Car parade to commemorate 100th anniversary of Chinese Exclusion Act held in Canada
STORY: Car parade to commemorate 100th anniversary of Chinese Exclusion Act held in Canada
DATELINE: March 26, 2023
LENGTH: 0:01:39
LOCATION: MARKHAM, Canada
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the car parade
2. SOUNDBITE (English): LIU YING, Parade participant
STORYLINE:
A car parade to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act was held in Markham, Canada on Saturday. Hundreds of Chinese Canadians took part in the event.
The Chinese Immigration Act, also known as the "Chinese Exclusion Act," was a Canadian Act of Parliament passed in 1923 banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada.
SOUNDBITE (English): LIU YING, Parade participant
"I feel it's a meaningful act because 100 years ago, there were so many Chinese people, they contributed so much for building up (Canada) Pacific Railway, right? Well, under each mile of the railway, there's life under there, over there. Every time I think of that, I feel so sad about it. We never want that type of Chinese Exclusion Act, the
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