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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:11:56 -0500 (CDT)


Controversy Heats Up Over Chinese Remains Found Under LA Subway

World Journal, Apr 18, 2006

LOS ANGELES - The discovery of remains of Chinese immigrants who died over
100 years ago buried under the Los Angeles subway system has caused further
controversy as community leaders try to sort out what to do with the
remains, reports the World Journal. A spokesperson from the office of
Senator Dianne Feinstein expressed his shock about the discovery and said
the senator's office will follow up with the Metropolitan Transportation
Agency (MTA), which runs the subway system in Los Angeles. Community leaders
including the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California said that
the MTA did not immediately reveal that the remains were of Chinese descent
because it did not want to delay construction of an extended line that
connects Union Station to East Los Angeles. Anthropologists believe that the
MTA construction site is near a Chinese cemetery. In the late 19th century,
about 10,000 Chinese men were working in Los Angeles on the rail roads.
Because of anti-Chinese sentiments in society at that time, they were banned
from being buried in the same cemetery as whites.

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