Originally from Guangdong, the man one newspaper called a "petty despot" had sailed to San Francisco on a Chinese junk just before the gold rush, when he was approximately 20 years old.

China's futures traders have been the driving force behind gold’s extraordinary $400 surge in March and April 2024. Read more ...

Andrew Liu talks to Tom about the Chinese workers who followed the gold rush to California, Australia and South Africa, the racial stereotypes about them promoted by local politicians, and their role ...

China's buying up a lot of gold, sending prices of the precious metal to record highs. The consumption trend reflects risk hedging and a lack of confidence in the flagging economy that has been ...

A customer tries on gold jewelry in a shop in Huzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province on February 7, 2025. Photo: VCG Chinese consumers are rushing to buy gold, as gold prices continue to hit new ...

The Californian gold rush was in decline in the 1850s and had been known as the Old Gold Mountain, which led the Chinese to name the Australian gold rush, New Gold Mountain. This is how the series ...

China's embassy in the resource-rich Democratic ... of Natural Resources in the provincial capital Bukavu. The gold rush coincides with a surge in prices for the precious metal, which extended ...

During the Australian Gold Rush in 1851, thousands of Chinese gold ... Winmas Yu interviewed Mr. David Chen, the President of the Australian Chinese Workers Association.

A worsening security situation in the African nation's eastern provinces is no deterrent in reward-cost calculus, one expert said China's embassy ... Bukavu. The gold rush coincides with a surge ...