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Re: The rise and fall of Chinatown: The hidden history of displacement you were never told 07/29/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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“Oftentimes, the poorest communities end up being the ones that are displaced … Southern Pacific got here because of the Chinese, and yet Southern Pacific became involved in the displacement of the Chinese. That’s the whole irony,” said Moy, reflecting the painful history of displacement in Chinatown, and echoing the experiences of the residents the teens are documenting.

The irony Moy highlights stems from the relocation of Chinatown’s original community during the construction of Union Station in the 1930s. Despite the critical role Chinese laborers played in building the railroads, the Southern railroad companies that benefited from their work ultimately contributed to the displacement of Chinatown residents.

Re: What are the favorite Dim Sum dishes? 07/29/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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At Yue Huang, the siu mai is wonderfully juicy and tender, made by splitting the pork meat from its fat, mashing them separately, then recombining the mixtures with spices. The pork buns are soft and fluffy, delicately wrapped and steamed so they split at the seams like the petals of a flower. Last Father’s Day, they sold 700.

Re: Chinatown Punk Wars 07/29/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Typically live music at restaurants is faint and barely noticeable, like a piano gently playing in the background. But at dim sum restaurant Jade Cathay, crashing cymbals and loud vocals echo throughout the building. The delicately steamed, subtle-tasting dumplings are contrasted by the loud, clashing sounds of rock. At one point, lead singer Alvin Alvarez shouts, “Dim sum!” and the crowd goes wild.

Jade Cathay is nestled in a quiet neighborhood adjacent to the San Jose airport. The restaurant is a stylish place dressed with chandeliers and sleek wooden accents. The family-run staple has been around since 2011, but a few years ago they started throwing indie rock shows. Twice per month, the jade chairs and lazy Suzan-equipped tables are pushed against the wall to make room for dancers and drum sets. Guests are greeted with a catering-style serving table loaded with golden chive dumplings, barbecue pork bao, fries, chow mein, and siu mai. There’s also dim sum carts parked next to the table stacked high with steaming baskets. Every dish is sold in a set of four to seven pieces, all in the $8 price range. You pay at the card reader mounted on the wall. Some tables are left set up for anyone looking to sit down for their feast.

Re: Coconut Ice Cream was invented in Guangzhou 07/29/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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With hunger pangs now satiated, we next headed to Chinatown Ice Cream Factory for dessert, a 20-minute walk from the East Village. Ice cream’s origins can be traced back to around 200BC during the Tang Dynasty, though whether ancient China, Persia, or the Middle East invented it remains a subject of intense debate.

Inspired by this history, Philip Seid, a Chinese immigrant originally from the city of Taishan, sought to introduce Asian-inspired ice cream flavours to New Yorkers. He opened the original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory branch in 1978, which now offers 30-plus rotating in-house flavours, including pandan, red bean, ube, and durian.

Sandy Lamb - 連鎖反應 07/27/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Re: What it Meant to Be Cantonese in China and America, 1850–1900 07/27/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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In 1896, “Charlie Chung, a celestial” and “Lillie Willis, a colored girl” were charged with miscegenation “under articles 346 and 347 of the revised criminal statutes of Texas. (@dallasnews, December 8, 1896)

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Chinese laundry workers were in direct competition with Black workers, and there were organized efforts to force Chinese laundries to close. Those efforts were generally successful, as by 1905 there were only four Chinese-run laundry establishments in Fort Worth. The consolidation of smaller laundries into larger ones was also a factor.

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Chinese restaurant operators still faced prejudice. The first round of the battle came in 1903 when the Cooks & Waiters Union decided that its members would not work with Chinese restaurants in the city. By 1911, the struggle had shifted to one in which the waiters were opposed to “closed booths” in Chinese restaurants, which had doors hiding the diners from view. After some study, it was decided that outlawing such “private” booths could also impact hotel and other private dining rooms. The waiters also countered that it was really the restaurant owners who were responsible for this campaign, and that the waiters wanted to be allowed to work in Chinese restaurants. The discussion dragged on through 1915, when the police chief finally took up the cause, declaring opposition to “booths that conceal parties.”

Re: Role Models who lift up the Chinatown community 07/26/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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“My dad, Henry Yee, used to be the unofficial mayor of Detroit’s Chinatown for many years,” said Lisa Yee-Litzenberg, a DCVC board member. “He owned many restaurants in Detroit, including Forbidden City, which was in the second Chinatown area. I grew up working in those restaurants, and my dad did a lot of work to help the city of Detroit and the Chinese people in Chinatown there. He’s no longer alive, but it’s an honor to carry on the work that he was doing."

Re: What is Digital Censorship in China? 07/24/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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China’s internet just went dark, not offline, but empty. Today, some of the country’s biggest online voices are vanishing without warning. Creators, influencers, and bloggers wiped clean from platforms they helped build. No explanation, news coverage, or digital footprints. Just silence and a growing sense of fear.
Why are hundreds of Chinese creators being digitally erased overnight? What secret rules are suddenly deciding who stays and who disappears? And could this purge be the start of something much bigger?
To understand what’s happening, we need to start with the very first name that went missing…

Re: 🇨🇳 Spies Are Everywhere...Let the witch-hunt begin! 07/24/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Mass Purge Begins! USDA Fires Many Chinese Postdocs, ICE Arrests Over 100 Chinese in LA

Re: That's life... 07/23/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

These are discussions you can have with a religious zealot who accuses you of being closed minded: [www.youtube.com]

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Nun of d'Above Wrote:
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> Anyway, There's a Mormon ritual of sending out
> young boys out into to world on their own and
> profess their faith I guess before they turn 20.

> Nun of d'Above

Wow, these Mormon boys are like everywhere on the Hong Kong MTR. Turn left, turn right and there they are as if they've just been weaned from the farm. I think that's nice that they're promoting same gendered couples here. Just by being together, that's the message I'm getting...which in the west it's known as male bonding. They all look so adorable together in pairs. Mitt Romney, eat your heart out!!!

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