Oldest Chinatown in the World
As
a friend of mine and I were debating which was the oldest Chinatown
in the US, I said San Francisco, she said New York. I did a little
research to see who was right, and yes I was right, San Fransisco has
the oldest Chinatown in the US, established in 1848 by Chinese
Immigrants. But I was actually surprised that it wasn't the oldest
Chinatown in the world. That honor goes to a place called Binondo,
located in the heart of Manila, one of the busiest cities in the
Philippines. This was established around 1594 by Spanish Colonizers
to keep the Chinese Community in one area, and thus under their
control.
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Chinatown
in Binondo, Manila has been the center of business for the Chinese
community in the Philippines since from the Spanish times up until
the present. I happen to have a friend from the Philippines who said,
“You can find anything and everything in Binondo, from authentic
Chinese cuisine to electronics to clothes, they've got it all!”.
Maybe one of these days I can plan a trip to the Philippines and
visit the “oldest Chinatown in the World”
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