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*As the numbers of Chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of '''anti-Chinese attitude among other workers in the U.S. economy'''. This finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration through the '''Chinese Exclusion Act'''. | *As the numbers of Chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of '''anti-Chinese attitude among other workers in the U.S. economy'''. This finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration through the '''Chinese Exclusion Act'''. | ||
*From the 1850s through the 1870s, the '''California state government''' passed a series of measures aimed at Chinese residents, ranging from '''requiring special licenses for Chinese businesses or workers to preventing naturalization'''. | *From the 1850s through the 1870s, the '''California state government''' passed a series of measures aimed at Chinese residents, ranging from '''requiring special licenses for Chinese businesses or workers to preventing naturalization'''. | ||
*In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers (skilled or unskilled) and renewed the Act in 1892, 1902, and then indefinitely. The Chinese Exclusion Acts were not repealed until 1943.<ref>"Chinese Americans," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Americans, acessed 2 June 2021.</ref> | *In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers (skilled or unskilled) and renewed the Act in 1892, 1902, and then indefinitely. The Chinese Exclusion Acts were not repealed until 1943. | ||
*The states with the '''largest estimated Chinese American populations''', according to both the 2010 Census, were California (1,253,100; 3.4%), New York (577,000; 3.0%), Texas (157,000; 0.6%), New Jersey (134,500; 1.5%), Massachusetts (123,000; 1.9%), Illinois (104,200; 0.8%), Washington (94,200; 1.4%), Pennsylvania (85,000; 0.7%), Maryland (69,400; 1.2%), Virginia (59,800; 0.7%), and Ohio (51,033; 0.5%). The state of Hawaii has the highest concentration of Chinese Americans at 4.0%, or 55,000 people. <ref>"Chinese Americans," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Americans, acessed 2 June 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration from China== | |||
*Chinese in the Chinese diaspora number over 50 million worldwide, with other estimates range up to 100 million total of Chinese descent. | |||
*The largest overseas Chinese communities are in '''Asia'''. '''Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam and Myanmar''' (in descending order of ethnic Chinese population size) have at least 1 million ethnic Chinese each. | |||
*Three countries outside Asia, have populations over 1 million in size: | |||
:*The '''United States''' (esp. States of California, Hawaii, New York and Washington State), | |||
:*'''Canada''' (esp. urban areas of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver) | |||
:*'''Australia''' (esp. cities of Sydney, Melbourne) | |||
*Other sizable communities may be found in '''Japan, Cambodia, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa''', each with over 100,000 ethnic Chinese. | |||
[[Category:China Emigration and Immigration]] | [[Category:China Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
[[Category:Chinese Genealogy]] | [[Category:Chinese Genealogy]] | ||