The race riots on the Australian goldfields, reflections of similar experiences of Chinese in the USA and Canada, resulted mainly from the huge differences in culture and language which restricted communication with Europeans.
不論是美國、加拿大，抑或是澳洲的早期華僑，都曾經歷過受排斥、受到壓抑的一段黯淡歲月；這主要是由於中西文化之間的極大差異和隔膜所致。