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Chinatown Tours (1245 words) |
 | Chinatowns were formed in the 19th century in many areas of the United States and Canada as a result of discriminatory land laws which forbade the sale of any land to Chinese or restricted the land sales to a limited geographical area and which promoted the segregation of people of different ethnicities. |
| In the past, overcrowded Chinatowns in urban areas were shunned by the general non-Chinese public as ethnic ghettoes, and therefore seen as places of vice and cultural insularism where "unassimilable foreigners" congregated. |
| The Vancouver Chinatown is, sadly, in a decline because the criminal problem in the neighbouring area and because it is kind of replaced by the so-called new ChinaTown in Richmond. |
| Chinatown: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (7041 words) |
| 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 insularism where "unassimilable foreigners" congregated. |
| London's original Chinatown was established in the Limehouse district in the late 19th century as Chinese seamen established themselves in the city. |
| 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 is believed to increase tourist traffic. |
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