They must be told some facts about what Chinese workers did here to develop our country. Moreover, we must be aware that our heroes, indeed our national hero, Jose Rizal’s ancestors, were in fact Chinese. Fifteen thousand Chinese workers built the US transcontinental railroad (1860s) that propelled the US economy to superpower status (more than 1,000 kms! Countless Chinese helped built Kennon Road (1900s) and Angat Dam, and thanks to Chinese technology both were completed in record time. Today, Tsinoy is widely used to describe a Sangley, a person with similar features to a Chinese native, a person born of Chinese descent or mixed Filipino and Chinese ancestry.

Source: Philippine Star October 24, 2020 15:56 UTC