Having visited China towns in Honolulu and San Francisco, we were looking forward to the Vancouver version. Sorry to say, we found old China town there a bit of a disappointment. Many of the store fronts had bars on the windows and doors. Goods on display on the sidewalks were mostly groceries, often fish products of some kind. China town hasn't been spared the Vancouver building boom. And many residents have moved on to other communities like Richmond. We've seen in the BC news that there are attempts to save old down town Chinatown. That would be great. And of course, the story of the Chinese in Vancouver is the clash of Chinese Canadian with the new Hong Kong rich. Google it if you are interested.
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