历史背景
Slant-eye Gesture
The Slant-eye Gesture is an incredibly racist gesture used to mock stereotypical asian eyes for their slitted appearance. This gesture itself has roots to the 19th Century where Sinophobia met an all time high against Chinese immigrants. As a result, this carried over into the 20th Century via the form of Cartoons, Advertisements, and interactions to mock Chinese people. Examples below are racist depictions of Chinese People during the 19th century.
Slant-eye Gesture
眯眼手势（Slant-eye Gesture）
The Slant-eye Gesture is an incredibly racist gesture used to mock stereotypical asian eyes for their slitted appearance.
眯眼手势是一种极其种族主义的手势，用来嘲弄亚洲人眼睛呈细长、狭窄外形这一刻板印象。
This gesture itself has roots to the 19th Century where Sinophobia met an all time high against Chinese immigrants.
这一手势可以追溯到19世纪，当时针对中国移民的恐华情绪（Sinophobia）达到了历史高峰。
As a result, this carried over into the 20th Century via the form of Cartoons, Advertisements, and interactions to mock Chinese people.
因此，这种歧视在20世纪通过漫画、广告以及人与人之间的互动等形式延续下来，用来嘲弄中国人。
Examples below are racist depictions of Chinese People during the 19th century.
以下是19世纪对中国人的种族主义描绘。
Examples:
示例：
Source | “The Mongolian Octopus” by Phil May, published in The Bullin 1886.
来源 | 菲尔·梅（Phil May）创作的《蒙古章鱼》（“The Mongolian Octopus”），发表于1886年的《Bullin》。
Source | “How it is, Herself”, published on The Wasp magazine, 19 May 1883
来源 | 《How it is, Herself》，发表于1883年5月19日的《The Wasp》杂志。
These artworks share common depictions of Chinese people in an ugly, grotesque, and barbaric/uncivilized manner, intended to degrade and ridicule Chinese immigrants.
这些艺术作品有着共同的特点：它们以丑陋、怪诞、野蛮或未开化的形象描绘中国人，意在贬低和嘲弄中国移民。
Similar to how African Americans were treated.
这与当时非裔美国人所遭受的待遇有相似之处。
Both of these artworks depict Chinese people with slanted eyes, an incredibly racist stereotype that is still associated with Chinese people to this day.
这两幅作品都以“斜眼”来描绘中国人，这是一种极具种族歧视性的刻板印象，直到今天仍然与对中国人的刻板印象联系在一起。
How does the slant-eye gesture relate to Sinophobia?
眯眼手势与恐华情绪有什么关系？
This gesture itself has a direct connection to a time with extreme Sinophobia.
这一手势本身与恐华情绪极其严重的历史时期有着直接联系。
As mentioned, this gesture was predominantly used during the 19th Century, when Sinophobia was at an all time high.
如前文所述，这一手势主要在19世纪被使用，而当时针对中国人的恐华情绪达到了历史高峰。
Chinese people were exploited as slaves, prohibited from immigrating for over 60 years, and discriminated against for their race.
中国人曾被以奴役形式剥削，被禁止移民美国超过60年，并且因为种族而遭受歧视。
They were exploited in the California Gold Rush, dangerous mines, and the Central Pacific Railroad.
他们在加利福尼亚淘金热期间，以及危险的矿山和中央太平洋铁路建设中遭到剥削。
They faced prejudice, assault, wage inequality, and were forced to do back-breaking and dangerous labour to the point of exhaustion.
他们面临偏见、袭击和工资不平等，并被迫从事极其艰苦且危险的劳动，甚至达到精疲力竭的程度。
Any support to Chinese immigrants was met with condemnation.
任何对中国移民的支持都可能遭到谴责。
Eventually, U.S. Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act that enforced the prohibition of Chinese Immigrants for 10 years in 1882.
最终，美国国会于1882年通过了《排华法案》，规定禁止中国移民进入美国，最初期限为10年。
This ban was subsequently extended, ultimately remaining in effect for a total of 61 years.
这一禁令后来不断被延长，最终持续实施了总计61年。
This was the only law ever passed to prevent the immigration of a specific race and it was targeted towards Chinese people.
这是美国历史上唯一一项专门禁止某一特定种族移民的法律，而其针对的正是中国人。
Chinese men were prohibited from marrying white women, were taxed unfairly compared to their white counterparts (Foreign Miner’s Tax Act of 1850), and prohibited from obtaining US citizenship.
中国男性被禁止与白人女性结婚；与白人矿工相比，他们还遭受不公平的税收待遇（1850年外国矿工税法）；同时还被禁止获得美国公民身份。
History on Tiananmen Square:
天安门广场的历史：
The view itself is at Tiananmen Square, located in Beijing, a place where many significant moments took place in Chinese history such as the founding of the PRC, the May Fourth Movement, and the infamous 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests and Massacre that Lookout3D is referencing in his video.
这个画面本身位于北京的天安门广场。这里见证了中国历史上的许多重大事件，例如中华人民共和国的成立、五四运动，以及Lookout3D在视频中所提及的著名的1989年天安门广场抗议及事件。
PLEASE NOTE: This document is not written in favour of the CCP, but rather, written to explain the significance of the Tiananmen Square to Chinese citizens outside of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protest and Massacre.
请注意：本文并非为了支持中国共产党（CCP）而撰写，而是为了向中国公民解释天安门广场的重要历史意义，而不仅仅是将其与1989年天安门广场抗议及事件联系起来。
Everything written is public info on Wikipedia.
本文所写内容均为维基百科上的公开信息。
Founding of PRC:
中华人民共和国的成立：
Tiananmen Square is where Mao Ze Dong proclaimed the founding of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on October 1st, 1949 which united the country under the leadership of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party).
1949年10月1日，毛泽东在天安门广场宣布中华人民共和国（PRC）成立，使中国在中国共产党（CCP）的领导下实现统一。
There, to honor him, Tiananmen holds a large picture of Chairman Mao as its signature element.
为了纪念他，天安门城楼上悬挂着一幅巨大的毛主席画像，这也成为天安门的标志性元素之一。
Mao Ze Dong is arguably one of the most important and influential Chinese leaders who united the country.
毛泽东可以说是中国历史上最重要、最具影响力的领导人之一，他在中国统一过程中发挥了重要作用。
May 4th movement:
五四运动：
The May 4th movement took place on May 4th, 1919 when a group of students gathered outside of Tiananmen Square to protest the Beiyang Government (the old internationally recognized government of the republic of China from 1912-1928).
五四运动发生于1919年5月4日，当时一群学生聚集在天安门广场附近，抗议北洋政府（1912年至1928年间国际社会承认的中华民国政府）。
The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty that allowed the Empire of Japan (Imperial Japan) to retain territories in Shandong.
《凡尔赛条约》是一项允许日本帝国（大日本帝国）继续控制山东部分领土的条约。
The protest had over 4000 university students that protested against the agreement of Twenty-One Demands, which was a set of demands made by Imperial Japan’s Prime Minister, Okuma Shigenobu, to keep the territory that the Germans had conquered during World War 1 in 1914 and these demands would help extend Japan’s control over China.
这场抗议有超过4000名大学生参加，他们反对二十一条要求。这些要求由日本帝国首相大隈重信提出，内容涉及日本保留德国在第一次世界大战期间于1914年占领的领土，并进一步扩大日本对中国的控制。
This event is viewed as the “turning point in China’s search for literary modernity” as mentioned by literary historian, David Der-wei Wang.
正如文学史家王德威所说，这一事件被视为“中国追求文学现代性的转折点”。
This movement had a heavy emphasis on direct political actions and radical attitudes which are associated with the CCP.
这一运动高度强调直接的政治行动和激进思想，这些思想后来与中国共产党产生了联系。
Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu were leaders of this movement, two of the most influential promoters of Marxism in China, and two of the CCP’s founding members.
李大钊和陈独秀是这一运动的重要领导者，也是中国最具影响力的马克思主义传播者之一，并且都是中国共产党的创始成员。
This movement is incredibly significant as it had a hand in solidifying the success of the Chinese Communist Revolution.
这一运动具有非常重要的历史意义，因为它在一定程度上促进并巩固了中国共产党革命的成功。
This revolution resulted in major social changes in China and is viewed as a leading example for other revolutionary communist movements in other countries.
这场革命给中国社会带来了巨大的变化，也被视为其他国家共产主义革命运动的重要范例。
1989 Tiananmen Square Protest and Massacre:
1989年天安门广场抗议及事件：
This protest is known as the June 4th incident in China that took place at Tiananmen Square from April 15th to June 4th, in 1989.
在中国，这场抗议通常被称为“六四事件”，发生于1989年4月15日至6月4日期间，地点主要位于天安门广场。
After the death of general secretary Hu Yaobang in April, this protest took place amidst the rapid economic development and social change in China.
1989年4月，中共中央总书记胡耀邦去世后，这场抗议发生在中国经济快速发展和社会变化的背景下。
This movement was disorganized with many different goals, but centered around adjusting economic policies, protecting social security, and anti-corruption demands.
这场运动缺乏统一的组织结构，并存在许多不同的诉求，但主要围绕调整经济政策、保障社会福利以及反腐败等要求展开。
This protest lasted for weeks from April to June, before a decision was finally made to clear out the square of protestors.
这场抗议从4月持续到6月，历时数周，最终当局决定清理广场上的抗议者。
In the morning hours of June 4th, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was sent in with tanks to clear the area out.
6月4日凌晨至清晨，中国人民解放军（PLA）出动并使用坦克清理相关区域。
A clash between protestors, bystanders, and soldiers happened which resulted in the death of many.
抗议者、旁观者与军队之间发生了冲突，导致许多人死亡。
The estimate of total deaths ranges from several hundreds to low thousands, leaving thousands more wounded.
关于死亡人数的估计从数百人到数千人以内不等，另有数千人受伤。
Sources:
参考：
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square