Enactment And Implement Of Chinese Exclusion Act In The Philippines During The American Administration

Since modern times,large numbers of Chinese immigrants have been entering into other countries of which they contributed to developments to different extents.In a certain period of time in history,these Chinese immigrants also suffered from unfair treatments with their legal rights unprotected.This paper introduced the Chinese in the Philippines under the influence of American 'Chinese Exclusion Act' during the period of American administration in the Philippines.In this paper,the passage of 'Chinese Exclusion Act' in the United States and its complex introduction into Philippine after colonized by the United States were explained thoroughly.The complexity of this Act's introduction into Philippine indicated the involvement of many other interests and groups besides Chinese immigrants themselves.The legal rights of Chinese immigrants were somewhat ignored and unprotected intentionally or unintentionally during this process.Although Philippine Chinese defended for their rights by struggling against this discriminatingly Act in many different ways,the introduction of the Act still influenced Philippine Chinese society dramatically.Those influences ranged from economical to social aspects of Philippine Chinese,and slowed down the integration of Chinese with the Filipino.The impacts of the 'Chinese Exclusion Act' also brought about current situations of Chinese society in Philippine, which includes that of the relatively smaller populations of Philippine Chinese but larger amount of individual capital holdings compared to overseas Chinese in other Southeast Asian countries.To conclusion,the issue of Chinese immigrants in Philippine during the period of American administration shows its uniqueness,and also gives clues to many common problems related to the historical issues of Chinese immigrants.