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Today in Asian History
August 3
1851 The North China Herald began publication in Shanghai under Englishman Henry Shearman.
1882 The US Congress adopted the Chinese Exclusion Act, banning immigration from China.
1984 Japan privatized the Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation.
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