▁small ▁but ▁recogn izable ▁Chinese ▁community ▁had ▁developed ▁in ▁the ▁L ime house ▁area , ▁to ▁the ▁const ern ation ▁of ▁white ▁native - born ▁London ers , ▁who ▁fe ared ▁ra cial ▁mixing ▁and ▁an ▁infl ux ▁of ▁cheap ▁labor . ▁The ▁entire ▁Chinese ▁population ▁of ▁London ▁was ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁low ▁hundreds — in ▁a ▁city ▁whose ▁entire ▁population ▁was ▁roughly ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁seven ▁million — but ▁n ativ ist ▁feelings ▁ran ▁high , ▁as ▁was ▁ev iden ced ▁by ▁the ▁Ali ens ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁a ▁bundle ▁of ▁legisl ation ▁which ▁sought ▁to ▁restrict ▁entry ▁to ▁poor ▁and ▁low - sk illed ▁foreign ▁workers . ▁Chinese ▁also ▁had ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁ro bb ers ▁to ▁drug ▁deal ers . ▁ ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁both ▁Naz i ▁Germany ▁and ▁the ▁Japanese ▁Empire ▁started ▁their ▁long ▁per sec ution ▁campaign s ▁against ▁eth nic ▁Chinese ▁people ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁their ▁countries , ▁and ▁they ▁also ▁per sec uted ▁Chinese ▁people ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁areas ▁of ▁main land ▁China ▁that ▁were ▁under ▁Japanese ▁occupation . ▁Anti - Ch inese ▁mass ac res ▁like ▁the ▁N ank ing ▁Mass acre ▁caused ▁issues ▁between ▁China ▁and ▁Japan ▁which ▁still ▁exist ▁today . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Cold ▁War , ▁anti - Ch inese ▁sentiment ▁became ▁permanent ▁in ▁the ▁media ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁world ▁and ▁anti - comm un ist ▁countries , ▁largely ▁after ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁of ▁China ▁in ▁ 1 9 4