Chinatown
Noun
Meaning
A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
(proscribed, slang) By extension, such a district filled with stereotype "Chinese" people, of East Asians and Southeast Asians.
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According to Sandford, Polanski would use the memory of his mother, her dress and makeup style, as a physical model for Faye Dunaway 's character in his film Chinatown (1974).
And when bubonic plague entered the west coast trading hub, Chinatown took the blame.
“A lot of Chinatown businesses are cash only, so we started Welcome to Chinatown as a way to try to set them up on some type of gift card platform,” she said.
As I stand on the doorstep of becoming a senior citizen — I am 59 years old — I sometimes wonder how this once-bustling Chinatown has become a shadow of its former self.
As part of the Mayor’s second home strategy, Chinatown Gold Coast is bringing a sense of safety and community to the thousands of international students studying at Gold Coast universities, English language schools and colleges.
Ben Joaquin Torres, manager at Café de la Presse near San Francisco’s Chinatown, told The Epoch Times that they take all the necessary precautions, and people feel safe.