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Project Remembers Chinese Railroad Workers in US Through Descendants


Project Remembers Chinese Railroad Workers in US Through Descendants
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Almost 150 years ago, large numbers of Chinese started working on the U.S. transcontinental railroad, which allowed the United States to become a modern nation. Very little is known, however, about these workers and what happened to them. Stanford University is working on a project to piece together the lives of the Chinese railroad workers by reaching out to their descendants. Elizabeth Lee reports from Los Angeles.

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