| Summary: | The Chinese community of Northwestern Mexico was characterized by the ideological diversity of its members, mainly during 1920-1930, when the political differences between the followers of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Guomingdang) and the members of the Chee Kung Tong were polarized, reflecting the struggle for power going on in China. Francisco L. Yuen is particularly interesting in this setting, for besides being an entrepreneur, he was president of the Nationalist Party and director of the Chinese Fraternal Union. His political and economic activities allowed him to relate to the most powerful groups in the region, which in turn had access to the Sonora group, dominating at that moment the highest governmental circles in Mexico. Yuen's relations proved decisive when authorities tried to expel him on the grounds of Article 33 of the Constitution.
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