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Interview with John Russell Young on Chinese restrictions
The American minister to China, John Russell Young, arrived in San Francisco on July 5 aboard the Oceanic and spoke with the San Francisco Call about the Restriction Act. He asserts the act harms Chinese pride, notes emigration controls are stricter in China than U.S. law, and discusses trade aims, possible ministerial postings, and Franco-Chinese relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Russell Young
China
San Francisco
San Francisco Call
America
Hongkong
Canton
Miller
State Department
Lord Granville
Bowen
Peninsula and Oriental Line
Pacific Mail
Oceanic
Pacific
England
California
Peking
Paris
Berlin
London
China Merchants’ Company
Li Hing Chang
Gen. Grant
Japan
Li Hung Chang
France
New York
Lowell
Mass
Benjamin Franklin
New Orleans
New Orleans Picayune
Fresno
John
Zimmerman
Syracuse
Elmira
Cortland
Peter van Damme
St. Paul
Minn
Globe
Michigan
Houseman
Williams
Grand Rapids
Mich