The speed of the turnabout can be glimpsed from two observations. Almost all the Chinese Americans listed in Who's Who in America, 1974-75 were first-generation immigrants: 45 out of the 48 persons with Chinese surnames beginning with the letter "C," for instance, were born in China.
情勢逆轉的速度之快可由二個資料看出來：一個用一九七四至七五年版美國傑出專業人員名冊所做的研究發現，名列其上的華人，幾乎都是第一代移民。例如在 C 字類別中，有四十八位中國姓氏者，其中四十五位是在中國出生的。