Across America: US apologizes for anti-Chinese laws
Updated: 2012-06-26 02:40
(chinadaily.com.cn)
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 Judy Chu (left), the first Chinese-American woman to serve in Congress, speaks to China Daily on June 18 after the US House of Representatives formally expressed regret for laws enacted in the late 19th century discriminating against Chinese immigrants. Chu, who co-sponsored the apology resolution, called it a “breakthrough” in a grass-roots campaign to acknowledge the harm done by the laws, the most onerous of which wasn’t repealed until 1943. [Photo by Sun Chenbei / China Daily]
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