▁military ▁and ▁labor er ▁work force . ▁However , ▁relations ▁between ▁Chinese ▁workers ▁and ▁Per uv ian ▁own ers ▁have ▁been ▁t ense , ▁due ▁to ▁mist re at ments ▁over ▁Chinese ▁labor ers ▁and ▁anti - Ch inese ▁disc rim ination ▁in ▁Peru . ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁Chinese ▁support ▁for ▁Chile ▁throughout ▁the ▁War ▁of ▁the ▁Pacific , ▁relations ▁between ▁Peru vi ans ▁and ▁Chinese ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁tens er ▁in ▁the ▁after math . ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁armed ▁ind igen ous ▁pe as ants ▁s ack ed ▁and ▁occupied ▁ha ci end as ▁of ▁land ed ▁el ite ▁cri ol lo ▁" coll abor ation ists " ▁in ▁the ▁central ▁Sierra ▁– ▁majority ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁of ▁eth nic ▁Chinese , ▁while ▁ind igen ous ▁and ▁mest izo ▁Peru vi ans ▁murder ed ▁Chinese ▁shop keep ers ▁in ▁Lima ; ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁Chinese ▁cool ies ▁revol ted ▁and ▁even ▁joined ▁the ▁Chile an ▁Army . ▁Even ▁in ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁memory ▁of ▁Chinese ▁support ▁for ▁Chile ▁was ▁so ▁deep ▁that ▁Manuel ▁A . ▁Od ría , ▁once ▁dict ator ▁of ▁Peru , ▁issued ▁a ▁ban ▁against ▁Chinese ▁imm igration ▁as ▁a ▁pun ishment ▁for ▁their ▁bet ray al . ▁This ▁caused ▁a ▁deep ▁w ound ▁still ▁relevant ▁today ▁in ▁Peru . ▁ ▁Canada ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 5 0 s , ▁s izable ▁numbers ▁of ▁Chinese ▁imm igr ants ▁came ▁to ▁British ▁Columbia ▁seeking ▁gold ; ▁the ▁region ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁them ▁as