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	Chinatown, London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		London's Chinatown is in the Soho area of the City of Westminster, occupying the area in and around Gerrard Street.
		The first area in London known as Chinatown was located in the Limehouse area of London.
		At the start of the 20th century, the Chinese population of London was concentrated in that area, serving the Chinese sailors who frequented in Docklands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinatown,_London (399 words)

	Encyclopedia: Chinatown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Chinatowns were formed in the 19th century in many areas of the United States and Canada as a result of discriminatory land laws that forbade the sale of any land to Chinese or restricted the land sales to a limited geographical area and which promoted the segregation of people of different ethnicities.
		In the past, overcrowded Chinatowns in urban areas were shunned by the general non-Chinese public as ethnic ghettos, and seen as places of vice and cultural insularism where "unassimilable foreigners" congregated.
		Chinatowns were formed in the 19th century in many areas of the United States and Canada as a result of discriminatory land laws which forbade the sale of land to Chinese outside of a restricted geographical area and which promoted the segregation of people of different ethnicities.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chinatown (1409 words)

	London
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		London N10 London N10 is a London postal district In the alphabetical assignment of districts, N10 corresponded to Londo...
		London NW3 London NW3 is a Hampstead Heath.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/london.html (6325 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Chinatown, London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		London's Chinatown is in Soho (A city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs).
		Japanese (A native or inhabitant of Japan), Singapore (A country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965) ans, and Koreans (A native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language), as well as Chinese live in today's Chinatown.
		Also it is known that the Triad (A set of three similar things considered as a unit) s are operating there, highlighted by a man being shot dead in broad daylight in June 2003 in the "brb bar" on Gerrard Street.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chinatown,_london.htm (145 words)

	Encyclopedia: Chinatown, London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		However, it is not universally admired, and was voted the fourth ugliest building in London in March 2005.The palace originally known as Buckingham House, a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703, was acquired by King George III in 1762 as a private residence.
		The previous Chinatown in the Limehouse region of London was known more for its opium dens (which were legal) and its slum housing, which is normally associated with immigrants in a town or city, not the Chinese restaurants and supermarkets in the current Chinatown.
		London Eye : The London Eye, sometimes called the Millennium Wheel, is the largest observation wheel in the world, and has been since its opening at the end of 1999.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chinatown,-London (497 words)

	Chinatown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Francophone regions (such as France and Quebec), Chinatown is often referred to as le quartier Chinois (the Chinese Quarter; plural: les quartiers Chinois) and the Spanish-language term is usually el barrio chino (the Chinese neighborhood; plural: los barrios chinos), used in Spain and Latin America.
		London's original Chinatown was established in the Limehouse district in the late 19th century as Chinese seamen established themselves in the city.
		Chinatown entry arch in Newcastle, UK Many tourist-destination metropolitan Chinatowns can be easily distinguished by large red arch entrance structures known in Mandarin Chinese as Paifang (sometimes accompanied by mason lion statues called "foo dogs" on the opposite sides of the street that greet visitors).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinatown (4608 words)

	Metropolis Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Chinatowns in the more rural areas died out with the aging population, while Chinatowns flourish in the.
		The experiment of Chinatown London has proven to be quite successful since it is ranked by the City Council as one of the top-ten attractions of the city.
		In the further development of this notion of Chinatown as a tourist site more collaboration and exchange of ideas, good practices and experience would be useful with other European cities with a significant Chinese population such as Rotterdam, Amsterdam, London, etc. This exercise is all the more interesting given their manyfold commonalities.
	www.international.metropolis.net /events/rotterdam/papers/53_Pang.htm (3027 words)

	london Photo Gallery by Scott Wright at pbase.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Living in London (not particually liking it) and seeing the sights day in/day out I often wonder why there are so many tourists.
		I live in London and I think it is an amazing city, and you seem to have captured that.
		London is a great place to walk around and just snap away.
	www.pbase.com /scooter41/london (1024 words)

	Mayor of London - Chinese New Year
		London will mark the start of Chinese New Year of the Dog on Sunday 29 January 2006, with a colourful celebration in Leicester Square, Chinatown and Trafalgar Square.
		Central London will be transformed, with dragon and lion dances, performances in Trafalgar Square of traditional and contemporary music and dance, including visiting Chinese artists, and in Leicester Square firecrackers, fireworks and arts and crafts demonstrations.
		The Chinese New Year Celebration 2005 was supported by the Mayor of London and organised by London Chinatown Chinese Association.
	www.london.gov.uk /mayor/chinese_ny/index.jsp (322 words)

	Waitrose.com - Chinatown, London: The Knowledge - Waitrose Food Illustrated
		Chinatown has since developed into a thriving community, where individuals continue to practise traditional customs, beliefs and celebrations.
		What initially attracted visitors to London's Chinatown were, of course, the restaurants, but as interest in cooking Chinese food at home has grown, shopping for ingredients and utensils now draws a large number of people to the supermarkets and stores which proliferate in the area.
		Moving back into the heartland of Chinatown, there are the New Mayflower on Shaftesbury Avenue, Luxuriance, Lee Ho Fook on Gerrard Street, and Fung Shing and Mr Kong on Lisle Street.
	www.waitrose.com /food_drink/wfi/eatingout/london/0202072.asp (1486 words)

	RFA: Development Plan Sparks Fears For London's Chinatown
		But as tourists and Britons converged on Chinatown to welcome the year of the Rooster in February 2005, worry clouded the faces of many in the Chinese community.
		The Chinese community is one of London's oldest ethnic groups, dating back to the mid-19th century, and the city is home to more than 60,000 Chinese, mostly of Hong Kong origin.
		London's Chinatown is in a historic conservation area of the capital, and is also the subject of an overall plan outlined by the local authorities, the Westminster City Council official said.
	www.rfa.org /english/news/in_depth/2005/02/17/chinatown (807 words)

	Chinatown In Trouble \| MetaFilter
		I found this on the Reverend Rat's London street life blog, and the BBC seems to confirm it: London's Chinatown is becoming a victim of its own commercial success, in stark contrast to some others in the world which are shrinking dramatically or being superseded by the so-called ethnoburbs.
		Though it's not as serious, Camden, the long-time locus of the early London alternative scene is another victim of its own success.
		I have been going to london chinatown for a couple of years - it used to be the only place to eat at 3 in the morning.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/37764 (535 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| London \| Moving art to light up Chinatown
		London's Chinatown is one of the biggest in Europe
		Chinatown Arts Space's David Tse thinks they will help draw attention to Chinese people and East Asians, who he feels are under-represented in the arts.
		London's Chinatown district is one of the largest and oldest in Europe, dating back to the 1950s when large numbers of immigrants from Hong Kong arrived in the UK.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/4255650.stm (312 words)

	inIVA: news article - Chinatown Arts Space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Chinatown Arts Space (CAS) will provide development, exhibition and performance opportunities for anyone with an interest or commitment to Chinese or East Asian cultures and arts practice, whether in their traditional form or in new contemporary settings.
		In partnership with the Council and the Chinatown Steering Group, CAS is seeking to engage an artist who preferably has had previous experience of working on a large-scale public art project and who is familiar with the demands and challenges posed by creating work in public spaces.
		In partnership with the Council and the Chinatown Steering Group, CAS is seeking to engage an artist who preferably has had previous experience of working on a large-scale public art project.
	www.iniva.org /news/news226 (780 words)

	CNY2005 - Year of the Rooster Celebration London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The London Chinatown Chinese Association wish to express our appreciation to the Greater London Authority, Westminster City Council, the Metropolitan Police, the Chinese Embassy, the business community in Chinatown and our much valued sponsors for their devotion, consistent support and hard work.
		Without all this London’s Chinatown would never have developed into the fantastic place it is today.
		London Chinatown will be undergoing major changes to improve many of the civic amenities and the area as a whole.
	www.chinatownchinese.com /home.htm (416 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Livingstone looks east for new Chinatown
		From small beginnings in east London 150 years ago, the city's Chinese community has grown to be associated around the world with Chinatown in Soho.
		The proposal would revive a Chinese community in the region of London that was settled by the first immigrants from China, who arrived in Britain in the 1850s - although it is not clear whether a community with such strong links to the bright lights of central London will agree to shift its focus east.
		According to the London Chinatown Chinese Association, there were 78 Chinese people living in London in 1851, most of them sailors from Guangdong and Hong Kong.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /gla/story/0,9061,1207492,00.html (828 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| New year, new challenge for London's Chinatown
		Tens of thousands of people thronged central London to celebrate the Year of the Rooster and enjoy performances of Peking opera, Dragon dancers, acrobats and Chinese ballet.
		But among those who live and work in Chinatown there is anxiety about the impact of planned developments in this part of Soho.
		In a speech the head of the London Chinatown Chinese Association, Chu Ting Tang, warned of potential disaster if the development went ahead.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,1412251,00.html (835 words)

	Worldisround - LONDON & BRIGHTON 1996 - Sightseeing in London photos
		The Tower of London is by far one of the most famous and well preserved.
		Today London Chinatown is the 4th greatest of Europe after Paris, Milano and...
		there are 2 different Chinatown in Milano, one in the neighborhood around Via Paolo Sarpi (near the citycentre) the other one is in the neighborhood of Via Padova in the eastern suburb.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/32993 (332 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| London \| Mayor announces second Chinatown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He said: "I would like to see the creation of a new Chinatown in London as we come to develop the Thames Gateway so that we will see the pattern of tourism, trade and culture increasing eastwards.
		He added that he was meeting the Mayor of Beijing in a few weeks' time to discuss London's bid for the Olympics 2012.
		Earlier during the festivities, Mr Chu-Ting Tang, president of London Chinatown Chinese Association, said in a speech that business in Chinatown were losing money because of the introduction of congestion charging by Mr Livingstone.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/london/3427467.stm (317 words)

	Chinese New Year celebrations in London's Chinatown
		London is the home of the largest Chinese community in Europe.
		Chinatown Britain (insider’s view of the Chinese community and all things Chinese in Britain)
		The streets just north of Leicester Square and east of Shaftesbury Avenue are known as London's Chinatown (part of the area called Soho).
	www.ukstudentlife.com /Ideas/Album/ChineseNewYear.htm (554 words)

	Sheffield Forum Archive - Sheffields "Chinatown" - London Road
		With London Road turning more and more into Sheffields own "Chinatown" I was thinking it would be quite good to have one of those archs at the entrance to London Road like in Manchester.
		London Road is not that Chinese, there are only half a dozen Chinese restaurants.
		Thing is, London Road is not completely chinese it's very cosmopolitan, it's Sheffield Chinatown as well Kebab-ville, and also has 7 english pubs within 500 yards.
	www.sheffieldforum.co.uk /showthread/t-42665.html (273 words)

	Chinatown, London : Read reviews and compare prices at Ciao.co.uk
		Probably the most exotic ethnic locale in London is Chinatown which is located just off Shaftesbury Avenue in Soho.
		It is actually of fairly recent origin compared to Chinatown in Liverpool,historical ly Limehouse was the main area which attracted the Chin...
		The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe / RSC (London)
	www.ciao.co.uk /Chinatown_London__9604 (436 words)

	Welcome to Chinatown Online UK
		Chinatown Britain is the first book to give the insider’s view of the Chinese community and all things Chinese in Britain.
		Both informative and entertaining, lavishly illustrated and full colour throughout, this book is a must have for all interested in Chinese culture.
		Chinatown Online is not responsible for the content of external links from this site.
	www.chinatown-online.co.uk (197 words)

	Society \| New year, new challenge for London's Chinatown
		Behind the music, vibrant colours and smiles which greeted Chinese New Year in central London yesterday there was an overriding fear: it may never be like this again.
		In his speech Mr Livingstone evaded the issue, speaking only of building a new Chinatown in east London.
		People who may once have travelled to London now eat and shop in smaller Chinese clusters in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and in other parts of London.
	society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5126260-110334,00.html (762 words)

	United Kingdom: Exposing the Crimes of the Chinese Communist Party in London’s Chinatown \| Clearharmony - Falundafa ...
		On the 24th of April, Falun Gong practitioners in the UK once again organised an activity in London’s Chinatown to promote Falun Gong and raise awareness of the persecution against the practice in Mainland China.
		This was part of the series of activities held in the UK to commemorate the April 25th appeal in 1999, when 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners went to inform the Chinese Government of the human rights abuses that had been happening to their fellow practitioners.
		A Chinese gentleman who used to work as a lawyer in China and now lives in the UK told practitioners that he knows very clearly that there is no law in China under the domination of the CCP and that the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong is illegal and inhumane.
	www.clearharmony.net /articles/200504/26234.html (602 words)

	BBC - London - Your London - Chinese New Year - China Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		London will see in the New Year with a series of events across the capital.
		London's first ever China Week, which kicks off on Saturday February 5, sees a whole host of Chinese art, music, and exhibitions take place across the capital to celebrate the Chinese Community.
		This display of portraits taken of her by leading London photographers, including Paul Tanqueray, Francis Goodman and Dorothy Wilding, marks the centenary of her birth on5 January 1905 and celebrates the important films she made in Britain and Europe which turned her into a truly international sensation.
	www.bbc.co.uk /london/yourlondon/cny2005/china_week.shtml (1384 words)

	London - Chinatown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Around Leicester Square you will find London’s Chinatown, an area that is predominantly populated by a Chinese community.
		The first time we visited Chinatown, we went to an ordinary restaurant.
		However, this is acceptable because the dishes they serve are pukka (this is slang for very good or excellent) :+).
	www.londonpagesonline.com /london_chinatown.htm (244 words)

	Talk:London/Chinatown - Wikitravel
		I've moved this page to London/Chinatown, on the principle that people looking for the Chinatowns in other cities might be a bit galled to find London's is the only one represented.
		The whole set of London districts needs to be revised; thanks for taking the time to do this one.
		The last two edits were by me, for some reason it was showing me as being logged in when I wasn't.
	www.wikitravel.org /en/article/Talk:London/Chinatown (100 words)

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