From the Gateways of Beijing to the Gateways of Chinatown

I travelled to China last month and spent over a week in the country’s capital, Beijing. Although I am ethnically Chinese, this was only my second trip to China with my first trip being a decade ago. With my recent advocacy for cultural sustainability in Vancouver and Chinatown in the last few years, I was excited about the possibilities of finding inspiration from my cultural roots for any learnings I can take back to inform my advocacy work at home. I did find the inspiration I was looking for in the cultural and urban planning of city gateways in ancient and present day Beijing, leading me to think that we need a radical rethink of how we treat gateway sites in Chinatown. <a href="https://medium.com/@melodyma/i-was-in-china-in-the-last-three-weeks-and-spent-over-a-week-in-the-countrys-capital-beijing-9a90fc67944a">Visit Now</a>