Comments on: Moon Chin immigrates — and goes to jail http://gregcrouch.com/2011/moon-chin-goes-to-jail website of author Gregory Crouch Tue, 29 May 2018 03:52:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 By: Moon Chin finally gets to meet his father — at age 10 | Gregory Crouch http://gregcrouch.com/2011/moon-chin-goes-to-jail#comment-82050 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:33:39 +0000 http://gregcrouch.com/?p=473#comment-82050 […] ← How the SF earthquake made Moon Chin a citizen, Part III Moon Chin immigrates — and goes to jail → […]

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By: Gregory http://gregcrouch.com/2011/moon-chin-goes-to-jail#comment-158 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:19:08 +0000 http://gregcrouch.com/?p=473#comment-158 Gosh, that’s even better. By all means, scan and send, and I’ll put ’em up when I’ve finished this run of Moon Chin postings. gregorycrouch@sbcglobal.net. Maybe if we post ’em, we can get a Chinese speaker to make the translations for us?

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By: Don http://gregcrouch.com/2011/moon-chin-goes-to-jail#comment-157 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:16:29 +0000 http://gregcrouch.com/?p=473#comment-157 Greg,

The “papers” are just on a few scraps of paper, as it was important that they be concealed. I think they show “family” relations and village layout as that’s what interrogation focused on. I haven’t had them translated. Send me your email address and I’ll forward you scans.

I don’t play online games so I don’t know what’s out there for Mah Jong. Most ones I see on the computer are the “solitaire” version which isn’t “Mah Jong” at all. Even the official American version is very different. I only know of one popular Mah Jong software game out there by a company called Nine Dragons Software.

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By: Gregory http://gregcrouch.com/2011/moon-chin-goes-to-jail#comment-156 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:59:42 +0000 http://gregcrouch.com/?p=473#comment-156 Don! That’s incredible! How large is the “Paper Sons” coaching thing? Is it scannable? (Because it’d make a fabulous addition to this blog — or any other.) It’d also be pretty darn neat to scan and post those transpacific tickets, too. I’ll have to ask Moon Chin if he remembers which Dollar liner he came across on. Good rescue effort on those docs, too…. I hate to think how much fabulous stuff goes in the trash every day. Do you have a favorite on-line Mah Jong game?

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By: Don http://gregcrouch.com/2011/moon-chin-goes-to-jail#comment-155 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:55:05 +0000 http://gregcrouch.com/?p=473#comment-155 Greg, do you know which steamer he came across on?
Very interesting he arrived in Seattle and not SF.

I very fortuitously saved many of my grandfather’s documents from being thrown in the trash, some of which were his ship tickets from and to China. Amazingly also now in my possession are the “paper son” coaching papers which any immigrant did not want to be caught with and were supposed to be disposed of immediately. I was able too to find out what he did and where he lived here through tax returns. Even though I lived with him, I did not know much of his life as he was a man of very few words. I did pick up my love of Mah Jong from him though! He spent much time at our clan association playing.

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