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No U.S. President Has Been from China

There has never been a President of the United States from China. Constitutional requirement: natural-born U.S. citizen (or citizen at Constitution's adoption). All 46 presidents were born in U.S. states or territories (including early ones born in British colonies that became states).

Notable Asian-American political figures: Gary Locke (Chinese descent; Governor of WA, Commerce Secretary, Ambassador to China), Tammy Duckworth (Thai-Chinese descent; Senator, Iraq veteran), Andrew Yang (Taiwanese descent; 2020 presidential candidate). But none have been president.

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