article_snippet: But he was banned from practising in California as he was 'a person of Mongolian nativity
article_snippet: But he was never granted a license to practise law in California .
article_snippet: However, for the rest of he life he faced a struggle to practise law, as under 19th Century legislation 'a person of Mongolian nativity' would not be accepted to the bar.
article_snippet: But the Californian authorities said that the Californian authorities did not recognise the New York ruling, leaving Hong unable to work there.
article_snippet: He was Director of Chinese naval students at Berkeley, California, until He retirement in 1920.
article_snippet: He died in 1926, after which He family began the fight to have He recognised in the state.