Tag: Chinatown

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...

San Francisco is dead? Tell that to the thousands at Chinatown Night Market

Thousands filled Grant Avenue this weekend to sample neighborhood restaurants, take in a lion dance or dance themselves beneath the warm glow of d??nglóng lanterns at the Chinatown Night Market. All photos by M. T. Eley for The Bold Italic. Who was there? Everyone. Hipsters, techies...