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Chapter 8: Chinatown Las Vegas

Feb 09, 2022

If you’re into the food scene here, you know Chinatown Las Vegas is the place to go for some of the best eats in Southern Nevada. 

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Members of the National Students' Union of India burn a poster showing Chinese President Xi Jinping during an anti-China demonstration in Ahmedabad on June 18, 2020.

Tensions with China revive old fears for Indians of Chinese descent

Dec 12, 2021
In 1962, thousands of Indians of Chinese descent were sent to prison camps during a brief war with Beijing. Recent clashes on the India-China border have revived Chinese Indians' fears of persecution.
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The Chinatown Community Young Lions perform lion dancing at the Lunar New Year Celebration in Manhattan's Chinatown on Feb. 12.

Lunar New Year Brings Smiles And Hope Amid Hardships For New York's Chinatown

Feb 15, 2021
Crowds have been sparse for the neighborhood that has faced both a spike in anti-Asian violence and mounting economic challenges since the pandemic began.
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A man passes by a closed restaurant in New York City's Chinatown on Aug. 10, 2020. The unemployment rate for Asian Americans has surged amid the pandemic, a trend that has been overlooked amid the widespread economic misery.

'Overlooked': Asian American Jobless Rate Surges But Few Take Notice

Oct 01, 2020
Asian Americans have traditionally enjoyed some of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. But the pandemic is taking a heavy toll - and Trump's blaming China isn't helping.
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Las Vegas Braces For Coronavirus

Mar 02, 2020

COVID-19, the coronavirus that has sickened tens of thousands in China and killed more than 2,800 people worldwide, has

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Chinese Dining Has Taken Over The Vegas Valley

Feb 27, 2020

More than 20 years ago, Las Vegas’ Chinatown began as a single shopping plaza of Spring Mountain Road. 

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At first bite: Continental Plates

Jul 26, 2018

Mordeo and Partage mix up the Spring Mountain dining scene with European flair.

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An evening projection from the Chinatown Art Brigade, in partnership with <a href="http://theilluminator.org/" target="_blank">The Illuminator</a>, at the corner of Grand and Chrystie Streets in Chinatown, New York City, in 2016. A crowd gathered to watc

Chinatowns Across The Country Face Off With Gentrification

Mar 15, 2017
Community groups use both "hard" and "soft" approaches, involving organizing residents, bringing media attention to evictions, and advocating for government policies that protect tenants.
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Asian New Year 2012: Year of the Black Dragon

Jan 23, 2012
If you want to get lucky, this might be your year!  Asian New Year starts Jan. 23 with the year of the black dragon, considered one of the luckiest astrological signs.
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Chinatown and the Asian Communities

Apr 26, 2011
In the latest census, immigration from Asia has made Asian-Americans the fastest growing group in the valley. And anyone who's drive along Spring Mountain Road lately would be able to see how the commercial home of the community has boomed as well.
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Chinese New Year

Feb 04, 2011
Chinese New Year is February 3, and Chinatown is already gearing up for its annual celebration. Firecrackers and moon cakes will be handed around, but what's the importance of Chinese New Year? Why does it always change on the astrological calendar? It's the Year of the Rabbit - but what does that mean, and why is it lucky for gamblers? Come celebrate Chinese New Year with us on KNPR!.
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Author Vu Tran

May 03, 2010
Cop drives into Vegas, hunting down his ex-wife, who's now married to a Vietnamese crime boss. New movie? Nope - it's the plot for Vu Tran's novel. The UNLV writing fellow talks about his latest projects - and what it's like being a Vietnamese immigrant in Vegas.
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