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Chae Chan Ping v. United States, 130 U.S. 581 (1889), better known as the Chinese Exclusion Case, was a case decided by the US Supreme Court on May 13, 1889, that challenged the Scott Act of 1888, an addendum to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Events from the year 1987 in China.
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- ↑ "Whitney Ping". Olympedia. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
