1887 was a glorious year in Enfu Li's life. He is 26 years old. After graduating from Yale, Boston Losop Company published his book My Childhood Story in China, which was the first book published in the United States by an author from China or even Asia. To his delight, he married Miss Elizabeth of New England. The local newspaper said their marriage was shocking, but people were very excited. At this time, five years after the passage of the American Chinese Exclusion Act, the life of Chinese in the United States is entering the most difficult moment. Obviously, people have completely ignored the racial imprint of this China youth in that particular era, and he has completely entered American society.

However, Enfu Li's lifestyle choices put him in the most difficult position. He, a youth studying abroad in Qing Dynasty, has already entered the middle class, married and had children with American girls, and has been naturalized, becoming his "higher Chinese", but he growled as a China! He shouted in his mouth and held a pen in his hand, shouting for his compatriots. He gave speeches all over New England, accurately analyzed the problem of Chinese workers in China, provided strong arguments, and strongly condemned the supporters of the anti-China movement. His words and deeds caused great repercussions in Yale and New England at that time.

One of the most famous newspapers in Enfu Li is entitled: China people must stay! The title of the article pointed to the most famous slogan in the anti-China wave at that time, "China people must get out!" China is the only nation in American history that has been excluded and banned from immigration by legislation of Congress and the federal government. 1879, the editorial of a daily newspaper in California described that Chinese Asians are half-human, half-demon, eating rats, wearing rags, ignorant of the law, hating Christian culture, smoking opium, working cheaply and sucking internal organs. Previously, Enfu Li tried to gain American understanding and sympathy by reflecting the sufferings of workers in China. In the article "China people must stay", he started a new debate. He lashed out at the unequal treatment of workers in China and workers of other races, and called on the US government to take full responsibility for unacceptable racial discrimination and violence in its territory. Not only that, he also countered the lofty idea of so-called democracy in the United States and questioned whether Americans today really inherited the belief of freedom and equality founded by my father when the country was founded:

"Look at how Americans treat other races today. It's hard to imagine this country. At the beginning of her birth, abraham lincoln liberated its foundation. It expands by oppressing other countries. Is this what he calls freedom? Freedom based on the oppression and plunder of one country against another? To what extent did this * * * Republic go against its original ideal? We just need to look at the Chinese exclusion bill they passed. "

Enfu Li hit the nail on the head by listing all kinds of factual evidence, pointing out that all these inequalities, oppression and racial discrimination violate the founding spirit of the United States.

1at the end of 890, in order to convey his voice to the western United States, where the anti-China wave was the fiercest, he decided to go to the west. At this point, he is already the father of two daughters. His trip to the west eventually led to the rapid collapse of his marriage.

And his efforts to sacrifice everything for his compatriots have vanished in the west. He hopes to awaken his compatriots to work hard for their equal rights, but he is unable to do so in the face of a group of compatriots who have not received any education. They are used to putting up with the oppression of white people, preferring to curl up in the corner of China City and tremble rather than stand up and testify about their unfair treatment. He hoped to help them set up the China Labor Union and organize the people to fight for their rights and interests. As a result, working in Xihua was like a mess.

Without the support of the motherland, Enfu Li's efforts seem so insignificant. Enfu Li, who lost everything, began to drift. He lives in many American cities and works for many American newspapers. He got married again and gave birth to two sons. Enfu Li, 66, is unemployed again. At this time, he had already joined American citizenship, and stayed in the United States almost all his life, but returned to Hong Kong alone.

His last contact with American friends was on March 29th, 1938: "We are experiencing a war, an inhuman and barbaric war. Japanese planes circle and bomb the city every day. Life may end at any time. "

Five years after his death, the American Chinese Exclusion Act, which lasted 6 1 year, ended in 1943.