Overseas Chinese History Museum

Chinese in the Philippines in 1899
A Typical Chinese Coolie. Before and for some time after the American occupation, the corabao [sic] and coolie were the only competitors in the city’s heavy transportations.

Chinese in the Philippines in 1899
A Typical Chinese Coolie. Before and for some time after the American occupation, the corabao [sic] and coolie were the only competitors in the city’s heavy transportations.