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Emigrant Plans
Starting from 1934, one year after The Nazi Party controlled over Germany, some people chose China as a shutter for Jewish refugees. According to Gao Bei, the historical professor from University of Charleston, three plans were listed as the following:

The Maurice William Plan (1934)
This plan was first introduced by Maurice William, a Russian Jewish dentist who lived in New York, he was the first one who suggested that China could be a shutter for Jewish refugees. William first showed his plan to Albert Einstein, who was recording as impressed by this plan. Later, William sent his plan to China for an approval. However, the plan was probably declined by that time, and one possible reason might be China did not want to choose the opposite side with Germany.

The Sun Ke Plan (1939)
In his plan, Sun Ke, an official of China suggested that to accept Jewish refugees to China, for gaining support from both other Western Countries which had sympathy for Jewish refugees, and Jews refugees themselves, to fought against Japan, which was one ally of Nazi Germany that China was opposed from.

The Jakob Berglas Plan (1939)
In the same year, Jakob Berglas, a German Jewish businessman also proposed his plan to Chinese government. The plan included a plan to ensure 100,000 Jewish refugees emigrated to China, and each person would pay £50, to built up a Jewish social community, thus amount of £5,000,000 could sent to China, which could be used to support China during war times. However, under the fear of a huge amount of migrations may caused attentions and attacks from Germany, Chinese government finally decided to modify the plan, only accept Jewish refugees that without a citizenship as migrations live in China, for others, they were only foreigners.