WI the U.S. never passes the Chinese Exclusion Act?

What it says on the tin.;)

I'm completely ignorant of it's potential impact,:oops::oops: so I won't even suggest any directions...

(You can thank the people at "American Experience" for the idea, tho.:openedeyewink: )
 
Looking at the conditions at the time, I'd guess there'd be some kind of exclusion. There was a treaty which, in theory, prohibited it... but that requires China to resist U.S. pressure more strongly.
 
Would Asian immigration had continued or would it taper off at some point?
I believe it would expand as fast as it is permitted, and the same is true for Mexico. I guess the same would be true for British Columbia but I haven't read as much about their immigration trends in that era.

What it says on the tin.;)

I'm completely ignorant of it's potential impact,:oops::oops: so I won't even suggest any directions...

(You can thank the people at "American Experience" for the idea, tho.:openedeyewink: )
Racial animosity was pretty bad at this point in American history. At some point the Army will be deployed to put down an anti-Chinese rebellion.
 
put down an anti-Chinese rebellion
Judging by Army behavior in this period, it seems more likely they'd be helping it than stopping it.:rolleyes:

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Given it contributed to the 1917 law which banned immigration from East of Turkey, might it mean Armenians fleeing genocide aren't kept out?:cool::cool:
 
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Judging by Army behavior in this period, it seems more likely they'd be helping it than stopping it.:rolleyes:

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Given it contributed to the 1917 law which banned immigration from East of Turkey, might it mean Armenians fleeing genocide aren't kept out?:cool::cool:

If the Armenians could have fled they would have (most likely to Russia)...
 
This could lead to major butterflies for Chinese history. Influential people like Chiang Kai Shek who were the children of relatively well-off merchants may have had the means to emigrate to the United States.

A large Chinese-American community could lead to a stronger China lobby and major changes in US foreign policy towards China. This could have major implications for the fate of the German treaty ports in China that went to Japan after Versailles OTL, the Chinese Civil War, and Cold War policy towards China. Would a larger, more influential Chinese-American community push for an East Asian analogue of the Bay of Pigs against the mainland or influence Taiwan's path toward democracy?
 
This could lead to major butterflies for Chinese history. Influential people like Chiang Kai Shek who were the children of relatively well-off merchants may have had the means to emigrate to the United States.

A large Chinese-American community could lead to a stronger China lobby and major changes in US foreign policy towards China. This could have major implications for the fate of the German treaty ports in China that went to Japan after Versailles OTL, the Chinese Civil War, and Cold War policy towards China. Would a larger, more influential Chinese-American community push for an East Asian analogue of the Bay of Pigs against the mainland or influence Taiwan's path toward democracy?

Not that you'd be totally wrong but the very large Irish and German populations in the US never really lobbied (successfully at least) US foreign policy particularly towards Ireland or Germany.
 
This could lead to major butterflies for Chinese history. Influential people like Chiang Kai Shek who were the children of relatively well-off merchants may have had the means to emigrate to the United States.
Which could have really interesting implications for Chinese politics...

It could also be interesting what it does to U.S.-Hong Kong trade (something I'm embarrassed to admit I overlooked:oops::oops:). More production of goods (TVs, radios, & such) in HK imported to the U.S., rather than in Japan or Taiwan? (I doubt HK has the land to manufacture heavy goods, like cars.)
A large Chinese-American community ...push for an East Asian analogue of the Bay of Pigs against the mainland or influence Taiwan's path toward democracy?
I would doubt Bay of Pigs, but a stronger China Lobby, yes, which might mean earlier entry into the conflict with Japan in the '30s, or at least more aid to China.

I have my doubts it would prevent CCP winning the Civil War, if it still happens, but if there's more U.S. attention sooner, maybe there's stable democracy sooner, & it doesn't? Or is settled before WW2 starts?
 
at BEST I could see a quota for say 20,000 chinese per year. 20,000 is more than well more or less zero of OTL 1882ish to sometime in the 1960s/70s, of course
 
This would lead to a nucleus of Chinese in the USA which would expand. The Chinese men who came over to work on railways and other tasks, even if they stayed in the USA, had very little access to wives (whores yes, wives not so much). Many had wives, even married by proxy, back in China, to whom money was sent. Without the exclusion act you would see a good number of Chinese women, both "real" wives, and mail order brides coming to the USA which would lead to a huge bump in the US born Chinese population in the west. Of course, you would see a later bump in Japanese immigration compared to OTL and perhaps friendlier relations between the USA and Japan as the anti-Japanese immigration agreements were seen as a huge humiliation.
 
20,000 Chinese year for, what, 50yr? That's a genuinely big deal, for a culture that's so very different than the U.S. mainstream.

Why do I think there would be something like "King Fu" & "Billy Jack" in the '30s? Or *"Kung Fu Fighting" as a Swing record? Anna May Wong would be a big star. Charlie Chan & Mr. Moto might actually be Chinese actors... (They'd be less stereotypical jokes than OTL, at least.:rolleyes:) Maybe "The Good Earth" (the film) does better. Maybe chop-socky gains traction sooner. Maybe Iron Fist doesn't get cancelled.:cool::cool: ( :openedeyewink: I was a real fan.) Maybe "Martial Law" goes longer, too.:cool:

(Yeah, my horizons for cultural impact are pretty low...:oops::oops: )
 
Not that you'd be totally wrong but the very large Irish and German populations in the US never really lobbied (successfully at least) US foreign policy particularly towards Ireland or Germany.

If my German ancestors are a example their antipathy towards the Prussians, aristocrats, and Kaiser did influence US policy towards Germany ;)

My Irish decended relatives were isolationists and America Firsters largely out of their hatred for the 'English'. In the end their attitude succumbed, but it did delay the eventual US/Britain alliance.
 
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