This article is about sections of an urban area associated with a large number of Chinese residents or commercial activities. For specific Chinatowns, see List of Chinatowns.
 One of the formal entrances or Paifang to Chinatown in London, in Soho around Gerrard Street, Lisle Street and Shaftesbury Avenue A Chinatown is a section of an urban area associated with a large number of Chinese within a city outside the majority-Chinese countries of Greater China and Singapore. Chinatowns are most common in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, North America and the United Kingdom. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
This is a list of Chinatowns (urban regions containing a large population of Chinese people within a non-Chinese society) in select countries. ...
Chinatown is a general name for an urban region containing a large population of Chinese people within a non-Chinese society Chinatown was a movie directed by Roman Polanski. ...
Download high resolution version (500x663, 131 KB)Chinatown, London. ...
Download high resolution version (500x663, 131 KB)Chinatown, London. ...
One of the formal entrances or Paifang to Chinatown in London, England. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Cast-iron architecture in Greene Street SoHo is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...
For other uses, see City (disambiguation). ...
Greater China in dark green, and areas with strong Chinese cultural influence in light green Greater China (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), or simply 大åŽ/大è¯, is a term referring collectively to both the territories administered by the Peoples Republic of China as well as Hong Kong and Macau, and territories...
East Asia Geographic East Asia. ...
Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...
North America North America is a continent [1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...
In the past, overcrowded Chinatowns in urban areas were generally shunned by the non-Chinese public as ethnic ghettos, and seen as places of vice and cultural insularity where "unassimilable foreigners" congregated. Nowadays, many old and new Chinatowns are considered significant centers of commercialism and tourism. Some of them also serve, to various degrees, as centers of multiculturalism. Vice is a practice or habit that is considered immoral, depraved, and/or degrading in the associated society. ...
Commercialism, in its original meaning, is the practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business. ...
Tourist redirects here. ...
The term multiculturalism generally refers to a state of both cultural and ethnic diversity within the demographics of a particular social space. ...
Many Chinatowns are focused on commercial tourism whereas others are actual living and working communities; some are a synthesis of both. Chinatowns also range from rundown ghettos to modern sites of recent development. In some, recent investments have revitalized run-down and blighted areas and turned them into centers of economic and social activity. In some cases, this has led to gentrification and a reduction in the specifically Chinese character of the neighborhoods. In San Francisco, during the mid-1960s, the bohemian center of the city shifted from the old Beat enclave of North Beach to Haight-Ashbury (pictured) as a response to gentrification. ...
Many Chinatowns have a long history, such as Shinchimachi, the nearly three-century old Chinatown in Nagasaki, Japan, or Yaowarat Road in Bangkok, which was founded by Chinese traders more than 200 years ago. Melbourne Chinatown, established in the Victorian gold rush in 1854, is the longest continuously running Chinatown outside of Asia (San Francisco Chinatown was built earlier during the California Gold Rush, but rebuilt after it was destroyed by earthquakes). Other Chinatowns are much newer, for example, the Chinatown in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. formed in the 1990s. Most Chinatowns grew without any organized plans, while a very few (such as the one in Las Vegas and a new area outside the city limits of Seoul, South Korea to be completed by late 2005) were developed following deliberate plans (sometimes as part of redevelopment projects to better the location). Indeed, many areas of the world promote the commercial development and redevelopment (or regeneration) of Chinatowns, such as Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Megane-bashi, the Eyeglasses Bridge Nagasaki (長崎市; -shi) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan. ...
Yaowarat Road during daytime Yaowarat Road at night Bangkoks Chinatown is located on Yaowarat Road (เยาวราช) in Samphanthawong district. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria in Australia between approximately 1851 and the early 1860s. ...
The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began shortly after January 24, 1848 (when gold was discovered at Sutters Mill in Coloma). ...
For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...
This article is about the U.S. State of Nevada. ...
For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American...
Short name Statistics Location map Map of location of Seoul. ...
 The gate to Montreal's Chinatown which has Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese restaurants inside the complex. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2426x1820, 1432 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Little Bourke Street, Melbourne Melbourne Chinatown, Melbourne Metadata This file contains additional information, probably...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2426x1820, 1432 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Little Bourke Street, Melbourne Melbourne Chinatown, Melbourne Metadata This file contains additional information, probably...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Image File history File links Chinatown. ...
Image File history File links Chinatown. ...
Today a Green Dragon covers Petaling Street. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (532x800, 65 KB) Summary Vera Her Profile can be accessed at http://www. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (532x800, 65 KB) Summary Vera Her Profile can be accessed at http://www. ...
For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation). ...
Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 5th Total 944...
The gate to Montreals chinatown. ...
The gate to Montreals chinatown. ...
Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Province Region Montréal Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3] - City 365. ...
History of the earliest Chinatowns by region Trading centres populated mainly by Chinese men and their native wives had existed throughout Southeast Asia for many years but emigration to other parts of the world from China accelerated in the 1860s with the enactment of the Treaty of Peking, which opened the border for free movement. The early emigrants came primarily from coastal province of Guangdong and Fujian (Fukien) — where Cantonese, Min Nan (Hokkien), Hakka, and Chaozhou (Teochew, Chiu Chow) are largely spoken — in southeastern China. Initially, the Qing government of China was unconcerned by the emigration of this population as they were likely considered socially undesirable and "traitorous" to China. Moneymaking was also frowned upon in Confucianist China, which Chinese migrants were intending to earn wages as sojourners. However, the Chinese were not a unified group but were divided upon sub-ethnic/linguistic lines, as feuds between those of Cantonese (Punti) and Hakka stocks were common. Generally, there were also sub-divisions based on Chinese clans/surnames. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 896 KB) Description: Entrance to the Chinatown in Yokohama, Japan. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 896 KB) Description: Entrance to the Chinatown in Yokohama, Japan. ...
Yokohama Chinatowns Goodwill Gate Yokohama Chinatowns East Gate Temple in Yokohama Chinatown Yokohama Chinatown (Japanese: 横浜ä¸è¯è¡—, yokohama chÅ«kagai; Traditional Chinese: 橫濱ä¸è¯è¡—; Mandarin Pinyin: ; Cantonese Jyutping: Waang4 ban1 zung1 waa4 gaai1) is located in Yokohama, Japan. ...
This article is on all of the Northern Chinese dialects. ...
For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2452x1769, 1507 KB) Canal Street in Chinatown in New York City. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2452x1769, 1507 KB) Canal Street in Chinatown in New York City. ...
New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...
North America North America is a continent [1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...
A busy scene on Mott Street Mott Street is a narrow but busy thoroughfare that runs in a north-south direction in downtown Manhattan. ...
For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ...
The Convention of Peking (October 18, 1860), also known as the First Convention of Peking, was a treaty between the Qing Government of China and the British Empire, and between China and France, and China and Russia. ...
Not to be confused with the former Kwantung Leased Territory in north-eastern China. ...
(Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal map spelling: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kià n) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Mǐn N n (Chinese: 閩南語), also spelt as Minnan or Min-nan; native name B ; literally means Southern Min or Southern Fujian and refers to the local language/dialect of southern Fujian province, China. ...
For other uses, see Hakka (disambiguation). ...
Chaozhou (Chinese: 潮州 lit. ...
A Confucian temple in Wuwei, Peoples Republic of China. ...
Taishanese and Cantonese settled in the first North American (United States, Canada), Australian, and Latin American Chinatowns (Cuba, Mexico, Peru). Most of them were brought as coolie slaves to build the railroad. As a group, the Cantonese are linguistically and ethnically distinct from other groups in China with migrants especially coming mostly from the Siyi and Sanyi regions (with various variations of spoken Cantonese) of Guangdong; Cantonese remained the dominant language and heritage of many Chinatowns in Western countries until the 1970s. Due to laws in some countries barring the importation of Chinese wives[citation needed] (for fear of the perceived Yellow Peril), some Chinatowns emerged as bachelor’s societies where males dominated and the male-to-female ratio population was generally skewed. In Latin America, many Cantonese-speaking migrants arrived as indentured labourers particularly in Peru (to work in the deadly guano fields) and Cuba (to labor in sugar plantations) giving those countries substantial Chinatowns. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 793 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2670 × 2020 pixel, file size: 871 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 793 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2670 × 2020 pixel, file size: 871 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
Nickname: Location of Portland in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: , Country State Counties Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government - Mayor Tom Potter[1] - Commissioners Sam Adams Randy Leonard Dan Saltzman Erik Sten - Auditor Gary Blackmer Area - Total 376. ...
Taishan (å°å±±; Mandarin: TáishÄn; Cantonese: Toisan; Taishanese: Hoisan, Other: Toishan, Toisaan) is a coastal county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. ...
Coolie labourer circa 1900 in Zhenjiang, China. ...
The Yellow Terror In All His Glory, 1899 editorial cartoon Yellow Peril (sometimes Yellow Terror) was a color metaphor for race that originated in the late nineteenth century with immigration of Chinese laborers to various Western countries, notably the United States, and later to the Japanese during the mid 20th...
The Hokkien and Teochew (both groups speaking the Minnan sub-group of Chinese dialects), along with Cantonese are the dominant group in Southeast Asian Chinatowns. Chinese migrants also pioneered some major Southeast Asian cities, such as Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and hence Chinese influence is felt there. The Hakka groups established Chinatowns in Africa (particularly Mauritius), Latin America and the Caribbean. Northern Chinese settled in Korea in the 1940s. Mǐn Nán (Chinese: 閩南語), also spelt as Minnan or Min-nan; native name Bân-lâm-gú; literally means Southern Min or Southern Fujian and refers to the local language/dialect of southern Fujian province, China. ...
Kuala Lumpurs landmark, the PETRONAS Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur (Jawi:كوالا لمبور) is the largest city in Malaysia and the capital of the federation. ...
A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...
West Indies redirects here. ...
In Europe, early Chinese were generally seamen who jumped ship and began to provide services for other Chinese mariners. In the nineteenth century and early twentieth century the United Kingdom treated China as part of its unofficial Empire employing Chinese in its merchant marine in significant numbers. Consequently, from the 1890s onwards, significant Chinese communities grew up in London and Liverpool - the main ports for the China trade. However, these communities were a mixture of Chinese men, their British wives and their Eurasian children. Moreover, they were generally inhabited by those Chinese catering for Chinese seamen. The majority spread throughout these cities usually operating laundries at this time. Eurasian, also Euroasian or Euro-Asian can mean: Eurasian may be used as a slang term to refer to people of Asian decent, living in European countries who have no other traits of being Asian other then the fact that they look it. ...
France received a large settlement of Chinese immigrant laborers, mostly from the city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province of China (to this day, France continues to attract many Chinese immigrants from this particular province; Paris’ newest Chinatown in Belleville is heavily influenced by such immigrants). Chinatowns are also found in the Indian cities of Calcutta (once Hakka influenced) and Bombay. Wenzhou (Simplified Chinese: 温州; Traditional Chinese: 溫州; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city with a population of 873,000 in southeastern Zhejiang province, Peoples Republic of China. ...
This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ...
This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ...
By the late 1970s, the Vietnam War also played a significant part in the development and redevelopment of various Chinatowns in developed Western countries. As a result, many Chinatowns have become pan-Asian business districts and residential neighborhoods. By contrast, most Chinatowns in the past were solely inhabited by Chinese from southeastern China. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...
Historic Chinatowns such as San Francisco (see Chinatowns in North America#Northern California) has had a significant influence on the perception of Chinatowns in western countries. Although, in reality it and other North American Chinatowns fall outside the tradition of Chinese settlement in having significant numbers of Chinese women. This article surveys individual Chinatowns in North America. ...
For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ...
Asia
 Yaowarat Road, Chinatown in Bangkok -
Yaowarat Road, Bangkok, Thailand Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 442 KB) Summary From Chinatown, Bangkok. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 442 KB) Summary From Chinatown, Bangkok. ...
Chinatowns in Asia are widespread with a large concentration of overseas Chinese in East Asia and Southeast Asia and ethnic Chinese whose ancestors came from southern China - particularly the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Hainan - and settled in countries such as Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, the Philippines...
Yaowarat Road during daytime Yaowarat Road at night Bangkoks Chinatown is located on Yaowarat Road (เยาวราช) in Samphanthawong district. ...
Established in the 1700s, Chinatown is located in one of the oldest areas in Bangkok. It was set up by Chinese traders who came in junks to trade with Thailand (Siam) during the Rattanakosin period, about 1700s. By the end of 1891, King Rama V had cut many roads, Yaowarat Road is one of them. Therefore Chinatown doesn't consist of only Yaowarat Road, but also covers others such as: Charoen Krung Road, Mungkorn Road, Songwat Road, Songsawat Road, Chakkrawat Road etc. Yaowarat is the centre of the area. The path of the road is like the dragon's curvy body, making it an ideal location for business.
 The Kuan Yin Temple ( Kwan Yin Si) is a local place of worship for Burmese Chinese in Bago and serves as a Mandarin school for the local community. Tayote Tan, Yangon, Myanmar Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1224 × 1632 pixel, file size: 258 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Copy from Japanese wikipedia. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1224 × 1632 pixel, file size: 258 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Copy from Japanese wikipedia. ...
Yokohama Chinatowns Goodwill Gate Yokohama Chinatowns East Gate Temple in Yokohama Chinatown Yokohama Chinatown (Japanese: 横浜ä¸è¯è¡—, yokohama chÅ«kagai; Traditional Chinese: 橫濱ä¸è¯è¡—; Mandarin Pinyin: ; Cantonese Jyutping: Waang4 ban1 zung1 waa4 gaai1) is located in Yokohama, Japan. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 2. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 2. ...
Yangon (also known as Rangoon) is the largest city of Burma. ...
Meaning Chinese Roads or Quarters, it covers almost a fifth of downtown Yangon. The lay-out of Chinatown dates back to the British expansion of Yangon, around the 1850s, thus being as old as the downtown.
Binondo District of Manila, The Philippines Binondo is a enclave in Manila primarily populated by overseas Chinese who chose to live in the Philippines. ...
For other meanings of the word, see Manila (disambiguation). ...
Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards in 1571, trade between ethnic Filipino Malays and Chinese traders was already established in pre-colonial Manila. Manila's Chinatown is one of the oldest in Asia, established sometime in the late 17th century. It is home to many ethnic Chinese who left the Chinese mainland for a home in the Philippines. Binondo is a stone's throw away from the District of Intramuros, which was the Philippine's administrative capital under Spanish rule. The district was within the range of Intramuros' canons to quell any uprising the Chinese could have started. Binondo became a center of commerce during the American colonial era of the Philippines, since the Chinese were known to be experts in trading and finance. Banks, department stores, restaurants, insurance companies, nearly all giant commercial establishments were built in Binondo, the most prominent of which are located in the Escolta Avenue, though these are somewhat out of vogue and dilapidated today. World War II destroyed much of Binondo's commercial establishments. After the war, most companies relocated to Makati, the current central business district of Metro Manila. For other meanings of the word, see Manila (disambiguation). ...
Binondo is a enclave in Manila primarily populated by overseas Chinese who chose to live in the Philippines. ...
Intramuros circa 1920s Walls of Intramuros, located along the southern bank of the Pasig River, is the oldest among the districts of the city of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. ...
Binondo is a enclave in Manila primarily populated by overseas Chinese who chose to live in the Philippines. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Makati City is one of the most important cities in the Philippines in terms of finance and commerce. ...
For the capital city of the Philippines, see Manila. ...
Shinchimachi, Nagasaki, Japan
With the overthrow of the Ming Dynasty by the Qing in the late 17th century, some Chinese (supporters of the Ming) fled to Japan and formed a Chinatown community in Nagasaki before the start of the 18th century, making it (along with the Binondo district of Manila of the Philippines) one of the earliest Chinatowns to be established. Under the isolationist policies of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, Chinese and Dutch traders and settlers were confined to Nagasaki. Trade was subsequently resumed with China and Shinchimachi became a trading hub. Shinchimachi has long been the ethnic Chinese cultural and commercial center in Japan, although it size pales in comparison to its counterpart in Yokohama. For other uses, see Ming. ...
Flag (1890-1912) Anthem Gong Jinou (1911) Qing China at its greatest extent. ...
Binondo is a enclave in Manila primarily populated by overseas Chinese who chose to live in the Philippines. ...
For other meanings of the word, see Manila (disambiguation). ...
The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Seclusion. ...
The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (å¾³å·å¹•åºœ) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ...
For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori. ...
Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
In the early 18th century, Chinese settlers established Chinatowns mainly in Southeast Asia, including the Cholon district of the former Saigon, Vietnam. Cholon was heavily fortified by Chinese to protect against frequent harassment by native Vietnamese Tay Son loyalists. It remains largely a bustling Cantonese-speaking enclave, comprising Districts 5 and 6 of the city, now renamed Ho Chi Minh City. Cholon (Vietnamese: quoc ngu ; chu nom ) is the name of the Chinese district of Ho Chi Minh City (the former Saigon), the largest such Chinatown district in Vietnam. ...
Saigon redirects here. ...
Tay Son Dynasty Origin of the Tay Son The name of Tay Son is used in many ways referring back to the period of peasant rebellions and decentralized dynasty established between the eras of the Le and Nguyen dynasties. ...
Americas
 An intersection in Chinatown, San Francisco. -
Chinatown, San Francisco, California, United States As a port city, San Francisco's Chinatown formed in the 1850s and served as a gateway for incoming immigrants who arrived during the California gold rush and construction of the transcontinental railroads of the wild western United States. Chinatown was later reconceptualized as a tourist attraction in the 1910s. Once a community of predominantly Taishanese Chinese-speaking inhabitants, it has remained the preeminent Chinese center in the United States. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixel Image in higher resolution (900 × 599 pixel, file size: 101 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixel Image in higher resolution (900 × 599 pixel, file size: 101 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ...
This article surveys individual Chinatowns in North America. ...
An intersection of Chinatown in San Francisco. ...
Chinatown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Vancouver's Chinatown is the largest in British Columbia and Canada, and the fourth largest in North America, after New York, NY, Flushing, NY, and San Francisco, CA. Dating back to the late 19th century, the main centre of the older Chinatown is Pender and Main Streets in downtown Vancouver, which is also, along with Victoria's, one of the oldest surviving Chinatowns in North America, and has been the setting for a variety of modern Chinese Canadian culture and literature. Vancouver's Chinatown contains numerous galleries, shops, restaurants, and markets, in addition to the Chinese Cultural Centre and the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden and park; the garden is the first and one of the largest Ming era-style Chinese gardens outside China. Chinatown in Downtown Vancouver with Coast Mountains in the background An upscale suburban Chinese mall in Richmond, the new Chinatown. The Chinatown of Vancouver, British Columbia is the second largest Chinatown in North America (after Chinatown, San Francisco, which is arguably the largest). ...
For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation). ...
Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 5th Total 944...
This article is about the city of Victoria. ...
For other uses, see Ming. ...
Chinatown, Toronto, Ontario, Canada In the Greater Toronto Area there are around 50 Chinese malls and plazas selling products shipped over the Pacific. Downtown there are bilingual English-Chinese signs on major streets. Toronto Downtown Chinatown, Spadina & Dundas. ...
 The Chinatown Gate in Chinatown, Chicago Chinatown, Chicago, Illinois, United States What once used to be one street of Chinese restaurants and gift shops has grown to include housing developments, businesses and an outdoor mall. Chinatown Square consists of restaurants, gift shops, doctor's clinics, groceries, banks, and other businesses such as insurance offices, hair saloons and eyeglass shops. Even though the area is constrained by the Red Line train at the east border, the Amtrak railway on the west side, 26th Street along the south end, and the empty railroad lot to the north, the area is growing outward toward McCormick (east), the Loop (north), Bridgeport (south/SW), and Pilsen (west/NW). Most of the Chinese population lives in Bridgeport where it was once dominated by Italians and Irish. Now the population is moving toward McKinley Park and Brighton Park. Chicago has another Chinatown uptown, predominately Chinese-Vietnamese. It is growing, and housing prices are almost double those of the original Chinatown. The Chinatown gate in the Chinatown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ...
The Chinatown gate in the Chinatown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ...
Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ...
The Chinatown Gate in Chinatown, Chicago, Illinois. ...
Europe -
Chinatown, London, United Kingdom Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
This article discusses Chinatowns in Europe. ...
Chinatown is highly decorated for special occasions, here for Chinese New Year 2004. ...
London's Chinatown was established in the Limehouse district in the late 19th century as Chinese seamen established themselves in the city. Its reputation has come to define Chinatowns as exotic and dangerous with various vices, such as opium dens and gambling dens (called fan tans), as well as places where white girls disappeared mysteriously. Chinatown served as the setting for classic British anti-Chinese literature such as villainous Dr. Fu Manchu as well as a setting for one Sherlock Holmes story. Its end came as Limehouse was destroyed during The Blitz by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. With an influx of new immigrants from then British possession of Hong Kong, a new Chinatown (mainly commercial) became established in the Soho district of Central London in the 1950s and 1960s. , Limehouse Town Hall Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ...
This article is about the fictional literature character. ...
A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ...
For other uses, see Blitz. ...
The Deutsche Luftwaffe or (German: air force, IPA: ) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
Cast-iron architecture in Greene Street SoHo is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Similar in many respects to London's original Chinatown in its origins and the inter-marriage between local women and Chinese men, Liverpool's Chinatown never had the glamour of that of the nation's capital - London.
At the beginning of World War Two, however, there were 20,000 Chinese seamen based in the city and London's Chinatown was reduced to insignificance. Hundreds of Chinese sailors settled down with local women and in the war years the city's Eurasian population grew rapidly. By the end of the conflict it numbered around 1,000. With the end of the War the men were forcibly repatriated leaving behind them their wives and their children. Few were ever to see their families again. see: [1]
With the Communist victory in China 1949, men were no longer recruited from the Mainland. Rather they came from Hong Kong and Singapore. Some did settle and marry local women but Liverpool's Chinese or rather Eurasian population had reached its peak and was in decline as they married into the local community.
In the late 1950s a new group of Chinese began to arrive in significant numbers from Hong Kong's New Territories. For the first time Liverpool and London had Chinese Chinatowns. Their mixed race past became forgotten. A major road, Kwong Fuk Road in Tai Po, a town in the New Territories. ...
Chinatown, le quartier chinois, Paris, France
The history, profile and even location, of Paris's Chinatown have followed political changes in both France and Asia in the last 100 years.
During World War I, 140,000 Chinese arrived in France as temporary labour, replacing French male workers who went to the war. Most left after 1918, but a community of 2,000 stayed and created the first Chinatown (l'Ilot Chalon) near the Gare de Lyon. Nothing is left of it today. “The Great War †redirects here. ...
Inside the Gare de Lyon. ...
In the 1930s and 1940s, waves of Wenzhou Chinese settled in Paris and worked as leather workers near the Jewish neighborhood in the 3e arrondissement. Taking over the wholesale trade lost by the Jews during the German occupation of France during World War II, this Chinese community still exists today, but remains extremely discreet. No obvious signs of Chinese culture are to be seen in the rue du Temple, though most shops in this wholesale neighborhood are held by overseas Chinese. Wenzhou (Simplified Chinese: 温州; Traditional Chinese: 溫州; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city with a population of 873,000 in southeastern Zhejiang province, Peoples Republic of China. ...
Categories: France geography stubs | Arrondissements of Paris ...
France surrendered to Nazi Germany early in World War II (June 24, 1940). ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Today's main Chinatown was created in the 1970s in 13e arrondissement. Fleeing persecution and civil wars in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, those overseas Chinese, mostly Teochew and Cantonese, settled in this newly renovated area. Unlike the Wenzhou settlement in 3e arrondissement, obvious signs of Chinese culture are more likely to be seen and strong community business has developed, a real city in the city: not only restaurants and food retail, but also banks, real estate agencies and other services. An estimated 68,000 residents of Chinese origin now live in this area of Paris. Map of XIIIe arrondissement The 13e arrondissement is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. ...
Teochiu can refer to: Chaozhou(潮州), a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. ...
With China opening up, more Chinese settlements are developing in Paris and its suburban areas. In Belleville (19e arrondissement), another wave of Wenzhou have settled and has taken over this originally North African settlement. Large communities are to be found in small towns outside Paris like Lognes/Torcy, or Noisy Le Grand, where earlier migrants settled, but again without bringing out the usual signs of Chinatown. Belleville is a neighborhood of Paris, located in the 20th arrondissement. ...
The 19th arrondissement (XIXe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. ...
Lognes is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. ...
Torcy is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. ...
Noisy-le-Grand is a town of France, in the suburbs of Paris. ...
Illegal immigration from China is booming; authorities also fear that France's "Authorized Destination Status" with easier visa procedures for China nationals will only increase uncontrolled migration. Illegal workshops have been existing for several years, without always being located within "official" chinatowns and still exist and flourish in different areas in the 11e arrondissement and outside of the city of Paris. The 11th arrondissement (XIe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank, is the most densely populated of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France, as well as the second most densely populated in Europe // The eleventh is a lively, varied area. ...
Features The features described below are characteristic of most Chinatowns. In some cases, however, they may only apply to Chinatowns in Western countries, such as those in North America, Australia, and Western Europe.
(See also: Chinatown patterns in North America) Chinatown in San Francisco This article discusses Chinatown patterns in North America. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2056x1488, 661 KB) Summary Chinatown, Sydney, taken in November 2005 by me. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2056x1488, 661 KB) Summary Chinatown, Sydney, taken in November 2005 by me. ...
Sydneys Chinatown Market City Sydneys Chinatown is located within the southern central business district of the City of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, in the Haymarket area between Central Station and Darling Harbour. ...
Arches or Paifang Many tourist-destination metropolitan Chinatowns can be distinguished by large red arch entrance structures known in Mandarin Chinese as Paifang (sometimes accompanied by mason lion statues called "fu lions" on the opposite sides of the street that greet visitors). They usually have special inscriptions in Chinese. Historically, these gateways were donated to a particular city as a gift from the Republic of China government (such as Chinatown, San Francisco) and business organizations — an exception is long-neglected Chinatown in Havana, Cuba, which received materials for its paifang from the People's Republic of China as part of Chinatown's gradual renaissance. Construction of these red arches was also financed by local financial contributions from the Chinatown community. Some span an entire intersection and some are smaller in height and width. Some paifang can be made of wood, masonry, or steel and may incorporate an elaborate or simple design. One of the formal entrances or Paifang to Chinatown in London, England. ...
A Qing pair within the Forbidden City. ...
For the Chinese civilization, see China. ...
This article is about the capital of Cuba. ...
For other uses, see Wood (disambiguation). ...
This article refers to the building structure component; for the fraternal organization, see Freemasonry. ...
For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). ...
However, some Chinatowns that still do not have the arch feature are now increasingly proposing for the installation of one in their respective communities, such as the Chinatowns in the U.S. cities of Seattle (artistic renderings at http://www.chinatowngate.org) and Houston and the Canadian city of Toronto, as these arches are believed to increase tourist traffic. Additionally, work is being done by the Chinese community of London, United Kingdom, to promote a newer, more authentic Chinese arch on Wardour Street — as opposed to existing gwei lo versions present on Gerrard Street (pictured above) - in Chinatown, London. Look up 鬼佬, gweilo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Chinatown is highly decorated for special occasions, here for Chinese New Year 2004. ...
Bilingual signs
 The street signs in Oakland Chinatown are given in English and Chinese. Many major metropolitan areas with Chinatowns have bilingual street signs in Chinese and the language of the adopted country. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 187 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chinatown Street name Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 187 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chinatown Street name Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used...
Antiquated features Many early Chinatowns were characterized by the large number of Chinese-owned chop suey restaurants (chop suey itself is American Chinese cuisine and is not considered authentic Chinese cuisine), laundry businesses, and opium dens, until around the mid-20th century when most of these businesses began to disappear; though some remain, they are generally seen as anachronisms. In early years of Chinatowns, the opium dens were patronized as a relaxation and to escape the harsh and brutal realities of a non-Chinese society, although in North American Chinatowns they were also frequented by non-Chinese. Additionally, due to the inability on the part of Chinese immigrant men to bring a wife and lack of available local Chinese women for men to marry, brothels became common in some Chinatowns in the 19th century. Chinese laundries, which required very little capital and English ability, were fairly prosperous. These businesses no longer exist in many Chinatowns and have been replaced by Chinese grocery stores, Chinese restaurants that serve more authentic Chinese cuisine, and other establishments. While opium dens no longer exist, illegal basement gambling parlors are still places of recreation in many Chinatowns, where men gather to play mahjong and other games. These shady gambling venues are featured, when portraying Chinatown, in the media such as an episode of The X-Files and the comedy film High School High. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
American Chinese cuisine refers to the style of food served by Chinese restaurants in the United States. ...
An opium den was an establishment where opium was sold and smoked. ...
A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution, providing the prostitutes a place to meet and to have sex with the clients. ...
Gamble redirects here. ...
This article is about the four-player game of Chinese origin. ...
The X-Files is an American Peabody and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on September 10, 1993, and ended on May 19, 2002. ...
High School High is a 1996 comedy about an inner city high school in the Los Angeles, California, area, starring Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere, Mekhi Phifer, and Louise Fletcher. ...
Restaurants Most Chinatowns are centered on food and hence Chinatowns worldwide are usually popular destinations for various ethnic Chinese and increasingly, other Asian cuisines such as Vietnamese, Thai, and Malaysian. Some Chinatowns such as Singapore have their localized style of Chinese cuisine. Restaurants serve many Chinatowns both as a major economic component and social gathering places. In the Chinatowns in the western countries, restaurant work may be the only type of employment available for poorer immigrants, especially those who cannot converse fluently in the language of the adopted country. Most Chinatowns generally have a range of authentic and touristy restaurants. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1605x1500, 474 KB)Chinatown cooks enjoying a respite (New York City, New York, USA). ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1605x1500, 474 KB)Chinatown cooks enjoying a respite (New York City, New York, USA). ...
A Chinese lion helps usher in the 2006 Chinese New Year. ...
Chinese cuisine (Chinese: ä¸åœ‹èœ) originated from different regions of China and has become widespread in many other parts of the world — from East Asia to North America, Australasia and Western Europe. ...
San Francisco's Chinatown retains many historic restaurants, including those established from the 1910s to the 1950s, although some that lasted for generations have shut in recent years and others have modernized their menus. Many Chinatown eateries from that era specialized in American Chinese cuisine (or, depending on where they were located, Canadian Chinese cuisine, Chinese Cuban cuisine, etc.), especially chop suey and chow mein. They often used gaudy neon lighting to attract non-Chinese customers, large red doors, Chinese paper lanterns, and zodiac placemats. Often these restaurants had English-language signs written in a typeface intended to appear stereotypically "Chinese" by being composed of strokes similar to those in hanzi writing. American Chinese cuisine refers to the style of food served by Chinese restaurants in the United States. ...
Canadian Chinese cuisine or Can/Chinese is a popular style of cooking exclusive to take-out and dine-in eateries found across Canada. ...
To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Take-out chicken chow mein from an American Chinese restaurant Chow mein is a stir-fried dish in American Chinese cuisine, consisting of noodles, meat, and cabbage and other vegetables. ...
Chinese astrology (占星術 pinyin: zhan4 xing1 shu4; 星學 pinyin: xing1 xue2; 七政四餘 pinyin: qi1 zheng4 si4 yu2; and 果老星宗 pinyin: guo3 lao3 xing1 zong1) is related to the Chinese calendar, particularly its 12-year cycle of animals (aka Chinese Zodiac), and...
Three household placemats made with, from the top: cork, wool and fiber. ...
Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...
Generally, restaurants serving authentic Chinese food primarily to immigrant customers have never conformed to these Chinatown stereotypes. Because of ethnic Chinese immigration and the expanded palate of many contemporary cultures, the remaining American Chinese and Canadian Chinese cuisine restaurants are seen as anachronisms but remain popular and profitable. In many Chinatowns, there are now many large, authentic Cantonese seafood restaurants, restaurants specializing in other varieties of Chinese cuisine such as Hakka cuisine,
|
