Chapter 826

"Xiao Feng, with our relationship, I won't hide it. Last time you said you could support our Chinese participation in politics, and your major companies have political contribution funds. I think you also have such thoughts and take action. This time we really have something to discuss with you."

After an introduction, Zhao Meixin said directly to Li Feng.

"Oh... Aunt Zhao, please say!" Li Feng replied with a smile.

"Well, Junhui and I are going to propose a bill in the California house of Representatives, which is against the famous Chinese Exclusion bill. There is no doubt that the Chinese Exclusion bill is an act of racial discrimination against ethnic minorities, and California was the birthplace of the Chinese Exclusion bill at that time. We hope that the California house of Representatives can pass our proposal, Make a public political apology for the Chinese Exclusion bill. "

"China Exclusion Act?" Li Feng said to himself.

At this time, Li Feng sounded the news that later generations had seen, that is, the United States later voted on the apology bill for the China Exclusion Act. Later, it was heard that even the white house seemed to want to make a public apology. Li Feng had heard about it on the Internet in his previous life.

"Yes, now Junhui and I have contacted many members of the California house of representatives to discuss this issue and have received some support, but obviously, there will be opposition when we submit the proposal.

Of course, we have contacted most Chinese elite groups in the United States and received their support. Similarly, Mr. Xue will lobby in Washington at that time, but these support is far from enough, and we need your support.

It is not only financial support, but also all-round support in the field of media, public opinion and contacts. "

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After receiving the relevant proposal documents handed over by Zhao Meixin, Li Feng looked through them.

The Chinese Exclusion Act officially appeared in California in the 1880s and was finally passed by Congress. Later, it was repealed by President Roosevelt in 43 years, but its influence continues to this day.

Through reading the documents, Li Feng knew that the first thing was to explain the feasibility of the proposal, and the US Congress was not unwilling to apologize for historical mistakes.

In 1988, the US government apologized for putting Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II and compensated each person $20000. In 1993, Clinton apologized to Hawaiian natives for sending troops to support the overthrow of Hawaiian Aboriginal dynasties.

In later generations, the U.S. government apologized to African Americans for the former slavery in 2006, and the U.S. government apologized again for the unfair treatment of Indians in 2010.

The reasons why Congress has been slow to apologize for the Chinese Exclusion Act: first, although a very small number of US Congressmen and human rights groups have condemned it, the United States generally lacks reflection on the damage caused by the Chinese Exclusion Act. Even after President Roosevelt called it a "historic mistake", most Americans have ignored it.

Second, there are still some people in the United States who have prejudice and discrimination against Chinese and have never stopped.

The third reason is that Chinese generally lack efforts to strive for their own rights. Many second-generation Chinese have little understanding of the history of the "Chinese Exclusion Act". In the past few decades, few Chinese have mentioned this history of injustice to Chinese ancestors. It can be said that in the United States, the vast majority of people don't even know this history. After all, you Chinese don't fight for it. Who cares.

Chinese traditional bad habits, such as internal friction, scattered sand and neglect of resistance, are also important reasons.

After the Japanese Americans were released from the concentration camp, with the support of civil rights groups, they put pressure on congress through various channels to ask for an apology, and only then did they get the result of apology and compensation.

The same is true for African Americans. The Hawaiian and Indian Aborigines have been striving for their own rights and interests to this day. Facts have proved that if you don't fight for it, an apology will never come.

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Moreover, Zhao Meixin and her colleagues obviously made full preparations. They started with California, the birthplace of the bill in that year, hoping that the California house of Representatives would pass the apology bill, and then gradually affect the whole United States. Finally, they hoped that the US Congress and even the president would make a public apology.

Obviously, Zhao Meixin and Jiang Junhui have their own political ambitions. If such a bill is really passed in the California State House, their names will be written into California history, which is obviously of great benefit to the future development.

Moreover, it is naturally more appropriate for Zhao Meixin and Jiang Junhui, two members of the California house of Representatives, to submit such a proposal. First, they were born in California. Second, there are many Chinese in California, accounting for about 40% of the Chinese in the United States. Third, California is the original birthplace and ancestor of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which can have enough influence.

Another is that the timing is also appropriate. China just visited the United States last month, and the president of the United States will visit China next year. These are all historical events. Today, the relationship between China and the United States is in the most favorable honeymoon period, which provides a good historical and political environment for Zhao Meixin's plan.

According to them, today is a time, place and people. If we can get the full support of Li Feng, after all, today's Li Feng has influence all over California, New York and Washington, from media to finance to military industry.

For example, we publicized the anti Chinese act through television to let people know the event and history at that time, hoping to get the support of the people and public opinion, and then through the Chinese elites in the United States and Congressmen who sympathize with the Chinese, and then, for example, we hope that Li Feng can have personal influence and contact some big people, such as Rockefeller and Roosevelt family, So as to attract enough support.

These all need Li Feng's support. Without Li Feng's support and close to their influence, it is estimated that it is still difficult to succeed.

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In addition to apologizing for the anti Chinese act, there was Li Feng's proposal at that time to support Chinese political participation and provide necessary support, such as campaign funds, and Xue Haipei was the person in charge of the foundation for Chinese political participation found by Zhao Meixin to help Li Feng.

At that time, when Li Feng supported Zhao Meixin to run for California congressman, he was ready to support some political spokesmen, which was also the norm in the political circle of the United States emperor.

At that time, Li Feng naturally thought of Chinese Americans first, but the start of Chinese Americans was still too slow, and Xue Haipei was obviously a very good candidate for Chinese Americans.

He has extensive contacts in the Chinese American political circle, can understand almost most of the political figures of Chinese Americans in the United States, and can provide targeted support.

Naturally, in addition to the spokesmen of Chinese Americans, in fact, in California and even the United States, Li Feng has supported many state members, members of Congress and senators, and the amount of funds through the campaign fund in the past two years is not a small amount.

Of course, these outsiders don't know. Otherwise, Li Feng's career in the United States would not be so smooth.

According to Zhao Meixin, Xue Haipei will become his spokesman for Chinese Americans in lobbyists in the future. In fact, there are lobbyists supported by Li Feng, such as James Woolsey, the former director of the CIA.

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Today, Woolsey helps take charge of Washington and helps him set up a strategic intelligence department with Kuva. At the same time, Woolsey also works as a security adviser to the intelligence department. Many of the team led by Woolsey are political lobbyists, and these are Woolsey's suggestions to Li Feng.

It has to be said that Woolsey did a very good job. Although Li Feng did not go to Washington, he has a great influence in terms of invisible influence, which can affect a considerable number of members of both houses of Congress in Washington.

It can be said that Li Feng's political career layout has been basically completed up to now. Even if it is no matter how powerful it is in the future, it is basically approaching the top. Of course, supporting Zhao Meixin and other Chinese Americans is also a part of Li Feng's political layout.

Politically, it's like this, but the career will never have a bottom. In today's Li Feng's view, there are many industries and enterprises that are dishes in their own pot, waiting to be excavated by themselves.