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Manhattan's Chinatown has a succession planning problem

by Kristin Schwab
Aug 12, 2024
Nearly a quarter of the neighborhood's residents are over 65. As business owners retire, the enclave could lose its cultural roots.
Small, family-run businesses play a big role in Chinatown in New York's Manhattan borough. Many people who established or inherited those businesses are nearing retirement, but not all have planned what comes next.
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Advocates fight to save North America's Chinatowns

by Kimberly Adams and Richard Cunningham
Jul 5, 2023
Leaders from many of these struggling communities came together at the Chinatown Solidarity Conference to share ideas and support.
Chinatown in San Francisco. Many Chinatowns are suffering from anti-Asian hate, crime and other burdens on their small businesses.
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As COVID-19 spreads, Manhattan’s Chinatown contemplates a bleak future

by Nina Roberts
Mar 16, 2020
Sales have dropped by as much as 85%.
The Grand Shanghai House on Pell Street in New York City already temporarily closed its doors "due to current situation," reads a sign.
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A cake you eat just one time a year

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 15, 2016
Mooncakes are an Asian delicacy celebrating family, the harvest and the full moon.
A mooncake made in Manhattan's Tai Pan Bakery.  
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My money story: When family values battle happiness

by Jenny Ament
Mar 13, 2015
What does growing up in New York's Chinatown teach you about money?
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Shopping for good financial fortune

by Tess Vigeland
Jan 27, 2012
USC professor and East Asian cultural expert Gene Cooper takes us on a money tour of L.A.'s Chinatown, explaining all the trinkets and symbols that foster prosperity.
Lunar New Year cards and red lai see envelopes on display in a store in Los Angeles' Chinatown
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U.S. Chinatowns lose residents to suburbs

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jan 23, 2012
As Chinese prepare to celebrate the Year of the Dragon, more immigrants are opting for the suburbs over urban Chinatowns.
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