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Chinese workers in the first world war

Chinese workers in the first world war
July 28, 2014 marks the centenary of the first world war's outbreak in Europe. A hundred years later, the story of the hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers, the largest non-European labour contingent in the war, is only slowly being rediscovered.

Chinese Labour Corps’ service in first world war has not been forgotten

France honours 'forgotten' Chinese labourers who helped war effort a century ago

SCMP Chronicles

The forgotten army of the first world war: How Chinese labourers helped shape Europe

July 28, 2014 marks the centenary of the outbreak of World War One. The story of hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers, the largest non-European labour contingent in the war, is only slowly being rediscovered.

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