Chinese Canadians: Economic Threat

Soccer League Dept: Chinese immigration was banned. Chinese-Canadians couldn't vote or join the professions. The white majority viewed them as an economic threat - and considered Chinatown to be an immoral, crime-infested ghetto, according to Vancouver Sun. On May 29, the underdog Chinese Students Soccer Team defeated the University of B.C Varsity Team to win the B.C. Mainland Cup, in the championship game of the provincial firstdivision soccer league and in 1933, during the heart of the Depression, Vancouver's beleaguered Chinese community had little to celebrate. But for two days in late May that year, Chinatown erupted in jubilation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.