19世纪50年代前后,大批早期华人来到美国,是什么原因促使他们不远万里来到异国他乡呢?文章将首先分析华人来到美国的主要内部原因和外部原因,说明早期华人对美国特别是像加州这样的淘金地所作贡献,着重探讨早期美国的华人为何受到不公平对待。文章还特别对比了华人与爱尔兰人的不同历史发展轨迹,试图说明种族和文化的差异是阻碍华人获得平等权利融入美国社会的最大障碍。 Before the 1850s, a large number of early Chinese came to the United States, what motivated them to come to a foreign country a few miles away? The article will first analyze the main internal causes and external reasons why the Chinese came to the United States, indicating that the early Chinese were particularly worried about the United States Contributions to the Gold Rush, like California, focus on why Chinese in the early United States were treated unfairly. The article also contrasts the different historical development paths between Chinese and Irish people in an attempt to illustrate the differences between races and cultures as the biggest obstacle to Chinese’s access to equal rights in American society.