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20世纪初,地处科罗拉多河下游河谷的墨西卡利还是一片荒漠。随着美国人将灌溉用水引入科罗拉多河谷、外国投资者的进入以及墨西哥政府加强对西北部边疆的开发,墨西卡利逐渐发展起来。在墨西卡利的早期开发中,华人一方面为当地发展提供了大量廉价劳动力,另一方面经营起工商服务业,为当地经济发展作出了巨大贡献。华人在墨西卡利城市中心建起中国城,成立了众多的华人社团。华人数量一度还曾超过当地的墨西哥人。墨西卡利华人社会迅速兴起,与当时特殊的历史背景以及华人的主观努力密不可分。
At the beginning of the 20th century, Mexicali, located in the lower reaches of the Colorado River, was still deserted. Mexicali developed gradually as Americans introduced irrigation water into the Colorado Valley, the entry of foreign investors, and the Mexican government’s efforts to strengthen the development of the northwestern frontier. In the early development of Mexicali, the Chinese, on the one hand, provided a large amount of cheap labor for local development and on the other hand, it operated business services and made great contributions to the development of the local economy. The Chinese set up Chinatown in the city center of Mexicali and set up a large number of Chinese associations. The Chinese population once surpassed the local Mexicans. The rapid rise of the Mexican society of Chinese is inextricably linked with the special historical background of the time and the subjective efforts of Chinese.