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Chinatown, London

Wikipedia

London's Chinatown is in Soho. Originally Chinatown was in the East End of London but moved West due to the prosperity of the Overseas Chinese|Chinese and the popularity of Chinese food and culture.

Image:Chinatown.london.700px.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Chinatown is highly decorated for special occasions, here for Chinese New Year 2004.

The previous Chinatown in the Limehouse region of London was known more for its opium dens (which were legal) and its slum housing, which is normally associated with immigrants in a town by a man being shot dead in broad daylight in June 2003 in the "brb bar" on Gerrard Street.

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See also

Chinatown - for more information about how and why chinatowns developed

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External links

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/2961278.stm BBC - Man shot dead in Chinatown

http://www.chinatownchinese.com/monkey.htm Chinatown New Year 2004

http://www.colingregorypalmer.net/london/journal/2004-01-28-chinese-new-year.html An on the ground account of New Year 2004

London-geo-stub

Category:Districts of London
Category:Chinatowns
Category:Westminster

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