On May 6, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed a law that for the first time singled out a specific nation — China — and denied its citizens entry into the United States.
Read the article by James Carter: https://thechinaproject.com/2021/05/05/u-s-china-relations-at-the-time-of-the-chinese-exclusion-act/
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