▁the ▁recent ▁arrival ▁of ▁Asian ▁migr ants ▁is ▁changing ▁the ▁country ▁in ▁und es irable ▁ways " ▁ ▁Att itudes ▁on ▁Chinese ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand ▁is ▁suggested ▁to ▁have ▁remained ▁fairly ▁negative , ▁with ▁some ▁Chinese ▁still ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁less ▁respect ed ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁ ▁Starting ▁with ▁the ▁California ▁Gold ▁R ush ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁United ▁States — part icular ly ▁the ▁West ▁Coast ▁states — import ed ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁Chinese ▁migr ant ▁labor ers . ▁Emp loy ers ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁Chinese ▁were ▁" re li able " ▁workers ▁who ▁would ▁continue ▁working , ▁without ▁compla int , ▁even ▁under ▁dest itute ▁conditions . ▁The ▁migr ant ▁workers ▁encountered ▁considerable ▁pre jud ice ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁especially ▁among ▁the ▁people ▁who ▁occupied ▁the ▁lower ▁layers ▁of ▁white ▁society , ▁because ▁Chinese ▁" co ol ies " ▁were ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁sc ap ego at ▁for ▁de pressed ▁w age ▁levels ▁by ▁polit icians ▁and ▁labor ▁leaders . ▁C ases ▁of ▁physical ▁assault s ▁on ▁the ▁Chinese ▁include ▁the ▁Chinese ▁mass acre ▁of ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁Vincent ▁Ch in ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁The ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁murder ▁of ▁Els ie ▁Sig el ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁for ▁which ▁a ▁Chinese ▁person ▁was ▁sus pected , ▁was ▁bl amed ▁on ▁the ▁Chinese ▁in ▁general ▁and ▁it ▁immediately