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Furthermore, the Chinese Exclusion Act did not address the problems that whites were facing; in fact, the Chinese were quickly and eagerly replaced by the Japanese, who assumed the role of the Chinese in society. Unlike the Chinese, some Japanese were even able to climb the rungs of society by setting up businesses or becoming truck farmers.<ref>Alan Brinkley's American History: A Survey, 12th Edition</ref> However, the Japanese were later targeted in the National Origins Act of 1924, which banned immigration from east Asia entirely.
In 1891 the Government of China refused to accept the U.S. senator Mr [[Henry W. Blair]] as U.S. Minister to China due to his abusive remarks regarding China during negotation of the Chinese Exclusion Act.<ref>E. Denza, Commentary to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Third Ed. Oxford University Press 2008, p. 51</ref>
==Repeal and current status==
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