Qiaogang: A Fishing Town Rebuilt After Migration
The story behind Qiaogang’s food streets begins with families arriving from Vietnam and continues through changing forms of maritime work.
Qiaogang, in Beihai’s Yinhai District, developed as a settlement for returned overseas Chinese from Vietnam in 1979. Read its food alongside its maritime livelihoods: a rice roll and a fishing harbour carry related histories, but neither can stand for every family’s experience.
The story behind Qiaogang’s food streets begins with families arriving from Vietnam and continues through changing forms of maritime work.