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 demand for gold jewelry softened in the first quarter of this year because of the surge in gold prices but still held up well, according to the council. Despite their rush into gold assets ...

New Gold Mountain Source: SBS 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 ...