Chinatowns around the world:

Asia-Pacific

South Korea, Seoul

South Korea, Incheon

Singapore

Thailand, Bangkok

Thailand, Bangkok

Philippines, Manila

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

Malaysia, Penang

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

China Street, Yokohama, Japan

Chuo Ward, Nankinmachi, Kobe, Japan

Shinji, Nagasaki, Japan

Melbourne, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Yangon, Myanmar

Brisbane, Australia

Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealand, Wellington

America:

United States, Boston

United States, Seattle

United States, San Francisco, Jackson Street, Stockton Avenue

United States, New York

United States, Los Angeles, Broadway Avenue, Spring Street

United States, Chicago, Along Wentworth at Cermak

United States, Philadelphia

United States, Portland

United States, Washington, D.C., H Street

Canada, Toronto, Dundas Street West Chinatown

Canada. Dundas Street, Spadina Avenue, Toronto

Pender Street and Main Street, Vancouver, Canada

Richmond, Canada

RUE ST-LAURENT, Montreal, Canada

CLEVELAND, USA

Houston, USA

Oakland, USA, Broadway Avenue, 7th Street, Harrison Avenue, 10th Street

Oklahoma, USA, N. West 23rd Street and Classen Blvd

Pittsburgh, USA

Sacramento, USA, 3rd, 5th, J, and I Streets

Mexico City, Mexico

Calgary, Canada

Edmonton, Canada

Winnipeg, Canada

Ottawa, Canada

Havana, Cuba

Duarte Chinatown, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Europe:

China Town, London, UK

Paris, France

Moscow, Russia

Manchester, UK

Birmingham, UK

Liverpool, UK

Glasgow, England

Cardiff, England

Amster, Holland

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Development of Chinatown

After World War II, the status of the Chinese in the United States and Canada changed dramatically, after obtaining citizenship and voting rights, a large number of Chinese people into the middle class and white-collar, and began to go out of the Chinatown, to the so-called "mainstream neighborhoods" and the suburbs, resulting in the U.S. and Canada, the Chinatown population dwindling, economic and cultural symbols of the status of the gradual decline, into a long-term depression As a result, Chinatown has become a symbol of urban decay in the United States and Canada.

In the U.S., Chinatown's population is aging severely, and the mixing of Hispanics is also increasing; while in Canada, Chinatown, in addition to declining population, as a fringe area of the city center, often becomes a place for drug addicts, "junkies", and homeless people to hang out. Chinese new immigrants visit Chinatown less and less, relatively speaking, the suburbs or "good areas" rise into Chinese new immigrants to live in the place, the formation of "new Chinatown", such as New York's Flushing, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley, Houston's Sugar City, etc., are Chinese gathered in the new area, even the traditional overseas Chinese community residents to these districts. The residents of the traditional overseas Chinese communities are moving to these districts.

How to revitalize Chinatown has become a daunting challenge for Chinese communities in the United States and Canada. First of all, the attractiveness of Chinatown to the mainstream society is still there, and we should have full confidence in Chinatown.

Located in the high-end residential areas where Chinese and other ethnic groups live, these areas are not necessarily the same size as the old Chinatown across several blocks, but they are a collection of large supermarkets, shopping malls, high-level Chinese restaurants and other types of stores, Chinese banks in one, both modern and fashionable, and business is booming. The Richmond Chinese Commercial District, where Vancouver International Airport is located, is a typical example of a new Chinatown. The concept of New Chinatown reaches out to all neighborhoods, expanding the influence and penetration of Chinese people and Chinese culture. In terms of the overall strength of the Chinese people and the cultural tradition of radiation, "Chinatown" has spread, and the results of the blossoming of all over the place.

When the Chinese first arrived in Canada more than a hundred years ago, Chinatown was their harbor and castle. Later arrivals came here to join friends and relatives, and Chinese workers who had nowhere else to go after the railroads were built, moved from the west to the east, and eventually ended up in Chinatown, working odd jobs in their hometown laundries. This is how Chinatowns across Canada flourished day by day.

In recent years, more and more Chinese immigrants have arrived, and Chinatown has slowly declined. Marc-André Carignan, a Quebec-based urban design columnist, has been interested in Chinatown's transformation for years. In an interview with Radio-Canada, he said many of the houses in Chinatown are old. But the owners can't or don't want to fix them up. Early Chinese immigrants lived almost exclusively in Chinatown, but nowadays most immigrants have the financial and language ability to live elsewhere. As a result, Chinatown's residents are fewer and older.

Old buildings and Chinese signs have made Chinatown a tourist attraction in some cities. But for reasons of funding and management, governments and community groups often kick each other down the road when it comes to construction and restoration projects. The outlook for how Chinatown will develop in the future is not clear. On the other hand, other parts of the city, such as near universities or in certain neighborhoods, will gather a sizable number of Chinese and form new Chinatowns.

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