It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest.
Iris ChangAbout author
- Author's profession: Historian
- Nationality: chinese
- Born: March 28, 1968
- Died: November 9, 2004
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