The 1882 Exclusion Act prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country and becoming citizens. It also ushered in the most violent decade in Chinese-American history, with assault, arson and murder becoming ever-present dangers for a people marginali
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The flow of immigration (encouraged by the Burlingame Treaty of 1868) was stopped by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. This act outlawed all Chinese immigration to the United States and denied citizenship to those already settled in the country. Renewed
Continue reading >>Between 1865 and 1869, thousands of Chinese migrants toiled at a grueling pace and in perilous working conditions to help construct America’s First Transcontinental Railroad.
Continue reading >>Washington — Most major American cities have a “Chinatown,” easily identified by Chinese-language shop and street signs, Chinese restaurants and merchants selling Chinese goods. The neighborhoods have long histories and are popular tourist destinations, b
Continue reading >>Question: Did the Reno Workingman’s Party play a hand in burning Chinatown?
Continue reading >>The founder and editor of the paper was William Yukon Chang (鄭玉安), a Chinese American from Hawaii who graduated from St. John’s University in Shanghai. After college, he worked for the Republic of China’s Chinese News Service and the popular English-langu
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