Sunday, August 26, 2007

ChinaTown Vancouver



With a population of more than 100,000 this is the third largest China town in North America.it dates to around 1858 when Chinese immigrants flocked to Vancouver during the Fraser valley Gold Rush. Others followed to work on the railway. Citizenship and legal rights were denied to the Chinese until1947. Although Vancouver is now a multi racial city Chinatown remains exclusively Chinese.

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