Torreón massacre
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The Torreón massacre was a massacre that took place from May 13 to May 15, 1911 in the Mexican city of Torreón, Coahuila. A total of 308 Chinese were killed, amounting to half the Chinese community in
Mexican forces outside the Casino de la Laguna
The Maderistas enter Torreón on 13 May
A cart carrying bodies in the aftermath of the slaughter
The Hai Chi in 1911
Chinese cruiser Hai Chi
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Hai Chi was a Hai Chi-class protected cruiser of the Imperial Chinese Navy. She was at the time the largest warship in Imperial China with a displacement of 4,300 tons and was armed with two 8-inch gu
Torreón massacre
…demanding 30 million pesos in reparations. At one point, it was rumored that Qing China had even dispatched a warship to Mexican waters (the cruiser Hai Chi, which was anchored in Cuba at the time). An investigation into the massacre concluded that it was an unprovoked act of racism. Chinese immigration to…
Hai Chi on 11 September 1911 in New York City
Sailors from Hai Chi on parade in New York.