Lee Kuan Yew said that after the Battle of Shangganling, which state in the United States abolished the Chinese poll tax?

The United States has the Chinese Exclusion Act, but there is no poll tax. Canadian levies poll tax on China people.

1On May 6th, 882, the US Congress passed the first bill in American history to restrict and prohibit immigration: the Law on Implementing the Provisions of the China Treaty, also known as the Chinese Exclusion Act. The bill claims that the US government believes that the arrival of China workers has threatened the good order in some parts of the United States, and stipulates that ships that bring China workers to the United States from any foreign port will be regarded as crimes, and state courts and federal courts in the United States shall not grant American citizenship to China people. Laws to the contrary have been abolished. 1902, the law was extended indefinitely. It was not until 1943 that, at the urging of President Roosevelt, Congress revoked the previous bill and allowed China people to become American citizens.

Canada once passed the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885, which levied a poll tax on all Chinese who entered Canada. Its purpose is to prevent low-level Chinese from continuing to immigrate to Canada after the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, but Canada still welcomes wealthy immigrants from China who can afford the poll tax. After discovering that poll tax can't deter immigrants from China, the Canadian government added this tax in 1900 and 1903 respectively. By 1923, the tax was replaced by a stricter Chinese exclusion law.

On June 22, 2006, the Canadian government formally apologized for the poll tax levied on China immigrants more than 100 years ago, and expected to compensate the victims and widows. It is estimated that about 86,5438+0,000 China people paid the poll tax. By 2006, only about 30 people were still alive.

On June 22, 2006, Canadian Prime Minister Harper publicly apologized to all Canadians for the poll tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act implemented in the past.