Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Chinaman's chance" in English language version.
An echo of the taboo word Chinaman is in the idiom (now much suppressed as well) a Chinaman's chance, which means 'no chance at all.'
No black or mulatto person, or Indian, shall be permitted to give evidence in favor of, or against, any white person. Every person who shall have one eight part or more of Negro blood shall be deemed a mulatto, and every person who shall have one half of Indian blood shall be deemed an Indian.direct URL
WHEREAS, the phrase "not a Chinaman's chance" was coined during that period and the usage of it reflected the unfortunate reality that, to decision makers in business and government, the lives and safety of working people in general and the lives and safety of Chinese laborers in particular were not of great concern;
Perhaps, surviving Asians learned to live in silence, for even if 'the victims of such attacks tried to go to court to win protection, they could not hope to get a hearing. The phrase "not a Chinaman's chance" had a grim and bitter reality.'
That's what I call handling a lobster / The poor boob hasn't got a Chinaman's chance
Although they adopted Western tools, the Chinese also created new types of equipment, often incorporating Chinese agricultural devices into their placering kits. For instance in California, Chinese miners were the first to improve rockers, which separated rocks from sand. The new device was immediately adopted by all western miners. [...] With their unique mining methods and extreme patience, the Chinese often distinguished themselves from the other miners. Most Chinese miners often worked in companies of ten to fifteen. [...] Incredibly patient, the Chinese miners would leave no stone unturned. At every step, they tried to recover as much gold as possible. Some contemporary observers realized that the Chinese miners were superior to white miners in saving fine grains of gold under difficult circumstances. [...] Chinese miners scavenged 'exhausted' placers, often with surprisingly good returns. They usually reaped profits from these places, which were no longer attractive to whites who spurned slow rewards.
