“Chinatown has been rebuilt.” He paused. “In full. With both the good and the bad.” “The war continues,” she whispered. “I’m afraid so.” He lit another cigarette, and Dolly noticed the tremble in his hand. “We might live in the land of the free, but none of us are truly free as long as slavery exists in our society.”
The Chinese people in America continued to be up against many barriers throughout the early 1900s. The Chinese Exclusion Act wasn't repealed until 1934. And Chinese women were up against anti-immigration laws from both sides of the Pacific. Chinese law forbade the emigration of women until 1911, and the 1852 Foreign Miners’ Tax affected Chinese miners, along with taxes “levied on Chinese fishermen, laundry men, and brothel owners” (Unbound Feet by Judy Yung, 21), making it even more expensive to support a family.
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