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Re: A Glimpse of New York City Chinatown 14:24 by ♭♫ [+-]

A jail brings outside contractors to deliver services bypassing the already available local neighborhood service, however, a low income housing complex creates customers for the services already existing in the neighborhood.

[www.archpaper.com]

Ideas of Order designs affordable housing alternative proposal to Manhattan’s Chinatown borough jail

Re: support your favorite Chinese restaurant before it disappears for good. 14:18 by ♭♫ [+-]

Food trucks are like the hobos of the restaurant world in that they don't pay property taxes and they move to where the action is in a moment's notice unlike brick and mortar restaurants.

[iexaminer.org]

Shanghai Garden owners didn’t provide any one reason for the restaurant’s closure, but have cited declining foot traffic and rising costs as factors to the media.

Customers say it may also have something to do with the changing demographics of sit down restaurants, competition and clientele.

“It’s because of all the food truck spots. And the younger generation just doesn’t want to do sit-down,” said Ryan, a longtime customer.

“We always go to the same Chinese restaurants, and now they’re both gone.” said David, Ryan’s coworker.

Re: Chinatowns Ain't Nothing But Ghettos 14:07 by ♭♫ [+-]

[www.huffpost.com]

San Francisco was a haven for Chinese workers, but even in that liberal city, there were restrictions on where Chinese people could rent property, leading to the creation of a Chinatown. As San Francisco grew, developers tried to destroy Chinatown to make way for real estate, and cited concerns about the neighborhood being a site of moral corruption and filth.

Chinatowns have always existed in their own world within Western cities, and have provided fertile grounds for radical and creative underground communities. Those communities are still very much alive today.

Re: A Glimpse of The TianAnMen Square Massacre 06/05/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

[hongkongfp.com]

In Victoria Park, a man holding an electric candle while sitting on a bench was surrounded by police officers at around 4.30pm.

Shortly after 6pm, a woman holding up a small white flower on Great George Street was surrounded by police. They searched her belongings and escorted her away to the MTR station.

Two women – including a girl holding flowers and wearing what appeared to be a school uniform – were taken into a police van in Victoria Park.

Two women – including a girl holding flowers and wearing what appeared to be a school uniform – were taken into a police van in Victoria Park.

A man stood silently in the rain facing the football courts at around 8pm. Minutes later, he was escorted by police and taken into a police van.

Around 20 minutes later in the park, police questioned a man wearing a white T-shirt featuring a drawing of the Goddess of Democracy and a Chinese slogan saying, “Vindication of June 4 Comes Closer and Close,” before taking him into a police van.

At around 9pm, a man wearing a T-shirt saying “Core Values of Socialism” was taken away by police in Victoria Park.

Just before 9pm, a man wearing a pair of headphones with yellow Chinese characters, “Hong Kong Add Oil,” was stopped by police at the entrance of Fashion Walk in Causeway Bay and later led into a police van.

Re: A Glimpse of The TianAnMen Square Massacre 06/05/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

[www.cnn.com]

It was the nature of the artwork’s destruction, not its creation, that secured the Goddess’ place in history, said Perry Link, emeritus professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University and co-editor of “The Tiananmen Papers.”

“When it was bulldozed over I think that it was one of the most moving symbols of the repression,” he said in a phone interview. “Of course number one would be the ‘Tank Man,’ but number two is probably going to be the (toppling) of the statue.”

Re: A Glimpse of The TianAnMen Square Massacre 06/04/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

[efe.com]

“It was a time of contradictions,” You said. The reforms also caused inequality, inflation, and corruption, leading students to protest in 1986 and 1987 “for a more open society.”

Re: A Glimpse of The TianAnMen Square Massacre 06/04/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

[www.reuters.com]

Here are some landmark dates leading up to the demonstrations and the crackdown that followed:

Re: A Glimpse of The TianAnMen Square Massacre 06/04/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

[www.abc.net.au]

Even a picture of one banana and four apples in a line could be flagged because it shares a similar sequence with the Tank Man photo.

Re: A Glimpse of The TianAnMen Square Massacre 06/02/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

[www.reuters.com]

"When Hong Kong can no longer hold the June 4 vigils, and can no longer even mention it, Taiwan's existence becomes very important," Fu, 43, told Reuters in Taipei.
"It's one of the very few places in Asia, where people can openly commemorate the accident on June 4, discuss it, and even condemn the Chinese Communist Party. The existence of such a space is already hugely significant," he said.

Re: What are the favorite Dim Sum dishes? 06/01/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

[www.buzzfeed.com]

I ordered their pineapple bun with roast pork because it's their most popular menu item. I've actually had this before, and, yes, it really is that good. The bun itself is soft and fluffy and sweet, while the pork filling on the inside is rich and fatty and basically melts in your mouth. It's the perfect snack or appetizer to wet your palate, and at only $3.10 you really can't go wrong. Give me 20 of them.

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