donkeys and worked very hard to achieve their goals. Chinese groceries were all over the country side, I went to school with many Chinese and found them to be very nice hard working people. Many Jamaicans are complaining about the Chinese taking over, yet Jamaicans are all over the world, Brooklyn is like little Jamaica, they are in Belize,Costa Rico,Cuba , London and I could go on and on. They complain about the Chinese controlling the jobs . The Jamaicans of today, need to develop better work ethics, be more disciplined and honest. If they do not want the Chinese there, they need to invest in business and employ their own. The Chinese are not the gunmen and the robbers, they are basically peaceful people. As Jamaicans, we travel out to other countries, we invest, some of us become millionaires in our adopted countries which we could not do in Jamaica. Stop criticizing the Chinese and come up with a solution to save our beautiful Jamaica from the criminals who are not Chinese. It’s out of many. One people and the Chinese living in Jamaica are Jamaicans and have the right to exist. I am sure the complainants are those who have nothing to contribute and also know nothing about the history of Chinese, Jews, Indians, Spanish. Lebanese and others who migrated to Jamaica over a century ago and contributed to our growth. Stop complaining and take a page from the book of these hard working people, Jamaica belongs to us all.
1. Jamaica is not independent, the Queen is still head of State. 2. The Chinese were brought over by the British as a buffer class and they continue to be so. 3. The new wave of Chinese investment and immigration is nothing but Neo-colonialism. 4. We are not all Jamaican, black Jamaican’s are the original Taino people, we are native to the Island. No matter how long you live in China, if you’re black they will never see you as Chinese.
Live Life The number 1. I am very frustrated the government has been dragging out becoming a republic for 50 years while other countries have become republics for even 15 years Jamaica could have been 50myearsold!!!!
Man these people are heathens they stole our ppl identity and language once again.. They really are unfair to blacks n Indians they ain't no damn Jamaicans they are theifs
All "original" Jamaicans were wiped out by Christopher Columbus...you neva read any books bwoy?
Most of Oversea Chinese (90%) are from Guan-Dong China (Catonese, Teochews , Hakkas) and Fujian China (Hokkiens)
Am speaking about jamaican chinese ?because there are some nice jamaican chinese , we speaking about the new commers ,that acting like jamaica belongs to them ,and taking over our ISLAND....thoese are the chinese we talking
How are they ‘taking over the island’? You sound just like how the racist British used to complain about the first influx of non-whites in the early days. It’s just prejudice which is not nice!
Interesting story, thanks for sharing !
Thanks for the work
Love learning more about my culture. So happy to see Jamaica so integrated. I am a jam is with direct Syrian and India roots as well as African and German. I always wanted a Chinese girl friend hahahah
SUPATWIN1 you have syrian in u ? how?
MrHtjet my mother and grandfather on my father's side
Unlike their fellow immigrants from China and India who had begun arriving in Jamaica in the mid-19th century, the Syrians and the Lebanese did not land on the island as indentured labourers. They, like the Jews who had arrived centuries before, came of their own free will, albeit fleeing religious persecution.
I'm quarter Indian and I speak standard English as a jamaican- almost all my family members speak the patua way, but my mom is quarter Chinese I think and my great grandfather was full Indian! African history is really interesting along with Chinese history of indentured labour, who knew this would be so interesting and spectacular! I'm in grade 6 learning about our African past and indentured labour, it's really fascinating
@@GreaterEthioFlering the Inquistion anf torture in Spain ot some Edict of the wicked Pope of Rome was not free
Will.
good episode, it’s great to have so much exposure you to different cultures and people. don’t forget black chiney as a culture chinese representatives.
Y’all I saw a whole Chinese-Jamaican church in Jamaica in uptown Kingston
Must be uptown
My grandmother was a member of the Toyloy family from Jamaica.
This is awesome!
Are there any people in Jamaica who are Half Chinese and Half Black or Half Chinese and Half Indian?
I
Infinite Sky Yes many, quite common. Google Jamaican Chinese. All races mix in Jamaica and share one culture.
Well my father is half chinese and half black
I'm 1 of them
MrNinjaCinema which mix?
Naomi Campbell grand father is Chinese Jamaican.
This is so great! Thanks for sharing!
I love this video
I was still waiting to see how exactly the Chinese contributed to Jamaica.
They brought concepts like Chiney shops and cashpot. Didn't hear that part?
Kem the Bruce they still continue to exploit Jamaica... dem to bbc greedy
@@Tyrapalmer127 An yu hoviously too bbc hignorant hass hole an a mawga dawg....naw feed yu bbc.
El Sapito you’re dunce, you can’t argue with truth. goodbye lol
Oml
Thx for the vid
Proud Hakka Chinese Jamaican
They Neva mention Pik A Pow .
You see the Chinese man say we have a Chinese lineage meaning China first then Jamaica they respect their ancient forefathers
We have a sizeable Chinese community in Scotland as well
Interesting. Thank one for sharing.
A great short documentary, thank you
RIP Jamaica
mr chin and his family. Welcome. to Jamaica. but please. leave our chicken. with wing
Very well done!
Who is here from half way tree in 6sc 2020
Who?
JAMAICA! JAMAICA! " FIRE DEH A MUSS MUSS TAIL, HIM TINK A COOL BREEZE." "FROG SIDONG INA WARM WATA TINKING IT FEEL SOO WONDAFUL, ONLY FI FIN OUT WEN IT TOO LATE- DAT A COOK HIM A COOK." AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW? - MR FROG IS NO MORE.
It is true, that not long t after the slaves were freed in Jamaica, there was a great shortage of labourers on the plantations. As such,
@0.32 :what my eyes are seeing and what my ears are hearing is confusing my poor brain...i mean should i ask him for a spliff before or after my egg noodles with dumplings?
The dude doesnt even look chinese. He looks filipino.
How many Chinese prime ministers of Jamaica has their been? Jamaican diversity 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😄😆
Who is here because of miss 6sc
In China is a time. The language is able to speed time up so fast, its a living dying thing in each. There is no such thing as a non Chinese Either East Asian also Southern Asian or also only East well who is the one to decide is not me.
We're not really one. We're Majority Black African. Then there's a small mixed population then a smaller indian and Chinese population and lastly the Descendants of colonizers who for some reason never left.
I'AM PART JAMAICAN TOO I'AM ALSO MIXED WITH A LITTLE SUSHI.
Sushi is Japanese..
Sushi is Japanese but yea Jamaica has Japanese too
On you get pay us does not yet but big day get ready my people for the big day payment China USA UK now we really ready
We are descendants of Moors
H2O
It's easy for intelligent people to economically colonize a 3rd world population.
3:18 "a cultural super-power" hahaha
I n I Kno dis as hold dung Tek whey . To RASSCLAAT