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Re: A Glimpse of Washington DC Chinatown 07/01/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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“They’re really prematurely vacating commercial tenants,” said Shani Shih, founder of the Save Chinatown Solidarity Network. “These businesses are cornerstones of the community. This brings us down to nine legacy businesses left in Chinatown.”

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“We’re here not only to commemorate Full Kee, but really to sound the alarm that the city, as they prepare for these massive changes in an already decimated, really, neighborhood, we need help,” said Shani Shih with the Save Chinatown Solidarity Network.

There are claims Full Kee and the hair salon next door weren't given enough time to uproot themselves after decades of being H Street to make way for a luxury commercial building.

Re: A Glimpse of Marysville Chinatown 07/01/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Just across the street sits the Chinese American Museum of Northern California within another Gold Rush-era building from 1858. The museum's goal is to preserve the history of Chinese Americans and the 30-plus Chinatowns built during California's Gold Rush. It does this through informative displays that include stories about Chinese miner migrants in America, as well as photos and artefacts from that era. You can also see photographs of the old Chinatowns set up within many of California's gold mining hubs.

Re: Cantonese radio website 06/30/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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US-funded Radio Freé Asia halts Cantonese service in face of Trump’s funding cuts
The US-funded outlet said the Cantonese service of Radio Frëe Asia had become “one of the news outlets that Hongkongers relied on.”

Patricia Chan - Crazy For You 06/28/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Re: Is Zhang Chaolin the "Vincent Chin" of France 06/27/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Forty-three years ago this month, Vincent Chin, a Detroit area Chinese American, was beaten to death with a baseball bat. Hiskilling and subsequent court proceedings marked the beginning of the modern Asian American civil rights movement nationwide.

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The Vincent Chin Legacy Guide seeks to rectify this issue by providing an educational overview of Vincent’s life and death, in the context of the anti-Asian discrimination prevalent in the US. The 64-page guide is available for free download online in 7 different languages (Arabic, Bengali, Simplified and Traditional Mandarin, English, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese). It is primarily intended for K-12 educators, students, and adults.

Re: A Glimpse of New York City Chinatown 06/26/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Over the last 150 years, Manhattan’s Chinatown has seen a slew of changes to its urban footprint, reflecting the political and economic forces that continue to shape this immigrant community. Most recently, luxury developments have cropped up, often replacing older buildings and threatening to not only push out the neighborhood’s working-class residents, but also erase the community’s history.

“A lot of this history is not documented,” said Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong, an artist based in Chinatown. “Especially now post-pandemic, we have a lot of changes going on. Elders are passing away, gentrification, old-school businesses that have been around for forever are closing their doors or have closed their doors.”

“They’ve always been places of exclusion,” she said. “They formed because of racism — because Chinese weren’t allowed to be in other places. So they formed these congregations and built communities off of that, that then flourished.”

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Re: A Glimpse of Detroit Chinatown 06/26/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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"What happened to him on June 19, 1982, was definitely tragic and seared in our minds," Hwang told the crowd, gathered under a tent on one of the hottest days of the year. "He was beaten four times with a baseball bat while his assailant, Mr. (Ronald) Ebens, said, 'Because of you (expletive) we're out of work.' His last words were, 'It's not fair.' Those are the words that really should be remembered. It is the hallmark of the beginning of an Asian American civil rights battle. … So many things are unjust in our society, with respect to the justice system, with respect to sentencing, with respect to the right to equal protection."

Now, some are hoping to bring back what was once a thriving Chinatown around Cass and Peterboro. The state has allocated $1 million in the 2025 budget to Midtown Detroit Inc. to help refurbish the streets in the historic Chinatown area, which faded away in the late 1980s. Sandy Fatt, with the Chinatown Vision Committee, said the community now has a "golden opportunity" to redevelop the area: "We want to revitalize this neighborhood." While there is a growing number of Asian restaurants and groceries in cities like Madison Heights, Chinatown supporters are hoping to be part of Detroit's revival.

Re: No Other Cuisine Prepares Crab 🦀 Better Than Guangdong Cuisine 06/26/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Four Kings in Chinatown is the hottest new restaurant in San Francisco, and perhaps in the entire country right now.

Oh, but wait! The crab is here already, and it’s an event. Four Kings bills itself as a small plates establishment, but it does NOT serve small portions. This crustacean, served whole, is ample proof of that. Ho and Long have removed the crab’s innards and detached all of its claws to place underneath the body for the presentation. A ring of deep fried milk bread rolls surrounds the whole thing, like edible throw pillows. I don’t even know where to begin, I just know I want everything on this plate inside of my body as fast as possible.

Re: A Glimpse of Chicago Chinatown 06/26/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Unearthing Stories of Immigration and Belonging in Chicago's Chinatown

Re: A Guide To The Cantonese Bakery 06/24/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Our favorite was the guava butter pineapple bun, a sliced bun filled with a thick, orange slab of guava-infused butter. The bun’s dough tempers the bright, tropical flavor.

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