Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States

Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States was introduced in the United States that targeted Chinese migrants following the California gold rush and those coming to build the railway, including:

* Anti-Coolie Act of 1862
* Page Act of 1875
* Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
* Pigtail Ordinance

## See also

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* Burlingame Treaty
* Chinese Exclusion Act – (United States)
* China exclusion policy of NASA, 2011 – (United States)
* Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 – (Canada)
* Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 – (Canada)
* Definitions of whiteness in the United States
* Eugenics in the United States
* Geary Act
* Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965
* Magnuson Act

## References

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## External links

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* Chinese Exclusion Act Archived 2011-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
* George Frederick Seward and the Chinese Exclusion Act | "From the Stacks" at New-York Historical Society

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Anti-Chinese sentiment (Sinophobia)

Background|

* Anti-Han sentiment
* Coolie
* Yellow Peril
* Chinese emigration
* The Unparalleled Invasion
* Japanese nationalism
* Minzoku
* De-Sinicization

By persecutor|

* Adriaan Valckenier
* Andrew Jackson Bryant
* Denis Kearney
* Hideki Tojo
* Suharto
* Pol Pot
* Plaek Phibunsongkhram

By country|

* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Racism in Japan
* Korea
* Malaysia
* Racism in Malaysia
* Ketuanan Melayu
* Myanmar
* Nazi Germany
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* United States
* China Initiative
* Vietnam

By institution|

* Anti-Chinese Union
* Asiatic Exclusion League
* Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees
* Tsagaan Khas
* Uyoku dantai

By incident|

| 17th century|

* Sangley Rebellion (1603)
* Sangley Rebellion (1639)
* Sangley Massacre (1662)

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18th century|

* 1740 Batavia massacre
* 1782 Saigon massacre

19th century|

* Buckland riot (1857)
* Lambing Flat riots (1860–1861)
* Anti-Coolie Act (1862)
* Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871
* Pigtail Ordinance (1873)
* Page Act of 1875
* Trout Creek Outrage (1876)
* San Francisco riot of 1877
* New Zealand head tax (1881–1944)
* Chinese Exclusion Act (1882–1943)
* Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration (1885)
* Chinese Immigration Act, 1885
* Attack on Squak Valley Chinese laborers, 1885
* Tacoma riot of 1885
* Rock Springs massacre (1885)
* 1885 Chinese expulsion from Eureka
* Chinese head tax (1885–1923)
* Seattle riot of 1886
* 1886 Vancouver anti-Chinese riots
* Hells Canyon massacre (1887)
* Scott Act (1888)
* Geary Act (1892–1943)
* Union Colliery Co of British Columbia v Bryden (1899)

20th century|

* White Australia policy (1901–1973)
* 1907 Vancouver anti-Asian riots
* Beipu uprising (1907)
* Torreón massacre (1911)
* 1918 Kudus riot
* Soviet deportations of Chinese people (1920s–1930s)
* Chinese Immigration Act, 1923
* Wanpaoshan Incident (1931)
* Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
* Nanjing Massacre (1937–1938)
* Nanshitou massacre (1942–1945)
* Japanese war crimes
* Three Alls policy
* Sook Ching (1942)
* Changjiao massacre (1943)
* Home Office 213/926 (1945–1946)
* Bersiap (1945–1947)
* Mergosono massacre (1947)
* Legislation on Chinese Indonesians (1950s-)
* Chinese Confession Program (1956–1965)
* Internment of Chinese Indians (1962)
* 1964 race riots in Singapore
* Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66
* 1967 anti-Chinese riots in Burma
* Monosodium glutamate controversy (Chinese restaurant syndrome)
* 13 May incident (1969)
* 1969 race riots of Singapore
* Malari incident (1974)
* Cambodian genocide (1975–1979)
* 1997 Banjarmasin riot
* May 1998 riots of Indonesia

21st century|

* 2006 Nukuʻalofa riots
* Abacus Bank prosecution
* 2008 Kunming bus bombings
* July 2009 Ürümqi riots
* 2011 Kashgar attacks
* Wolf Amendment
* 2013 Tiananmen Square attack
* 2014 Vietnam anti-China protests
* 2014 Kunming attack
* April 2014 Ürümqi attack
* May 2014 Ürümqi attack
* 2015 Plaza Low Yat riot
* 2015 Aksu colliery attack
* China Initiative
* COVID-19 pandemic incidents
* 2021 Atlanta spa shootings
* 2021 Solomon Islands unrest
* 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest
* Boycotts of Chinese products

By victim|

| 19th century|

* Chae Chan Ping
* Fong Yue Ting
* Mary Tape
* Wong Kim Ark
* Yick Wo

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20th century|

* Vincent Chin
* Ita Martadinata Haryono
* Qian Xuesen
* Velma Demerson
* Wen Ho Lee

21st century|

* Anming Hu
* Danny Chen
* Ee Lee
* Eileen Gu
* Feng "Franklin" Tao
* Gang Chen
* Haoyang Yu
* Jiansheng Chen
* Jiayang Fan
* Lee Chi-cheung
* Mi Gao Huang Chen
* Sherry Chen
* Teoh Beng Hock
* Xiaoxing Xi
* Yao Pan Ma
* Michelle Go

Slurs|

* Chinaman
* Chinaman's chance
* Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees
* Ching chong
* Chink
* Locust/Wongchung
* Shina/Zhina
* Sick man of Asia

Related|

* Anti-People's Republic of China
* Chinese imperialism
* Anti-Taiwanese sentiment
* Hong Kong nationalism

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Chinese American topics

Related groups|

* Chinese Americans
* American-born Chinese
* Asian American
* Fuzhou Americans
* Hakka Americans
* Hoklo Americans
* Hong Kong Americans
* Hyphenated American

History|

* Chinese American history
* U.S. immigration policy toward the People's Republic of China
* One Hundred Years: History of the Chinese in America

| by location|

* California
* Los Angeles
* San Francisco
* Colorado
* Hawaii
* Illinois (Chicago)
* Massachusetts (Boston)
* Michigan (Detroit)
* Mississippi (Mississippi Delta)
* Missouri (St. Louis)
* New York (New York City)
* Puerto Rico
* Texas
* Dallas–Fort Worth
* Houston
* Washington State (Seattle)

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Anti-Chinese
discrimination|

| Legislation|

* Anti-Chinese legislation
* Anti-Coolie Act
* Chinese Exclusion Act
* Geary Act
* Immigration Act of 1924
* Cable Act
* Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act
* Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
* China Initiative

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Events|

* 1867 Chinese Labor Strike
* Chinese massacre of 1871
* San Francisco riot of 1877
* Tape v. Hurley (1884)
* Attack on Squak Valley Chinese laborers, 1885
* Rock Springs massacre (1885)
* Tacoma riot of 1885
* Seattle riot of 1886
* Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)
* Hells Canyon Massacre (1887)
* United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)
* Pacific Coast race riots of 1907
* Bellingham riots (1907)
* Killing of Vincent Chin (1982)
* Killing of Akai Gurley (2016)

Chinatowns|

* Atlanta
* Austin
* Baltimore
* Boise
* Boston
* Quincy
* Chicago
* West Argyle Street
* Cleveland
* Asiatown
* Dallas-Fort Worth
* Richardson
* Denver
* Detroit
* Honolulu
* Houston
* East Downtown
* Las Vegas
* Locke, California
* Los Angeles
* San Gabriel Valley
* Malden, Massachusetts
* Florida
* North Miami Beach
* Montville, Connecticut
* New Jersey
* Edison
* Newark
* New Orleans
* New York City
* Manhattan
* Brooklyn
* Queens
* Oklahoma City
* Philadelphia
* Phoenix
* Pittsburgh
* Squirrel Hill
* Portland, Maine
* Portland, Oregon
* Quincy
* Providence, Rhode Island
* Salem, Oregon
* St. Louis
* Salt Lake City
* San Diego
* San Francisco Bay
* San Francisco Chinatown
* Oakland
* Richmond District
* Sunset District
* San Jose
* Seattle-Tacoma
* Seattle
* Tacoma
* Spokane, Washington
* Washington, D.C.
* Rockville, Maryland
* Winnemucca, Nevada

Culture|

Food
American Chinese cuisine
Terminology
Chinaman's chance
Jook-sing
Events
Love boat
Education
Chinese school
Confucius Institute
Transportation
Chinatown bus lines

Museums|

* Museum of Chinese in America
* Chinese American Museum (Los Angeles)
* Chinese American Museum DC
* Chinese Historical Society of America
* Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum
* Wing Luke Museum
* Wo Hing Museum

Organizations|

* List of Chinese American associations
* Chinese American Citizens Alliance
* Chinese American church
* Chinese Community Centre
* Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
* Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
* Chinese Society Halls on Maui
* Ying On Association
* Chinese Staff and Workers' Association
* Chinese for Affirmative Action
* Committee of 100
* Organization of Chinese Americans
* Bing Kong Tong
* Hip Sing Association

Banks|

* Cathay Bank
* United International Bank
* Global Commerce Bank
* East West Bank
* Others

Lists|

* List of Chinese Americans
* List of U.S. cities with significant Chinese-American populations

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