If tasked with listing Los Angeles’s “Asian neighborhoods,” you’d probably first think of well-known immigrant enclaves like Chinatown, Koreatown, and Little Tokyo – or maybe less well-known ones like Cambodia Town, Little Bangladesh, or Little India. Perhaps you will think of one of the many suburbs of Los Angeles with an Asian American majority – … Continue reading Ask Silver Lake – The Enduring Legacy of Asian Americans in Silver Lake
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Chinatowns, Soft Power, and the Lunar New Year
Happy Lunar New Year -- the year of the Fire Horse! The Lunar New Year widely celebrated in Korea, Mongolia, Ryukyu, Taiwan, Tibet, and Vietnam... and historically, Japan. Although China is a diverse country and with people such as the Dai, Miao, Kazakhs, and Uyghurs (who mark other dates as the beginning of the new … Continue reading Chinatowns, Soft Power, and the Lunar New Year
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Pan-Asian Metropolis — Pasadena’s Lost Chinatown
INTRODUCTION Most of my essays about Los Angeles begin similarly. A question is asked, an answer is hard to find or is deemed inadequate, and then I head straight down a rabbit hole. This one began when a friend asked a question that involved Altadena and a street there with a Japanese name. She then … Continue reading Pan-Asian Metropolis — Pasadena’s Lost Chinatown
Eric Brightwell 