Classify Chinese immigrants in US

By their behaviors at Walmart.

Last Generation. My mom's friends change price labels (to their advantage) or ask for a full refund on dresses they bought for last night's banquet. They admit nothing wrong and need to save for the next generation.

This Generation. My wife suddenly lost her voice when the cashier forgot to charge an item. She assumes that sometimes the stores cheat her knowingly or unknowingly. Hence, she still would go to heaven. In addition, her spouse may buy the stock of this company, and hence she could be the owner of the company. Good logic!

Next Generation. My honest daughter drove miles to return the $1 to the cashier that she was under charged while she spent extra $5 on gas. No wonder we have energy crisis.

They react according to their wealth and education.

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By history:

1. Thousand years ago.
First Chinese immigrants are native Indians and Eskimos. They have the same genes as Chinese. Both lack a kind of enzyme that allows us to be drunk easier besides same color of the hair, skin, body… They must be some drunk Chinese losing their way to walk across the frozen strait between the two continents. There is a good chance that they escaped from wars.

There was a Time article about a Chinese expert in old Chinese language. He could read some old text in Columbian artifacts.

2. First wave. About 200 years ago when China was bankrupt after the wars with 8 devilish nations. Semi slaves to dig gold and build the railroad. They’re uneducated labors with not much education. Most did not marry (as the US immigration law against Chinese bringing female in) and few children from this generation (some returned home and got married).

3. Second wave. The descendants of first wave and some buying false IDs. Worked in restaurants, laundry houses, sweat shops. Uneducated. The second generation is more educated.

4. Third wave. Hong Kong and Taiwanese students. Most Taiwanese students came for graduate schools.

5. Fourth Wave. Students from mainland China and were allowed to stay after TSM.

The children from third wave and fourth wave are highly educated.

The current wave could be termed as #6 in my classification. Very crude and arbitrary classification.