Tag: Chinatowns

Revisiting Chinatown

I got my first taste of Vancouver’s Chinatown shortly after immigrating to Canada in March of 1968. Pierre Trudeau was sworn in as Canada’s fifteenth Prime Minister a month later. On a visit to Vancouver, Trudeau dined at one of his favorite restaurants, the On On Tea Garden in Chinat...

From Chinatowns to ethnoburbs and beyond, where Chinese people settle reflects changing wealth levels and political climates

The origins, demographics and settlement patterns of the approximately 60 million people worldwide who make up the Chinese diaspora, including immigrants and their descendants, are becoming increasingly diverse. Illustrating this diversity are two mass shootings during the 2023 Lunar New Y...