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The apology for the Chinese exclusion case in the United States was passed. The elders of the overseas Chinese community told the new generation to continue working hard

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The apology for the Chinese exclusion case in the United States was passed. (AACYF Los Angeles News) Editor: Xiong Ying, a Chinese-American member of Congress...

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The apology for the Chinese Exclusion Case in the United States passed, and the elders of the overseas Chinese community urged the new generation to continue working hard (AACYF Los Angeles News) Editor: Xiong Ying. Driven by the Chinese Congressman Zhao Meixin, the apology for the Chinese Exclusion Case that brought infinite humiliation to the overseas Chinese ancestors was passed unanimously by the Senate and passed unanimously in the House of Representatives on the 18th. The Los Angeles Overseas Chinese Association and the Chinese Youth Federation of the United States invited community elders from traditional overseas Chinese communities to hold discussions and talk about the hardships of the Chinese predecessors in the United States. They earnestly urged the new generation of Chinese Americans to learn from the experience and lessons of their own ethnic groups in the United States and become the future pillars of Chinese communities across the United States. Mr. Huang Yaozheng, a 90-year-old consultant of the Chinese Association of Luo Province and a consultant of the Huang Clan Association, came to the United States in 1937 and served in the US military. Recently, when I heard that the Chinese Exclusion Act Apology was passed, I donated my collection of the famous "Wang Wong Aok Case" judgment. We hope that the new generation of Chinese Americans will understand from this bill the humiliation their overseas Chinese predecessors suffered during the Chinese Exclusion Case. He pointed out that the unity of the Chinese community is the foundation for safeguarding the rights and interests of the Chinese. The Wong Wong Ark case (also known as the "United States vs. Wong Wong Ark Case") occurred during the Chinese Exclusion Cases at the end of the 19th century. Although Wong Wong Ark was born in the United States, he was detained by customs when he returned to the United States from visiting relatives in Taishan in 1895. He was not recognized as a U.S. citizen. The California court ruled that he should be deported immediately in accordance with the Chinese Exclusion Act. Later, with the support of the overseas Chinese community and relatives of Huang's office, he took the lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court. Finally, in 1898, the justices voted 6 to 2 to recognize Huang Jinde as a U.S. citizen. It became the most important bill establishing the "birthright citizenship" of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In their speeches, Huang Xuelin, consultant of Ningyang Association in Taishan, Luo Province, Xie Yunshan of Zhaolun Office, Jiang Guo Huizhen of Gangzhou Association, etc. said in their speeches that the overseas Chinese at that time united and donated legal fees to win the Huang Huangde case. The unremitting efforts of the overseas Chinese predecessors have laid a crucial foundation and norms for the participation of Chinese Americans in politics and the construction of century-old overseas Chinese communities. These are things that the younger generation of Chinese Americans need to remember and learn. Wu Shangqi, president of the Lucky Overseas Chinese Association of Los Angeles, and Ren Xiangdong, president of the National Chinese Youth Federation, said that over the past 200 years since the arrival of the Chinese in the United States, it is precisely because of the dedication and struggle of the Chinese predecessors that the current social and political status of the Chinese has been achieved. Today's heavyweight Chinese politicians in American politics are all children of early immigrant families. The new generation of Chinese Americans must have a sense of mission to safeguard ethnic rights and feel that there is a long way to go. Ma Shurong, consultant of the Luo Provincial Chinese Association, Huang Zhongyanzhen and Xu Xiangtian, vice presidents of the Luo Provincial Overseas Chinese Association, Huang Wenchang of the Huang Clan Association, Wu Dabin of the Wu Xushan Office, Ye Chi of the Junying Industrial and Commercial Association, Huang Yu Jinmei of the Chaojing Association, Zhu Yaoting of Zhu Pei Guotang, and representatives of the new generation of Chinese associations Zuo Jun, She Jun, Gong Cui'e, etc. attended the symposium that day. They believe that in the future, Chinese Americans will have greater room for efforts in actively participating in politics. First, they can start with voter registration. Chinese Americans will definitely become a key minority in American society.

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