America 1899

In 1899, the era of gunfighters and outlaws was coming to an end. That year, just after the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines from Spain, officially becoming an imperialist country and beginning the era of overseas colonization. That year, Laomei was at the peak of the Gilded Age. Industrial capital was growing wildly. Railway tycoons, oil giants, and steel kings monopolized the country's economic lifeline. Labor-capital conflicts were acute, and trade union movements were rising one after another. That year, the anti-Chinese movement became institutionalized. After the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, anti-Chinese sentiment continued to rise in California. In 1894, Laomei and Daiqing signed a discriminatory treaty, completely prohibiting the entry of Chinese laborers. In San Francisco, the Chinese were confined to Chinatown, suffered systematic discrimination and violence, and became inferior people. At that time, San Francisco was the largest city on the West Coast. The city is the gateway to Asia and the front line of some of the most violent ethnic conflicts. That year, Xu Qiao traveled through time and became the mayor [Maxim Downs] at the center of the struggle for power and capital in San Francisco. This is the hardest of times and the worst of times.