"Xiao Feng, with our relationship, I won't hide it, didn't you say last time that you can support our Chinese participation in politics, and your major companies have political donation funds, I think you also have such thoughts and put into action, this time we do have something I want to discuss with you. ”

After some introduction, Zhao Meixin said directly to Li Feng.

"Oh... , Aunt Zhao, please speak!" Li Feng replied with a smile.

"That's right, Junhui and I are going to introduce a bill in the California House of Representatives, that is, against the famous Chinese Exclusion Act, there is no doubt that the Chinese Exclusion Act is a racial discrimination against minority groups, and California is the birthplace of the Chinese Exclusion Act at that time, and we hope that the California House of Representatives can pass our proposal to make a public political apology for the Chinese Exclusion Act. ”

"Chinese Exclusion Act?" Li Feng said to himself.

At this time, Li Feng sounded the news that later generations had seen, that is, the United States later voted to approve the Chinese Exclusion Act in Congress, and later heard that even the White House seemed to be going to make a public apology or something, and Li Feng had heard about this incident on the Internet in his previous life.

"Yes, now I have contacted a lot of members of the California House of Representatives with Junhui to discuss this issue and get some support, but obviously, when we put the proposal in, there will be some opposition.

Of course, we have contacted most of the Chinese elite groups in the United States and got their support, and Mr. Xue will also lobby in Washington at that time, but this support is far from enough, and we need your support.

Not only financial support, but also all-round support in the field of media, public opinion, and personal connections. ”

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After receiving the relevant proposal documents handed over by Zhao Meixin, Li Feng flipped through them.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was officially unveiled in California in the 80s of the 19th century, and finally passed in Congress, and was later repealed by President Roosevelt in 43 years, but its influence has continued to this day.

Only after flipping through the documents did Li Feng know that the first thing was to explain the feasibility of the proposal, and the US Congress was not unwilling to apologize for historical mistakes.

In 1988, the U.S. government apologized for interning Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II and paid $20,000 in compensation to each person. In 1993, Clinton apologized to the Hawaiian natives for sending troops to support the overthrow of the Native Hawaiian dynasty.

In 2006, the U.S. government apologized to African Americans for slavery, and in 2010, the U.S. government apologized again for unfair treatment of Indians.

The reasons for Congress's delay in apologizing to the Chinese Exclusion Act are: First, although a very small number of US congressmen and human rights groups have condemned it, the United States generally lacks reflection on the damage caused by the "Chinese Exclusion Act" to the Chinese people, and even after President Roosevelt called it a "historic mistake," most Americans have taken a blind attitude towards it.

Second, there are still some people in the United States who are prejudiced and discriminated against the Chinese and have never stopped.

The third reason is that there is a general lack of effort on the part of the Chinese to fight for their rights. In the past few decades, few Chinese people will mention this history that is unfair to the Chinese ancestors, and it can be said that in the United States, the vast majority of people are not even clear about this history, after all, you Chinese don't fight for it yourself, who cares about you.

The traditional bad habits of the Chinese people, such as indulging in internal friction, scattering sand, and neglecting to fight, are also important reasons.

After the Japanese-Americans were released from the concentration camps, with the support of civil rights groups, they pressed the Congress to apologize through various channels, and only then did they get the result of the apology and compensation.

The same is true for African Americans, Native Hawaiians and Native Americans, whose struggle for their rights continues to this day. As it turns out, if you don't fight for it, an apology will never come.

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And Zhao Meixin and they are obviously fully prepared, and they first started in California, the birthplace of the bill that year, hoping that the California House of Representatives would pass an apology bill, and then gradually affect the whole United States, and finally hope that the US Congress and even the president will make a public apology.

Obviously, Zhao Meixin and Jiang Junhui have their own political ambitions, and if such a bill is really passed in the California State House, their names will be written into California's history, which is obviously of great benefit to future development.

And it is naturally appropriate for Zhao Meixin and Jiang Junhui, two members of the California House of Representatives, to submit such a proposal, firstly, the two are from California state legislators, and secondly, there are actually a lot of Chinese in California, accounting for about 40% of the Chinese in the United States, and thirdly, California is the original birthplace and ancestral land of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which can create enough influence.

Another is that the timing is also appropriate, Huaxia No. 1 just visited the United States last month, and the President of the United States will also visit China next year, these are all historical events, and the relationship between China and the United States is now in the most favorable honeymoon period, which provides a good historical and political environment foundation for Zhao Meixin's plan.

According to them, if Li Feng's full support can be obtained, after all, Li Feng's influence is all over California, New York, and Washington, from the media to finance to the military industry.

For example, through the TV station to publicize the Chinese Exclusion Act at that time, let people know about the event and history at that time, hoping to get the support of the people and public opinion, and then through the Chinese elites in the United States and sympathetic Chinese congressmen, etc., and then hoping that Li Feng can have personal influence and contact some big figures, such as the Rockefeller family, the Roosevelt family, etc., so as to attract enough support.

These all need Li Feng's support, without Li Feng's support, relying on their influence, it is estimated that it will still be difficult to succeed.

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In addition to the issue of apologies for the Chinese Exclusion Act, there was also Li Feng's proposal at that time to support Chinese participation in politics and provide necessary support, such as campaign funds, and Xue Haipei was the person in charge of the foundation that Zhao Meixin helped Li Feng find to support Chinese American political participation.

At that time, when Li Feng supported Zhao Meixin's candidacy for the California Congress, he was ready to support some political spokespersons, which is also the norm in the political circle of US imperialism.

At that time, Li Feng naturally thought of the first Chinese, but the start of the Chinese was still too slow, and Xue Haipei was obviously a very good candidate in charge of the Chinese.

He has a wide network of contacts in the Chinese American political circle, and can understand almost most of the Chinese American politicians, and can provide targeted support.

Naturally, in addition to the spokespersons of Chinese descent, in fact, in California and even the whole United States, Li Feng supports many state legislators, congressional members, and senate members, and the funds that have been released through campaign funds in the past two years are not a small amount.

Of course, these outsiders don't know, otherwise, where would Li Feng's career in the US imperialists be so smooth.

According to Zhao Meixin, Xue Haipei will become the spokesperson for his lobbyists of Chinese descent in the future, and in fact, Li Feng also supports lobbyists, such as the former CIA director James Woolsey.

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Today, Woolsey is based in Washington, D.C., and together with Kuva, she helps to form her strategic intelligence unit, and Woolsey also works part-time as a security adviser to the intelligence department. In the team led by Woolsey, many are political lobbyists, and these are all suggestions from Woolsey to Li Feng.

I have to say that Woolsey has done a very good job, and although Li Feng has not gone to Washington now, in terms of intangible influence, it is actually very large, and he can influence a considerable number of members of the two houses in Washington.

It can be said that Li Feng's political career layout has been basically completed so far, and no matter how powerful he is in the future, he is basically about to reach the top. Of course, supporting Zhao Meixin and other Chinese people is also part of Li Feng's political layout.

Politically, that's it, but the career is never bottomless, in today's Li Feng's view, there are still many industries and enterprises that are in their own pots, waiting to be dug by themselves.