Film 1 - Chinese in Guyana

Filmed on behalf of the Government of Guyana by John Mair. Shown at Guyana SPEAKS on Sunday, 25th November at the Classic, Tooting Bec. For more information on Guyana SPEAKS see Facebook Page - 'Guyana SPEAKS'.

[@zoeblaster]

This was very interesting. My dad is Gordon Chan from Guyana , his great grand parents came from China. Except for immediate family haven’t really met any other Guyanese Chinese .

[@leewalters5960]

Any relation to the late Brian Chan who died in NY

[@wyndhl9465]

Let's NOT forget that Guyana's FIRST President - 1970 to 1980 - was a (Guyanese-born) CHINESE, ex-Chief Judge Arthur Chung. His was a ceremonial non-political office. The Prime Minister functioned then as the de facto political executive - unlike after 1980 when the president assumed political and executive responsibilities.

[@AB-pf3pv]

Another puppet on a string!

[@freddie792]

Papua new guinea 🇵🇬 has Papua born ethnic Chinese prime minister

[@freddie792]

Papua new guinea 🇵🇬 has Papua born ethnic Chinese prime minister

[@freddie792]

Papua new guinea 🇵🇬 has Papua born ethnic Chinese prime minister

[@vishnooramdin8761]

Wii we are so glad to know so many Chinese felted Guyana is their homem.i am now a canadian. Citizen but I feel Guyana is in my blood wish I would be buried where in the village I was borned. I love my country and I wish I will die in my beautiful country

[@louisemorse8402]

Love this film my grandfather was brought to Guyana by the British. He settled in. Hopetown life was very hard for them trying to cope in an English world. But they made it. My dad's birth certificate describe his race as a mixed chinese boy. Thanks for the focus on this piece of history

[@career5690]

His mother was Afro-Guyanese?

[@livefortheweekends9923]

Thanks for the video upload ! My parents are both born in Guyana . My grandfather ( dad side ) is born in china but in 1930 left China and ended up in guyana where he met my grandmother who was a mix of Asian . LOL my dad had an indian Guyanese restaurant owner tell him he was not from guyana and my dad who is very proud of being Guyanese was irate that he should debate with him ! Im from Canada - I get people who tell me I'm adopted non stop its so irritating ! I uploaded my 23andme results and soon will upload my parents but I think our results you can definitely see we are from guyana with all ethnicities

[@career5690]

So grandma is half Chinese or half Indian?

[@career5690]

You’re a mixed race or multicultural Guyanese.

[@wyjaehan666]

Guyana is such a fascinating place, truly remarkable. Thank you for this.

[@goldaganeshdin2269]

Many Chinese that came lived in villages on the East Coast. Many of them became old, passed on and their descendants have left maybe for other shores. I grew in the 70s and 80s with just very few Chinese and Portuguese left in the village

[@HussainAli-hj5my]

HAVE YOU SEEN WHO BROUGHT OUR BEAUTIFUL CHINESE COUSINS PARENTS JESUITS

[@HussainAli-hj5my]

ONLY JESUITS SELECTED RELIGIONS WERE SELECTED

[@sharonogle832]

thank you for this . alot of people here in the USA do not believe me when I tell them that there are chineses in my beautiful Guyana.

[@kevinyounker7053]

sharon ogle I have so many questions but I’m finally glad to come across this little inside look on Chinese guyanese stories

[@BESTFOODIECLUB]

Chinese people are in every country nd place and will soon take over the world

[@melanier7309]

When people don't believe they are Chines in the CARICOM, I tell them to look it up.

[@melanier7309]

@@BESTFOODIECLUB What proof do you have, that will happen?

[@coupleofbeers31]

Love seeing diversity around the world. My family is from Peru and everyone thinks all Peruvians are short full-blooded Natives. There are all kinds of people in Peru. There are even German-Peruvians who have blonde hair and blue eyes whose ancestors came in the late 1800s. People need to stop associating nationality with race. Peace.

[@islandgirlxx3465]

She speaks like my grandmother. She was born in Guyana and from portuguese descent. In the 1950's she traveled to Aruba as a teenager where she met my grandfather. They got married and she been living in Aruba ever since. But she has always spoken english. So my mother and her siblings were raised speaking english at home.

[@NATUREMAN360]

One People, One Nation, One Destiny - Love my Guyanese Chinese people.

[@deborahdarkieking2528]

Guyana Chiney food is the best Yummy

[@rodericksmith859]

I'm eating it right now in Toronto! The best!

[@deborahdarkieking2528]

@@rodericksmith859 enjoy

[@rogerdefreitas781]

Not

[@chrisc1881]

I agree Guyanese Chinese food is the best , we travel from New York to Guyana 🇬🇾 and we always bring back what we call a 'Chinee ' that is a fried rice and a low mein

[@Westindiangyal1111]

100% correct

[@albertroundtree8546]

I am proud to say that my Godfather was Chinese and my middle name is Chinese. Part of my family is Chinese.

[@theinternetistrasht]

Oral history is such an important part of us keeping our history, so interesting to learn from her comment on how the Chinese population in Guyana originated from all parts of china coming with different languages and traditions

[@jackflash5659]

Thank you for the insight. Great documentary.

[@SonoranTel]

Beautiful video.

[@winstonbachan105]

I Am Indo Guyanese, I Remember Donald Yhap And Miss Catherine Yhap Who Did Business For Over 50 Years On The Essequuibo Coast, They Treat Us Like Their Own Children, Another Chinese Was Punta From Collin Village, Who's Son Was My Best Friends ♥️

[@jazzboo326]

My grandfather was Chinese Guyanese. His name was Peter Ho.

[@clementsingh3700]

Thanks for the video!!

[@jeancheong2176]

Thanks very much

[@Kabkabmbujimayi]

Very interesting video

[@CadillacM]

The first president of Guyana is ?................. Chinese Mr Arthur Chung.

[@masakali1974]

Nice!

[@jonathan99097]

Wow, the British brought indentured slaves from all across Asia, didn't know that. As a result, a new culture arises: a fusion of Caribbean and Asian cultures from food, music, dance, arts, etc. Big up all meh Guyanese dem!!! :)

[@levideo3030]

Guyanese need to learn much more about our Chinese brothers and sisters

[@NATUREMAN360]

Sorry bro, please go back to the history books, labourers, not slaves. They went to Guyana to work and to have a better life but they were never slaves.

[@jonathan99097]

@@NATUREMAN360 Have you heard of the term indentured slaves? There's a very fine line between slavery and indentured labour and there struggles to be a consensus, I'm surprised you don't know that. Many argue that Indentureship may have been a system reborn to legitimize slavery which became present throughout the Circum-Caribbean, including Guyana. Google is your friend.

[@anhtuuc7402]

@@NATUREMAN360 they forced to leave their country in the name of cheap labours. the same with vietnamese

[@sashypooh409]

@@jonathan99097 You are right bc they didn't pay them!!! It was basically slavery! But the right term that people are familiar with is indentured laborer or servant.

[@mapi576]

I was baptized in St. Saviours, way back in the day ...

[@mallyu987]

Chinese are most adventurous, in most Countries a Chinese guy is found scratching out a living in a remote location What has changed, is that Chinese men & women are inter-marrying without prejudice. NICE! If Belt & Road solidify that sense of Global Community, this will be the World God intended for Humanity with every family comfortable under their own fruit tree. Half-century of Self-Imposed Isolation gave Chinese different perspectives & Stronger commitment to Co-Operation as demonstrated in Relays. You do not progress by being stupid.

[@matthewmann8969]

Greatly outnumbered by Sub Saharan Africans And Indian Subcontinentals

[@sdaiwepm]

Was there much intermarriage between Chinese-, Indo-, and Afro-Guyanese?

[@jeancheong2176]

Move with the times this is year 2020

[@jeancheong2176]

They love this nonense, ,to live in the past!

[@sashypooh409]

Your history and heritage is very important!

[@gatheringleaves]

Why did so many of the Chinese leave Guyana?

[@dannytemplegod9873]

Probably for a better life

[@Kabkabmbujimayi]

I wonder what would be their interaction with modern day Chinese who remained in China.

[@dominodomino1853]

the mainland chinese sees them as mixed however there are chinese people that come to guyana now to have more than one child. my chinese friend has 5 siblings and they were all born in guyana but they moved to live here when she was 11 . she is the only one of her siblings without a gt accent but her accent is americanish because of the films she watched when learning english. she told me that china will never give them citizenship tho so :(

[@Kabkabmbujimayi]

@@dominodomino1853 wow thank you for your comment

[@Donnette_BistroLounge_owner]

Did anyone notice not one of them have their Chinese last name? And how about those Colonial masters were strategic in choosing various individuals to work the plantation, but ensured thpwenaub groups spoke different languages, so that they weren't empowered, and were then forced to learn the Masters language. Mandarin is the most popular language in the world, interesting that that's what her mom spoke, it's quite interesting also that she went to bed and woke up speaking Mandarin and never spoke English again. Once a man twice a child, she reverted back to what she knew. The brain indeed, is a fascinating organ.

[@livefortheweekends9923]

hmmm .....well my family all have their chinese surnames :)

[@jebiusenvy]

@@livefortheweekends9923 mine too and all my uncles have Chinese first names.

[@forgetful9845]

Hmm im not sure if this is extrapolation, the british never made the indians abandon their culture forcefully, idk if theres any evidence to show they did with the chinese

[@forgetful9845]

I guess them not being taught mandarin could be something related to that though

[@jebiusenvy]

@@forgetful9845 my family was Cantonese. My oldest Uncle told me that my grandfather was teaching him Cantonese before he passed away like 60 something years ago. Boys were only to be given Chinese names and to be taught Cantonese at the time which is why all my uncles have Chinese names but my mom and aunts don't.

[@BHPStudioMusic]

nice

[@vishnooramdin2915]

Eh you can still bribe à Guyanese black or indian with chinese fryed Rice or lowmin(lol)

[@vishnooramdin2915]

I mean cops.

[@daltonharmon5949]

That's is good and all, and they all got pay, but the Africa didn't

[@forgetful9845]

Whats your point? A video focusing on the chinese doesnt discount the struggles of afro-guyanese

[@jeancheong2176]

Please discArrd this nonense, This is year2020,!

[@shammiadavid2885]

Rasssssss!!!!! all now me neva see a Chinese inna my church 🤔🤔🤔🤔. Most chinese I know say they practice buddhism not christianity 👏. Informative video about this part of our Guyanese culture.

[@dominodomino1853]

i went to a catholict school and there was quite a few chinese students and there was even a chinese nun!