Chinatown, Anywhere
Chinese immigrants helped give reggae its start in Kingston, Jamaica. They brought chowmein to Calcutta, India, “became black” in South Africa, and are remaking fast fashion in Prato, Italy.
Today 40 million people of Chinese descent live outside China. Collectively, they represent the largest diaspora in the world.
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Sesame Prawn Toast and Other Gastronomic Oddities from London’s Chinatown
Lovely and sometimes baffling culinary inventions from the Chinese in the British Isles. With a lot of deep frying along the way.
