@article{Misiuna_2018, title={The Impact of the Chinese Diaspora in the U.S. on the American View of China}, volume={22}, url={https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/international/article/view/4040}, DOI={10.18778/1641-4233.22.10}, abstractNote={<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The first Chinese immigrants arrived in the United States in the 1820s and initially their presence did not result in improving the American perception of China. On the contrary – intense immigration from China led to the development of racist and xenophobic attitudes towards the Chinese (<em>Yellow Peril</em></span><span style="font-size: medium;">), which culminated in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. During the Second World War, China became an important ally of the United States, which triggered a succession of changes to laws barring Chinese immigration (Magnuson Act). Contemporary Chinese Americans – particularly Taiwanese Americans – can be located in the upper spheres of immigrant population: they are considered to be a well-educated and affluent group. This paper presents the historical and contemporary socio-economic characteristics of the Sino-American population set against a historical and legal background.</span></span></p>}, number={1}, journal={International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal}, author={Misiuna, Jan}, year={2018}, month={Nov.}, pages={153–168} }