During the last century, a group of Hakka Chinese migrated to India and established Chinatown in Kolkata. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, these Chinese immigrants were eligible to apply for Chinese passports. However, quite a number of them applied to join Indian nationality. When the Sino-Indian War broke out in 1962, the Indian government immediately issued a series of laws, such as banning the employment of Chinese people by the government, prohibiting Chinese from leaving the cities they resided in, requiring them to leave if they received compulsory deportation orders, and arresting those who did not move and sending them to local detention centers. In November 1962, the Indian government concentrated about 70,000 Chinese people from various places, put them on trains and sent them to the Deoli internment camp in Rajasthan, without allowing them to carry money, food or clothes. In Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, the wealth accumulated over four generations by many successful Chinese businessmen was wiped out within a day. The journey of one week consisted only of half-cooked rice and bean porridge. Located in the desert, the Deoli internment camp was made up of five parts, each surrounded by barbed wire fences enclosing a large playground and four to five barracks. In the middle was a concrete water tank. Several families shared one barrack, with each person having only a hammock. The food was filthy, and the weather was extremely hot. People in poor health died quickly. After knowing this, China sent a lot of supplies and application forms through the International Red Cross. As long as one wanted to return to China, they could fill out the form, and after review, the Chinese government would send someone to pick them up. It was not until 1967 that the Deoli internment camp was closed.

Something similar happened during World War II in the United States. If there is a war between China and the United States, those Chinese immigrants who worship America probably won't fare much better. Immigrants think that obtaining a green card makes them part of the country, but in fact, no country treats immigrants as first-class citizens.

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