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Historians Still Uncovering Details of 150-Year-Old Chinese Strike

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This year marks the 150th anniversary of a Chinese railroad workers strike in the United States as they were building the Central Pacific Railroad in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Historians are still uncovering details of what led to the strike and what happened afterward. VOA's Elizabeth Lee reports from San Diego, California, the home of a descendant of one of the railroad workers.

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