At the beginning of World War II, there were up to 20,000 Chinese mariners in the city.
In 1942, there was a strike for rights and pay equal to that of white mariners.
The strike had lasted for four months.
For the duration of the War these men were labelled as "troublemakers" by the shipowners and the British Government.
At the end of the conflict, they were forbidden shore jobs, their pay was cut by two-thirds and they were offered only one-way voyages back to China.
Hundreds of men were forced to leave their families, with many of their locally born children continuing to live in and around Liverpool's Chinatown to this day.

Liverpool's firthe city's docklands, although heavy bombing during World War II led to a relocation to the current spot just west of Liverpool Cathedral.
At the beginning of World War II, there were up to 20,000 Chinese mariners in the city. In 1942, there was a strike for rights and pay equal to that of white mariners. The strike had lasted for four months. For the duration of the War these men were labelled as "troublemakers" by the shipowners and the British Government. At the end of the conflict, they were forbidden shore jobs, their pay was cut by two-thirds and they were offered only one-way voyages back to China. Hundreds of men were forced to leave their families, with many of their locally born children continuing to live in and around Liverpool's Chinatown to this day.
Liverpool's firthe city's docklands, although heavy bombing during World War II led to a relocation to the current spot just west of Liverpool Cathedral.
Chinatown, Liverpool