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British Columbia Apologies For Past Treatment Of Chinese Americans

caption: Premier Christy Clark meets with Zhang Junsai, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to discuss trade in 2011.
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Premier Christy Clark meets with Zhang Junsai, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to discuss trade in 2011.
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Steve Scher talks to Vaughn Palmer, columnist for the Vancouver Sun, about the British Columbia Legislature's apology to Chinese Canadians. Nearly 100 laws, regulations and policies were passed and implemented from 1871 to the end of WWII that discriminated against Chinese immigrants in Canada.

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