#chinesemexicans | "In 1921 the Chinese language was, after Spanish and Mayan, the second most spoken language in Yucatan, even above English. The first Chinese migratory wave in Yucatan occurred in 1865 when 474 people from the port of Amoy, on the west coast of the East China Sea, arrived by boat in Belize, hired to work in the English logging camps, established on the border of the then British Honduras with Mexico. It is not known exactly how many arrived, nor how many had offspring, but we do know that they dedicated themselves to trade and the manufacture of gunpowder, a trade that was very useful for making ammunition for the Mayans in their war against the whites. The Chinese who came to this place participated side by side with the Mayans in the Caste War" #yucatan #China #mexico #mayans #castewar #historyfortheday