Chinatowns of the world. chinatown. What is a Chinatown? This page list the Chinatowns covered in Chinatownology. The current list has 35 Chinatowns in 19 countries spread over Asia, Europe and USA. For those who want to know what is a Chinatown, this article gives an introduction. read more
Shanghai and Nanjing each have/had foreign neighborhoods. Also Islamic Westerners have neighborhoods in many Chinese cities, Xian's being probably most famous. Many North American cities have large Chinatowns: NYC, Mexico City, Vancouver, DC (used to). read more
Located across the Pacific Ocean from China, two cities in the United States have particularly well-known Chinatowns. New York City Chinatown The Chinatown is New York City is the largest in the United States. For approximately 150 years, millions of people of Chinese ancestry have resided in this neighborhood on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. read more
Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Asia, Australia, the Americas, Africa and Europe. The development of most Chinatowns typically resulted from mass migration to an area without any, or with very few Chinese residents. read more