One hundred and fifteen years ago, the US president signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law; ninety-five years ago, Australia instituted its White Australia Policy; and fifty years ago, New Zealand still levied a poll tax on Chinese. Today, a new wave of anti-Asian sentiment seems to have arisen in all these places at once, and racial tensions have been escalating.
美國在一百一十五年前曾由總統簽署「排華法案」，澳洲在九十五年前曾實施「白澳政策」，紐西蘭在五十年前還征收華人「人頭稅」；現在，這些地方似乎同時湧起了新的反亞裔浪潮，種族衝突日漸增多。