Chow Chung-yan
Chow Chung-yan
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Back To The Future by Chow Chung-yan

First they came for the Chinese: Trump’s assault on Muslims puts US back 135 years

President’s travel ban is a regression that recalls the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 – when immigrants from China were on the receiving end of a xenophobic American populism that has parallels to today

Chow Chung-yan
Chow Chung-yan

Updated: 8:46pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Chow Chung-yan

Chow Chung-yan

Chung-yan joined the SCMP as a summer intern in 1998. Over the past two decades he has risen through the ranks to the role of Executive Editor via the City, China and Business desks.