In the 19th century hundreds of thousands of coolies—indentured workers lured by Chinese and Western recruiters using a greater or lesser degree of deception—toiled in some of the world's worst hellholes: the guano deposits of Peru, the canebrakes of Cuba
In the 19th century hundreds of thousands of coolies—indentured workers lured by Chinese and Western recruiters using a greater or lesser degree of deception—toiled in some of the world's worst hellholes: the guano deposits of Peru, the canebrakes of Cuba
19世纪，成千上万的中国苦力被本国或西方雇主花言巧语骗到世界上的最恶劣的地方从事劳作：从遍布鸟粪的秘鲁，到丛林纵生的古巴，再到满地黄金的南非。