When laws were passed in 1882 to keep Chinese workers out of the country, they became easy targets for attack and their image reached rock bottom with the Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
一八八二年排華法案通過，華人成為可以隨意攻擊的低等人；再經過一九○○年的義和團事件，中國人的形象終於跌到谷底。