The surprising reason behind Chinatown's aesthetic

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The iconic "Chinatown" look started as a survival strategy.
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From London, to Manila, to Melbourne, Chinatowns in cities around the world share similar design elements. And that’s on purpose. Their distinct "Chinatown" style can be traced back to a single event: the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which came on the heels of decades of violence and racist laws targeting Chinese communities in the US. The earthquake devastated Chinatown. But in the destruction, San Francisco's Chinese businessmen had an idea for a fresh start: a way to keep their culture alive, by inventing a completely new one.
Chinatown carved out a place for itself under the threat of hate and violence. Today, that legacy is staring us in the face.
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Check out more resources from the Chinese Historical Society of America: chsa.org/
Learn more from Bonnie Tsui’s book, American Chinatown: www.simonandschuster.com/book...
Philip P. Choy’s book, San Francisco Chinatown: www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=...
and Jean Pfaelzer’s book, Driven Out: www.ucpress.edu/book/97805202...
Listen to 99 Percent Invisible’s podcast on the history of Chinatown: 99percentinvisible.org/episod...
These are some archives about the rebuilding of Chinatown:
archive.org/details/chinesedi...
archive.org/details/sanfranci...
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@Vox 3 года назад

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@thereportoftheday5713 3 года назад

First!

@Eeee-nt4nm 3 года назад

Second?

@doingbettereveryday 3 года назад

Third.

@Neyobe 3 года назад

I don’t know why numbers matter but.... fifth?

@samuraijosh1595 3 года назад

And, vox, thanks for this video. Was really educational.

@Mojabi_ghost 3 года назад

“They were exploited for cheap labor... then during the Great Depression they were accused of stealing jobs from Americans” As a Hispanic man this sounds oddly too familiar, and I feel for my Asian friends and families:(

@crispychaos6768 3 года назад

@@ASS_ault You are a disgusting excuse for a human being. So what? A country can’t learn or evolve from it’s racist history? It’s doomed to be forever racist? People, immigrants, come to this country for a better life, they also come to make it a better place for everyone. If all people thought like you there would never be progress.

@crispychaos6768 3 года назад

@@ASS_ault I just did, I had to edit my comment.

@crispychaos6768 3 года назад

@@ASS_ault Also I’m from the US, Chinese American, 2nd generation, when you say, “Why don’t you go back then?” that’s racist.

@crispychaos6768 3 года назад

@@ASS_ault Not because you are Asian, but because you told someone to “Go back to their country of origin”. In the US it’s akin to “You are not welcome here.”

@truehappiness4U 3 года назад

@@ASS_ault you have to realize that people don’t ‘go back’ to their country because of reasons. Example: bad government(injustice), no money to make, war, etc. Do you think it is easy for people to migrate? To leave their homes? Educate yourself better about immigration. There is a reason for everything. If you still don’t understand this and you still wanna be racist and wish that immigrants go ‘back to their country’, I sincerely hope you become an immigrant yourself because of reasons so that you can finally understand it and have empathy.

@--Paws-- 3 года назад

They were like, "I don't like you but please don't go. We need money". What a weird relationship.

@sor3999 3 года назад

Money is the great equalizer.

@steemlenn8797 3 года назад

Weird? That is basically what capitalism is lol. Many rich (and even more want-to-be-rich) hate the poor, but without them they wouldn't be rich.

@thomaswhite3059 3 года назад

@@sor3999? Really? They needed the money. It enables abuse and inequity.

@MissyxAkunai 3 года назад

It's still like this today, especially in areas with universities that allow international students.

@TheGrifhinx 3 года назад

Whites be like that sometimes

@danielwang2956 3 года назад

"We don't like you, but we like your money". So basically nothing has changed in the past 150 years

@arnehurnik 3 года назад

Well their deaths in an earthquake were celebrated in news papers. A passive genocide basically. So it's not that modern culture is so progressive, it's just that it used to be cartoonishly racist. That's the case for most countries.

@artdecotimes2942 3 года назад

@@arnehurnik oh and you were there to see them celebrate Hurnik?

@arnehurnik 3 года назад

I'm just repeating what was shown in the video.

@artdecotimes2942 3 года назад

@@arnehurnik ah, so an idiotic second hand experience you use as your first hand experience.

@arnehurnik 3 года назад

No, I repeated facts I just learned about a few minutes earlier, what are you even talking about.

@louspowels7120 3 года назад

"Today, Chinatown is still a community whose foreign-ness is embraced. Until, it's not." Such deep.

@user-cr6yp7vx9r 3 года назад

Hey Chinese people, just remember, the only place you would feel safe is home - China, no one will hurt you because you are Chinese, remember that !

@easarsalad 3 года назад

+汤圆 what about Chinese Muslims??

@MARCBEA1 3 года назад

Save Hong kong, Taiwan and the Wegers.

@mehwishmanha9250 3 года назад

@@user-cr6yp7vx9r That's a lie

@godlovesyou1995 3 года назад

Sounds dramatic but a bit silly. When has it not been valued recently?

@karalee6522 3 года назад

The blatant racism in the newspaper articles is horrific. I can’t imagine what other disgusting things are hidden in plain sight from from our past. I hope they continue to be exposed so people can understand the historical and conceptual details that shape our world today.

@samuraijosh1595 3 года назад

Just pay close attention to US and Europe history and you've pretty much learnt about all sorts of racism that ever happened.

@gidd 3 года назад

Agreed ,most communities around the world have suffered and it all comes down to the white man

@karalee6522 3 года назад

@@samuraijosh1595 I’m aware of the overt racist actions of these countries, the ones we skim over in school. I’m talking about all the racism that can be found in newspaper articles and stories like told here that have been largely forgotten, covered up, or not known by this generation. To say say the US was racist towards Chinese during these times is one thing, but to actually read these newspaper articles and see the consequences of them really puts things in perspective.

@gidd 3 года назад

@@Vii905 did I state that they didn't? get out of your feelings vanessa

@steemlenn8797 3 года назад

If you look at articles today often it is not different. It just is not so blatant for you because you live in that time.

@AdwinLauYuTan 3 года назад

As a Chinese person who has not lost their culture at all, I can tell you this: the gates at the entrances of Chinatown are kind of fitting. Gates, as religious symbols, tend to be the entrance to sacred holy places or exotic places, like the Forbidden Palace, or the symbolic entrance to the underworld. Therefore, it just makes Chinatown a lot more exotic, with a sacred feeling.

@AdwinLauYuTan 3 года назад

They can also be a gate to Heaven; take Tian Nan Men, which literally means ‘Heaven’s Gate’. Usually, there would be labelling on the gate, to tell people where it is, but I only see such characters in Japanese and Korean Chinatowns, though Japan uses native Japanese and Korea uses hanja.

@AdwinLauYuTan 3 года назад

Gates were labelled from left to right, or up to down.

@adroitws1367 3 года назад

yeah the part that confuse me about the video is why they say the is not how chinese architecture look... because to me its really how chinese architecture look.

@2468whodoweappreciate 3 года назад

it's not exotic or sacred at all it's just a historical idea of how it was "back then" in supposed "china"

@garrytejada3125 3 года назад

The chinatown in manila philippines is over 400 yrs old

@IVaV1 3 года назад

"We don't like you and will discriminate against you, but just please don't leave this place"

@EstherXiao94 3 года назад

"The irony is real. I hate but have to admit it."

@bboygenetics9882 3 года назад

Basically what America is doing to the Latino community right now. THEY TOOK ERRR JERRRRBS

@IVaV1 3 года назад

@@bboygenetics9882 I am pretty sure the Americans actually want the Latinos to leave

@houghwhite411 3 года назад

We don't like you, but we like the money you bring in

@aezzil3536 3 года назад

@@IVaV1 The agricultural and intensive labor industry would plummet

@coolbeans1122 3 года назад

As a chinese-american I already knew the reason but clicked on it anyways cause I’m so happy someone is finally teaching it

@MARCBEA1 3 года назад

Save Hong kong, Taiwan and the Wegers.

@midnighteclipsed2738 3 года назад

@@MARCBEA1 Palestine aswell

@midnighteclipsed2738 3 года назад

Also not related to the video but, Homura?

@ellashy6539 3 года назад

@@MARCBEA1 nah I'm from Hong Kong now scram you creep

@coolbeans1122 2 года назад

@@midnighteclipsed2738 yeppp

@RamiresHelena 3 года назад

This became an example not only for Chinese communities in North America, but in many other places around the world. I have seen the same architectural style in Buenos Aires and Moscow. I remember having lunch in a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown and being so well treated by an older man who spoke little English. It breaks my heart that he and his community are now being threatened by pure ignorance and hate

@dragonskunkstudio7582 3 года назад

I was wondering after watching the video if the SF chinatown was the inspiration to so many other chinatowns all over the world. You're not a significant city if you don't have a chinatown it would seem.

@AbsolutelyRandomUsername 3 года назад

I am from Moscow and there is no Chinatown here, or even Chinatown-style structures for that matter. We don't really have a big and thriving Chinese community here, so not sure what you are referring to.

@user-jl9tg6lw3u 3 года назад

yes exactly it is sad to see african americans show so much hate towards them these days, shame on them.

@bri1085 3 года назад

@@user-jl9tg6lw3u 'Why have you singled out African Americans for anti-asian sentiments?

@rd3k3k3k3 3 года назад

It’s such a shame that people are hating on asians, people don’t realize how much asians have been through to live in America. I hope that people will stop blaming asians for covid. I thought society was past blaming entire races for their problems.

@mandyyu365 3 года назад

as someone who lives in san francisco chinatown, this video really made me appreciate my community more than ever.

@danishbutter1847 2 года назад

Be safe and watch your back all the time these days over there.

@pass3d 2 года назад

我感觉还是跟文化有关系，从古至今华人很少去主动侵略别人，”己所不欲，勿施于人。“这样，最后都是在孱弱的时候，被盎格鲁撒克逊这些比较DNA里带着激进、殖民文化的人欺负。

@lucasrem1870 2 года назад

If you can't adopt, you get hated!

@tornn8847 2 года назад

It’s such a dangerous time to be non white right now

@migueloth 3 года назад

My great grandfather came to Mexico from Canton China along with his brother. Their original destination was SF but they got deviated to the port of Guaymas Sonora. They became successful entrepreneurs in Alamos, a mining town, and formed a family. Later on they were prosecuted by the government, as all Chinese did back in 1890's, they lost everything. He had to hide on a undergrownd cellar for many years and eventually died from tuberculosis. His western name was Ramón Ley, and his legacy still lives strong.

@cassia1797 3 года назад

My respect to your great grandfather and his brother, and to their/your history.

@pass3d 2 года назад

中国文化并不是一个激进的文化。反而是盎格鲁撒克逊人，满世界到处搞殖民。

@feanorasia0414 2 года назад

@@pass3d bruh how is this related to tha video

@kyum1nq 3 года назад

san fransisco after the fire: finally chinatown is gone san fransisco in a few weeks: wait come back we need money

@lucasrem1870 2 года назад

you meant the people that build the great railways?

@jonathantan7094 3 года назад

Thank you for voicing out how much discrimination faced by Chinese from the past till now!

@bian7744 3 года назад

Always have, always will...

@feisaljauharitufail 3 года назад

Stay strong friend.

@ningthoujamelvis6103 3 года назад

Come back to china. What do you expect from a country who always will be anti-yellow?

@slc679 3 года назад

All Asians, not just Chinese people, have and are currently experiencing discrimination

@xr9381 3 года назад

@@ningthoujamelvis6103 But they dominated so much resources, that’s not fair. We want their land, resources, and being not discriminated. I’m fortunately, this can only be achieved by war

@gerry991 3 года назад

Isn't it ironic immigrants from Asia are treated badly by people who belong from an ancestry of immigrants.

@oliverrainer5771 3 года назад

Unless you're Native American, you're descended from immigrants in the US. Some people just don't understand it tho

@lucasrem1870 2 года назад

they are not able to adopt!

@andyzhang7890 3 года назад

Wow, this is such an informative series. As a first generation Chinese Canadian, I knew some of the information presented here, but so much surprised me, like just how many hate crime events there were, the relocation initiatives, and the architecture coming from White architects imitating Chinese styles. I would love to see more episodes on the history of Chinese diaspora around the world

@MARCBEA1 3 года назад

Save Hong kong, Taiwan and the Wegers.

@Whatsayoutuber 3 года назад

Great idea about more Chinese diaspora episodes! One of my close friends is Indonesian, but her family is ethnically Chinese. I love learning about some of the history and the combo of cultures through her stories. I’m sure the Chinese diaspora is more widespread than I can even fathom, but I love how my friend loops me into one example of it besides the Chinese American community that is known to most Americans (like me)

@andyzhang7890 3 года назад

@@MARCBEA1 shoot my bad bro, i forgot. lemme do that after lunch

@south514 2 года назад

@@MARCBEA1 hey old man, get 'wegers' right if you want to act like you care about any of these issues

@MARCBEA1 2 года назад

@@south514 Hey South, when are you getting out of your parents basement? It's not cool that your still working in that minimum wage job. Stop telling people what to do when your a loser.

@alexjlcairns 3 года назад

I learned so much from this, thank you! I'm half chinese, and always struggled with embracing this side of me, but as I learn more and more about and just how resilient we are as a people, I've very proud of who I am.

@topspin4hand 3 года назад

If there's one thing Chinese people are, it's being pragmatic (and resilient). Some might say it was wrong to let a Western architect design Chinatown.

@recluse5025 3 года назад

I'm sorry that you had to struggle with who you are. Nobody should. You are not there problem, the world is.

@EveloGrave 3 года назад

I've always liked East Asian culture. It always infuriates me to see violence against people based on race. We are all human after all.

@ristonfuller1319 3 года назад

Communism

@jameschen8 3 года назад

@@ristonfuller1319 what

@labas8396 3 года назад

@@ristonfuller1319 that's THE most 'America 2020-2021' answer ever :D Some people just need to have imaginary enemies...

@guisampaio2008 3 года назад

To be honest it shouldn't even matter we are the same species, differences aren't justification for violence.

@redacted_vombat5742 3 года назад

@@ristonfuller1319 it's always one group of ppls that wants to revert back to the stone age and they makeup a large portion of the conservatives vote

@alysiannnn8274 3 года назад

Now, I want to see how this episode ties to the Manilatown episode, as they're at the same city at the same time.

@CLAVERIALAURENCECLYDED_A 3 года назад

@Andres Aguinaldo kinginamo

@sharimlegaspi5092 3 года назад

@@CLAVERIALAURENCECLYDED_A jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

@sharimlegaspi5092 3 года назад

@@CLAVERIALAURENCECLYDED_A jjjjjj

@troy4298 3 года назад

@@sharimlegaspi5092 dude shut up

@simonjames9481 3 года назад

Manila Chinatown is the Oldest and Biggest Chinatown in the world

@amirmagar2009 3 года назад

The end teared me up. Sometimes you just can’t understand the hatred in this world. Have a good day everyone!

@user-cr6yp7vx9r 3 года назад

Hey Chinese people, just remember, the only place you would feel safe is home - China, no one will hurt you because you are Chinese, remember that !

@user-cr6yp7vx9r 3 года назад

@Canadian Leaf what are you talking about?

@user-cr6yp7vx9r 3 года назад

@Canadian Leaf what about native Americans? I don't understand your question, why it is related to what I said above?

@bocbinsgames6745 3 года назад

@Canadian Leaf The US (and canada) has already genocided the native americans to the point where they barely exist any more

@Hopelesslittlekilljoy 2 года назад

Not all Chinatowns are American built in this way. Philadelphia’s Chinatown (and the Friendship Gate) was built by Chinese artisans. Just a few years ago it got a fresh paint job using traditional Chinese methods, very cool to see. Just thought I’d spread a little happier of a vibe 🤷🏻‍♂️

@SmylingTrees 3 года назад

Sees video title: "The surprising reason behind Chinatown's aesthetic" Me before clicking: Was it racism? Video: It was racism *surprised face*

@steemlenn8797 3 года назад

About as big a surprise as the strange custom of jewish places of worship to have extremely sturdy doors.

@GameFuMaster 3 года назад

if it wasn't about racism, Vox wouldn't make a video about it.

@lucasrem1870 2 года назад

If you can't adopt, you get hated!

@Kage-jk4pj 2 года назад

@@GameFuMaster America was built on racism. Basically every story leads back to there.

@GameFuMaster 2 года назад

@@Kage-jk4pj literally every country is built on racism and war at some point.

@jgroenevelt424 3 года назад

If anyone is interested in a great book about New York’s Chinatown history, I recommend “Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown” by Scott D. Seligman. It was a great insight into the injustices the Chinese population experienced around this same time.

@penname8441 3 года назад

@emilyharkness9685 3 года назад

Thanks for the recomendation!

@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 3 года назад

Is it near a bridge? I never had the time to check it out

@voldemortthenoselessfreak2126 3 года назад

Also search up the "Sangley Rebellion" this is where 44, 000 of Chinese that inhabiting the 1600's Manila were massacred by the Spanish and some Filipinos. all because of the jealousy of the Spanish officials to them.

@MARLONMATUTE 3 года назад

Nice, thank you I would definitely read this book. 😎

@undercoverduck 2 года назад

if anything Vox has taught me that whenever you examine the history of modern day phenomena in the west, there's always a "because they were incredibly racist" section

@rafael16759 Год назад

i would never go to a country so far away that i had nothing in common lets be honest they asked for that thinking america was a country that spawned out of nowhere for everybody slaveary was abolished only a few decades lol

@chengboli1462 3 года назад

This is such a heartbreaking story... As a Chinese, I thank you for telling this story.

@MARCBEA1 3 года назад

Save Hong kong, Taiwan and the Wegers.

@bananahat3350 2 года назад

@@MARCBEA1 …did you mean Uighurs?

@MARCBEA1 2 года назад

@@bananahat3350 No, the spelling I initially said was correct and taken out of the web.

@south514 2 года назад

@@MARCBEA1 are you literally a bot dude, get a life and talk to your family or something, maybe don't spend your time harrassing random chinese peop

@therealtalk4927 3 года назад

Fun fact: Manila China town is the oldest China town in the world.

@KRYMauL 3 года назад

Actually it's Binondo in Spain. Never mind that's just the name of the distinct.

@richeeluha6968 3 года назад

@@KRYMauL Philippines is not Spain we we’re colonies by them.

@verbinski3195 3 года назад

Binondo was part of Spain at that time

@leabernal3475 3 года назад

@@verbinski3195 Not really. Philippines was never a province of Spain, just a colony.

@verbinski3195 3 года назад

@@leabernal3475 I never said ph is a province of Spain. I said that the time Binondo Chinatown was built it was part of the Spanish Empire.

@Optikerlp 3 года назад

I'm so glad that Missing Chapter is returning, truly one of your strongest series, Vox!

@coolbeer2804 3 года назад

Never knew about this side of Chinatown... huge respect to the community 👏

@stevezodiacXL5 3 года назад

Yokohama, not far from Tokyo, has a Chinatown with exactly that style of gate. Chinese speaking vendors on the street. I was slightly surprised to see it there, given the history between the two nations.

@jeep1077 3 года назад

Those gates are exactly what you see in China. The buildings in San Francisco are a mix of Chinese aesthetics and American architecture of the period which is exactly what you would expect.

@modkhi 3 года назад

Japan doesn't have as much an issue with China as China does with Japan. Partially down to Japan being the aggressors back then, partially because of the history curriculum in Japan glossing over what they did to their neighbors. It'd be more of a surprise to see a Japantown in Beijing.

@haruzanfuucha 2 года назад

@@modkhi There ARE Japantowns in China.

@shalinitiwariscorner5210 3 года назад

Heads off to Vox for Missing Chapter video. My father is half Nepali and half Bihari. My late mother(May her soul rest in peace) was a Chinese Indian. 😭Chinese Indian community also faced violent racism , internment and threat of banishment, after Indian Government passed Defence of India Act, 1962. 😟 One of elder brother and almost all the cousins migrated to UK as refugee. But she remained in India with my father and his family. 🇳🇪😄 She loved India, her motherland India so much till her last breath and was a faithful hindu.She overwhelmed with joy when Indian government removed the restrictions that it had imposed on Chinese Indians.

@eugene9089 3 года назад

In Malaysia, Malaysians call Chinese Indian = Chindian, which is related to Chinese mix Indian.

@CameronBoyes 3 года назад

I went to a restaurant in Vancouver that served a mix of Indian and Chinese food. The owner was from an Indian Chinatown originally, which inspired his fusion cuisine. One of the best meals I've had!

@Satyamev_Jayate100 3 года назад

@Blue Plumbob 🤣🤣

@AlexS-oj8qf 3 года назад

The Chinatown in Surabaya, Indonesia looks like Amsterdam with that Chinese Gate as the only sign of it being Chinatown lol

@risannd 3 года назад

Same in Jakarta

@supportervandeeuropeseunie1625 3 года назад

Amsterdam? You got to have a strong imagination for that. It looks more like a poorer version of a random Belgian city to me.

@samanthasivannia1887 3 года назад

U know, Indonesia is one of the country that has biggest Chinese community in the world, probably 2nd in the world, after Thailand

@risannd 3 года назад

@@samanthasivannia1887 or maybe the first, or third, since Chinese Indonesians are poorly documented here due to assimilation policy decades ago.

@a11u45 3 года назад

I live in Malaysia, where about 20% is Chinese. I see a few Chinese looking buildings (not always but usually temples). But still it's very rarely in my country do I see buildings that look as Chinese as the buildings in Chinatowns

@Tobi-ci3ns 3 года назад

What an amazing story! When I visited Chinatown in SF I was blown away by how tacky it looks compared to ones in Australia, now I understand that they couldn't take any chances in being too subtle.

@lalafoxtrotletsplay8121 3 года назад

I loved visiting Chinatown and Little Tokyo whenever I visited the city. SF has a really special place in my heart. Thank you for the video.

@tor112233 3 года назад

the illustration at 1:43 is actually an anti imperialist piece portraying different empires slicing up and stealing areas of the chinese subcontinent

@rakaalcuzaadnankadar6719 3 года назад

True :) But that is because (as the video try to portray) China or spesifically the Qing Dynasty was portrayed as evil, despotic, and backward empire whom belong to a bygone era. So in one way or another it is related to the video ;)

@hasanmuhammad6651 3 года назад

Omg i just noticed that

@joenuts5167 3 года назад

@@rakaalcuzaadnankadar6719 it did belong to a bygone era. they still acted like it was the 1500s when the industrial revolution was in full swing. They were arrogant and paid the price for not modernizing.

@probablyaman 3 года назад

Sad because China finally stood up and started to say no to the opium trade (profited grossly by the Western nations), only to be invaded by the Western forces. The Qing Dynasty was a failing era, but the Chinese people did not deserve the treatment and discrimination that followed afterwards.

@rssyng 3 года назад

also the yellow peril term itself is coined because the fear of japan as rising power will standing againt the existing imperial nation, not the china one

@PachetePockets 3 года назад

I'm an American currently living in China. My girlfriend is Chinese and I plan to marry her and move back to the United States with her. But due to the recent anti-Asian hate crimes, she is too scared to go. Which is absolutely abhorrent. It makes me ashamed to be American. Our country was built on the backs of immigrants, it's so frustrating how often we turn our backs on them.

@willl237 3 года назад

why dont you move to china

@makatogonzo 3 года назад

Good on you buddy!

@JK-gu3tl 3 года назад

Just avoid the blue cities, and she should be safe.

@orangutancoochie6213 3 года назад

On the contrary, America was built on the exploitation of immigrants so it comes as no surprise that immigrants (especially non-white ones) are being subjected to hate

@VVayVVard Год назад

@Orangutan It's the opposite. The US was built upon decades-long "oppression" of natives, by immigrants. And non-white ones had little effect on its rise to power; they were a tiny fraction of the population until well after WW1. It's really all natural resources combined with strategic advantages and some luck that built the economy. And the only reason it was possible was because most immigrants came from Europe, which was the economic powerhouse of the world until WW2.

@ccityplanner1217 3 года назад

It's an exaggerated version of highly formal Chinese architecture. Cultures in diaspora often tend to be exaggerated version of the culture in the homeland: people are surrounded by difference so they club together for identity.

@circleexample4480 3 года назад

0:12 the words "pagoda style roof" is very interesting. cause originally, the roof is the original and the pagoda looks like a roof, which is a part of house that all pagodas of this style imitated. i am not surprised that westerners didn’t know that

@elbeenstar403 3 года назад

Man everyone is affected by this pandemic, no one should be blame because of it. People should learn to be open and kind to one another.

@November441 3 года назад

I don’t blame people of any kinds, but the CCP.

@bri1085 3 года назад

@@November441 Lots of governments should also be taking the lionshare of the blame just as much as the CCP.

@hgos7211 3 года назад

@@November441 The virus was spreading around the U.S and Europe in 2019, way before doctors in Wuhan even had a hint a virus was spreading. It was always going to be a pandemic, no matter what.

@orksca5459 3 года назад

the same people who blame asians for covid are the ones who refuse to wear masks and party outside every night

@johncao6516 3 года назад

@@November441 Not sure if you know, but there are over 90 million members of CCP (6.5% of the total Chinese population). So when you say "I blame the CCP" it's no different from "I blame all of China" because every Chinese citizens have family and close friends in the CCP. Average CCP members often don't engage in any political activities, and often disagree (privately) with Beijing policies, so putting blames on them is totally unfair. Now, if you want to blame the "CCP leadership" aka the central government, I wouldn't have a problem with that.

@berrylarry20 3 года назад

My best friend is from China and I'm so glad to live in a diverse city with Chinatown. It breaks my heart seeing all this hate and racism when Asian culture is beautiful 💔

@insectbite1714 3 года назад

What about the CCP that tries to destroy the Chinese culture by making pollution and going aganst things that are religious.

@user-iq7mk3gb9w 3 года назад

@@insectbite1714 You must learn to hate the right thing. China and all of Asian culture is beautiful, magnificent, and worth to preserve. What to hate is the government, not the culture.

@pointingoutpoints3661 3 года назад

@@user-iq7mk3gb9w Couldn't have put it better.

@alistairt7544 2 года назад

@@insectbite1714 That's the government. It has nothing to do with normal day to day people, especially since the officials in the higher ups are not even elected by the people in the first place

@lolsmo395 2 года назад

@@insectbite1714 What does that have to do with usa chinatowns?

@euroschmau 3 года назад

No one talks about Philadelphia's Chinatown, but we have the most beautiful gateway arch of all Chinatowns in the nation!

@aaronclift 3 года назад

I’ve been there several times. The gate is very beautiful, and the community is nice.

@NA-nj4uh 3 года назад

I think Philly's Chinatown is the best tbh

@mammontustado9680 3 года назад

"we"?? really, mr. O'Malley?

@modkhi 3 года назад

@J thelo324 Most Chinatowns are really small tbh. New York and ones on the West Coast are the biggest. I went to NYC and marveled at how much Chinese food I could get, stuff I hadn't eaten since I was very little and lived in China with my grandparents. Though for food variety Toronto's really nice too, but the Chinatown itself is also small. Montreals and Bostons (also places I've lived) are comparatively tiny too.

@anonynym7431 2 года назад

US: We the People... Also US: Chinese Exclusion Act

@PatheticTV 3 года назад

When I visited the US from Hong Kong, I always thought the building in Chinatown looked nothing like our buildings back home. Now I know why.

@iemamau5838 3 года назад

Hong Kong isn't really a Chinese city

@timdove5717 3 года назад

@@iemamau5838 You may not have seen the Hong Kong movie, in terms of traditional Chinese culture, in Guangdong as well as Hong Kong it is very well preserved

@daisuke910 3 года назад

@@iemamau5838 It is a Chinese city. Why do people think the rest of the world still stuck in 1950 I don't get why? Do you think all Chinese city looks like Forbidden City? Think again.

@CaptainM792 3 года назад

@@iemamau5838 Hong Kong is a Chinese city for sure, it was ruled by the Qing Dynasty before the British take over, and Chinese culture never really disappeared in Hong Kong. British culture however, such as horse racing, were incorporated into Chinese culture in Hong Kong.

@PatheticTV 3 года назад

@@daisuke910 Hong Kong’s not a Chinese city, it’s an SAR. :D

@emrazum 3 года назад

Excellent coverage, rare to see this depth and history from mainstream outlets. Thank You!

@Robot404_ 3 года назад

This is commonplace quality for Vox.

@rd3k3k3k3 3 года назад

@@Robot404_ agreed, vox is has some of the best video essays

@adityaajit2120 3 года назад

@@Robot404_ hey can you recommend me more channels like Vox

@jono601 3 года назад

You might be mistaking 24 hour live news and video essays/documentaries. It’s a different format. Live news happens live while these short documentaries have time to research and prepare a more polished video essay.

@memphisstef3808 3 года назад

@@adityaajit2120 johny harris

@buckyhermit 3 года назад

This kind of reminds me of the Chinatown here in Vancouver. It was nearly destroyed by a freeway plan, but was saved in the last minute after residents saw the plans destroy a black neighbourhood. Chinatown was next (and seen as an easy target) and citizens put a stop to it. That's largely why to this day, Vancouver is the only major city in North America not to have a freeway running through its city limits.

@cheesyboygouda 3 года назад

imagine stealing someone’s country after immigrating from Europe and then complaining about immigrants “taking your job” 👋😂

@ifanismail6564 3 года назад

"Filthy", "general evil", "problem solved", "pestilential". My god, the mercurial language of the so-called official reporting of that time. That kind of hatred and prejudice were the norms, eh?

@jennifersun2638 2 года назад

Prejudicism against Italians,Germans,Poles,Jews,the Irish was rampant at the time too.

@TheMrCarnification 2 года назад

What does mercurial mean in this context? I'm not a native speaker

@bananahat3350 2 года назад

@@jennifersun2638 No one said it wasn’t.

@Thesungod95 3 года назад

want more videos like this. i love this culture stuff.

@Neyobe 3 года назад

Yes! I love Vox and their range in cultures; from Latin America to SouthAsia to the poles.

@NA-nj4uh 3 года назад

You should watch the Asian American series on PBS RU-vid channel

@harrywinter1520 3 года назад

Check out (google) the Cultural Revolution.

@xiaog9201 Год назад

Resilience is success. This is the real reason we can stand strong today.

@buianh1257 3 года назад

In Saigon Vietnam, we have a number of districts with a large population of Chinese people living, especially in District 5. The Chinese people in Vietnam assimilated and became a part of Vietnam. So in Saigon, we don't have any Chinese-style gates, but there are some building that have Chinese architecture for their community.

@sususegar 3 года назад

Xin chao! Yup, been to Saigon twice and saw a few examples of Chinese architecture including the Thien Hau temple, but I couldn't find that gate. Also I think centuries of "cousin relations" and cultural assimilation have made the Chinese descendants indistinguishable from others.

@mndsph4530 3 года назад

The Philippines' Chinatown (Binondo) being the oldest recorded "Chinatown" in the world and even WAY OLDER than the States never patterned its architectural landscape after the US Chinatown! Go to the Philippines and do your research in here. Our Chinatown was created because there were Chinese who assimilated through conversion to Catholicism and integration into then Hispanic society to avoid persecution and deportation hence the Spaniard authority established quarters in Binondo and Sta Cruz Districts for this integrated caste. Those who did not adhere remained in "Parian" quarter within Intramuros (Old Walled City of Manila). The architecture even then was a mixture of both East and West because many of the Chinese were artisans and primarily worked for construction before upgrading into commerce as merchants which also impacted their lifestyle and dwellings, evidently seen at existing century-old structures found in Manila Chinatown, long before the Americans came to colonize our country

@erikanders3343 3 года назад

If memory serves while Binondo is the oldest and continuously occupied the esthetic then was not what it is today. The oldest gate in Binondo (Arch of Goodwill) in Plaza Santa Cruz was built in the 30's, the other gates off the square will built about 20 years apart.

@jameikajameika 3 года назад

This makes the Yokohama Chinatown gates even more architecturally interesting.

@peachforce 3 года назад

This is fantastic-- information I'd genuinely never heard or even thought about, presented in an engaging manner.

@kenneth9153 3 года назад

Fun fact: China Town in Manila is the oldest "China Town" in the world Binondo in Manila, established in 1594, is recognized as the world's oldest Chinatown.

@chromenine 3 года назад

@Samuel Anugrah Andre I think many of the oriental aesthetics in Binondo are actually relatively new, like the archway that they keep on changing, and the notorious oriental looking lamp posts blocking the road.

@martinjoshuamanguiob2146 3 года назад

@Samuel Anugrah Andre To add, Binondo actually had a different style of architecture that was dominant for centuries which was called the "Bahay na bato" architecture which translates to stone house(though I must add that the style of architecture was not only limited to houses but also commercial buildings and apartments). When the American era came, more modern buildings were erected built in the neoclassical, art noveau, art deco style, etc. Much of Binondo's architectural heritage was destroyed by the war and developers. Because Binondo was for a long time the commercial center of Manila, it declined as businesses started moving out to places like Makati and so Binondo is now pretty much a rundown chinatown though still quite lively but it never regained its pre war beauty. You can search old photos of Binondo to see what it looked like back then.

@moonshot9931 3 года назад

That's a surprise. Chinatown's aesthetic is actually the white man's imagination of what is Chinese architectural design.

@ShadNex 3 года назад

I still can't believe people thought China looks like Chinatown Thats the same as Chinese people think america looks like disneyland

@lordkent8143 3 года назад

Yeah, when you see actually Chinese architecture in China it's not as flashy or compounded. Chinatown architecture just seems like western buildings with stuck on "oriental" elements really. It's also rare to see any Chinese architecture in most modern Chinese cities. A lot of westerns expect to see a gigantic Chinatown in China.

@KRYMauL 3 года назад

The Chinese aesthetic that was shown here died in the 1500s it's like saying Paris is only the old city and doesn't include the actual city center. Although, they do use bamboo as scaffolding because it's cheaper than steel which is really cool.

@Sinyao 3 года назад

@@KRYMauL Bamboo is such a good material to work with.

@KRYMauL 3 года назад

@@Sinyao And is cheap to replenish.

@sususegar 3 года назад

That explains a lot about the weird architecture in every Chinatowns I've been to, including the one in my country. As a Chinese descent those entrance gate always look strangely exaggerated to me.

@houghwhite411 3 года назад

Why are Chinese so good at trading? You guys forced them to

@IWillHarvestYourToes 3 года назад

Chinatown in London is one of my favourite places on earth.

@Student0Toucher 3 года назад

You guys should make a British town in Beijing and see how the CCP likes it

@kaesong6080 3 года назад

@@Student0Toucher Shanghai still has a lot of European/British architecture leftover from when they colonised China. They are large tourist attractions today

@7691455 3 года назад

@@Student0Toucher For start, try Google The Bund in Shanghai!

@Student0Toucher 3 года назад

@@7691455 You think European architecture is similar to China town?

@Student0Toucher 3 года назад

@@kaesong6080 Exactly its just architecture not a community of Brits

@poketopa1234 3 года назад

Woah, I grew up near Chinatown but I never knew the city like this

@jasonyin1963 3 года назад

thank you for doing this, it really means a lot.

@AozoraUltra2006 2 года назад

Gotta remind myself everyday of the hard work people put in and the pain they suffered for me to live comfortably in North America. I forget that a lot.

@PimpyGDawg 3 года назад

That racist drawing at the 1:45 mark is categorically *NOT* one espousing the "yellow peril" narrative. It's a French anti-imperialist caricature deploring European and Japanese Imperialism in China, showing greedy leaders carving up China, which was left helpless to its fate. We studied it in French schools growing up.

@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263 3 года назад

Noice! Chinese here thanks for knowing the real stuff. Many stuff in this video is wrong. That’s the only San Francisco architecture. Most Chinatown in the west are built by Cantonese due to Hong Kong being coloniséd by British. While in other part of the world, it would look more like hokkien style or Hakka style.

@isaiahsimmons5776 2 года назад

VOX PROBABLY LOOKED AT WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE AND SEEN THAT IMAGE FEATURED AND AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMED

@cvumanh 3 года назад

The building structure actually suits earthquake prone areas. They have structure to be flexible in earthquakes.

@mahlina1220 3 года назад

Yes, you even see that structure out in Bolsa. Remember Man Wei supermarket from the 80s/early 90s. It’s still there, and has been used as a movie prop in _The Fast and Furious._ (Never watched that movie-but a FUN historical piece of 411)

@jk3jk35 3 года назад

Chinese Canadian here - I will always remember the sacrifices my parents and elders made!

@ZacharyAlexanderGoh 3 года назад

I used to really want to migrate to the States when I was young. Now, I wouldn’t dare step foot there.

@DanteAtropos 3 года назад

It is not easy place to live in but it is still a good place when the racists get shamed back into their hiding spots.

@Ms-Fortune 3 года назад

_I hate seeing people suffer. We’re all the same; and it breaks my heart to see disharmony. We should all be included in the family of humanity; and everyone has the right to feel safe, loved, and appreciated for the good that they do. Anything less is unacceptable._

@moguldamongrel3054 3 года назад

Any group of people that resort to blackmailing others is not worthy of being included in the "actual" human family. Harmony as the word is being used commonly has lost to much of it's meaning to be meaningful. Collecting information to use against someone if they don't comply isn't what humans do. Words like suffering, the same, and using emotionally charged words to evoke sympathy etc when used manipulatively, lack any semblance of the root word, just like nation of today lacks any semblance to it's root words. Anything less is unacceptable.

@insectbite1714 3 года назад

@@moguldamongrel3054 yup, we must accept reality and not help bad people take us over

@adolfhitler7394 3 года назад

I hate seeing people suffer. We’re all the same; and it breaks my heart to see disharmony. We should all be included in the family of humanity; and everyone has the right to feel safe, loved, and appreciated for the good that they do. Anything less is unacceptable.

@aaronp2542 3 года назад

Agreed. But then the government here would call you socialist. The older I get, the more I feel we really don't need to humor the west and just focus on ourselves.

@its.anitaaa 3 года назад

Humans really do not learn from history ....

@LutraLovegood 3 года назад

This isn't history people are usually taught.

@bian7744 3 года назад

Humans learn from false history.

@farazkhan7035 3 года назад

Very good journalism. Keep up the good work

@garybarawidan9252 3 года назад

So well produced. Thank you for providing all that historical context.

@robinnilsson9487 3 года назад

Vox: teaching you things you didn't realize you needed to know, but you absolutely should.

@fyzxnerd 3 года назад

I think it's important to have videos like this right now. I hope you also do this for Middle Eastern, African, and South American cultures in the US.

@kampfgruppepeiper501 3 года назад

Yeah, for African history we can research the great architectural style of Section 8 housing projects. JK..

@jasonhaven7170 3 года назад

@@kampfgruppepeiper501 JK doesn't stop what you said being racist

@chocomilo1628 3 года назад

i want to see the culture and the perspective of middle eastern American especially after 9/11 and isis.

@barbram8001 3 года назад

@@kampfgruppepeiper501 Why the hate?

@kampfgruppepeiper501 3 года назад

@@jasonhaven7170 Are you five?

@YoGoPimps 3 года назад

Thank you all so incredibly much for researching and putting together this compelling historic video. Wonderfully done, and so so important!

@maygeemo8357 3 года назад

Loved this episode! Thanks for educating us!

@johannebaker9730 3 года назад

The 1882 Act was outrageous

@devdhirsingh9864 3 года назад

this video is beautiful and informative!

@LY43537 2 года назад

Thank you for teaching Chinese-American history.

@RawRLisA 3 года назад

My great great grandparents from my moms side came to SF in the late 1800s. I’ve always wondered about their life then.

@abegailbohol7838 3 года назад

Vox Missing Chapter is back!! Thank you ❤️❤️

@hollowknight470 3 года назад

Last time I was this early, California was still part of Mexico

@kampfgruppepeiper501 3 года назад

Dang! That’s a fresh meme!

@jameshiroshi5226 3 года назад

yeah thankfully mexico got finessed & the US get cali along with the other 6 states 😎

@catsgoolore 2 года назад

America's first response to anything or anyone new is always "I don't want that here", despite being a country built on openness to new ideas and rethinking how a government could function. The Italian and the Irish saw hate, Asian communities saw and see hate, and now also Hispanic and Latino communities. It's pitiful, when you see the history repeating, over and over. We may have language and cultural barriers to an extent, but we are all human in the end. Why can we travel to other places and be open to these differences but not make space for it in our homes? :/ I love America...but not this side of it.

@maratmukhtarov1435 3 года назад

Wow thank you for actually open up for me a page of that history which I never learned.

@dikshantsingh964 3 года назад

Here in india we have such Chinatown in kolkata (West Bengal) which symbolises the brotherhood between Indian and Chinese ever since Chinese were given refuge after the 1962 indo-China war

@bri1085 3 года назад

Isn't Modi's government pushing heavy anti-China sentiment at the moment?

@wh2960 3 года назад

@@bri1085 west bengal is way different than most divisions in india

@ninawayyy 3 года назад

I would love to visit this place

@jamest6822 3 года назад

@@bri1085 someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think anti-Muslim sentiment is far stronger and more prevalent than anti-Chinese sentiment. India has a long history of enmity between Hindus and Muslims (and Modi is a Hindu nationalist) whereas China is a competitor country but not seen as an existential threat.

@bri1085 3 года назад

@@jamest6822 thing about people like Modi is they can ration their hatred. The Islamophobia doesn't disappear because he's using sinophobia to stoke up nationalist sentiments

@0Apes0 3 года назад

I live in London, and I’ve always adored the gates in China town.

@brickmedusa 3 года назад

Are there any similar places in London built by indians Pakistanis or any south Asians??

@jamest6822 3 года назад

@@brickmedusa not specific towns as such but Southall and Wembley are huge centres for south asians (pretty much all residents and businesses are south Asian) and Neasden temple is huge, the biggest Hindu temple outside India.

@brickmedusa 3 года назад

@@jamest6822 the Angkor wat temple is the largest Hindu temple actually

@jamest6822 3 года назад

@@brickmedusa this has changed since it was built then - it was the largest in the world at the time. It's still the biggest in Europe too

@brickmedusa 3 года назад

@@jamest6822 do pakistani indians and other desis go well in uk or there is still some sort of hatred

@mattmayo3539 Год назад

Chinese labor was also used to build the levees that make the California delta.

@AndreasViklundOfficial 2 года назад

"Missing chapter" remains a RU-vid favorite for me. Great storytelling, great editing and always educational in a way that is important for several reasons. Thank you for helping me learn more about the world and its history!

@emmanuelaguado9740 3 года назад

Didnt know the China towns built in the Philippines were inspired by Chinese American designs.

@jamesgreenldn 3 года назад

Its not surprising as the Philippines was colonised by the United States

@HiMyNameJosher 3 года назад

I mean it's possible but then again Binondo (Manila's Chinatown) was around way longer than San Fransisco's Chinatown so...

@chromenine 3 года назад

If i'm not mistaken, the Manila Chinatown at least was not built by the influence of the American Chinatowns but because the Spaniards relocated all the Chinese immigrants into Binondo, and eventually, that became the Chinatown. The oriental designs I believe were inspired by the American Chinatowns though.

@sollaire1222 3 года назад

@Andres Aguinaldo I can second this! Because Chinatown in Manila is in the district of Binondo and that's where Chinese immigrants used to live during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, first established in 1594... decades b4 the birth of USA. I also like, grew up there for most of my childhood, until I move to Quezon City.

@simonjames9481 3 года назад

Manila Chinatown was the first to adapt that Design (as early as 16th century) and not America.

@AliasEveWatches 3 года назад

Thank you for highlighting the historical struggles of Chinese-Americans. 💔

@andic3748 3 года назад

Thank you so much for making this video during this time

@MrNurserob Год назад

I like that it showed the San Francisco Chinatown Pacific Bell telephone exchange. When in operation, operators had to know 5 dialects of Chinese as well as English, and they had to know who the customers were by name or description by the caller, as culture was averse to ‘numbering’ people. Those operators were pretty incredible. It was the largest Chinese telephone exchange outside of mainland China. Today it’s a bank, but still there.

@Gav39 3 года назад

I hate how this wouldn't even be a footnote in most American history classes.

@andywlim 3 года назад

This showed up on my feed as I just watched the season finale of Warriors on HBO which is set in SF Chinatown in the late 1800s

@sadiksha7387 3 года назад

A month ago I was searching to learn more about the Chinatown's aesthetic but did not find anything informative. Thank you so much Vox for bringing this information in limelight.

@shahjmir 3 года назад

this is a great piece of journalism . thank you :)

@bestanimalshort 3 года назад

Large organisations like HS BC, still treat Chinese the same way today. They only want to take their money but in no way have they ever acknowledged the way they have treated Chinese, especially employees.

@tombower3773 3 года назад

What the Hong Kong Shanghai banking corporation? Im genuinley interested here, what made you choose them as an example?

@tombower3773 3 года назад

They aren't the first employer I'd think would be systematically racist too when their bank and group was born from that culture

@LearningwithLani 3 года назад

This video was so interesting!!! I learned a lot. It’s so interesting that Chinatowns across the world have similar architectural styles. I’m considering showing this video to my students since it addresses issues past and present that affect Asian Americans to further educate them for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

@vladyslavdiumin4124 3 года назад

Thanks for creating this video! Very good content! Watched at one breath!

@AtakenSmith 3 года назад

Great video, glade the series go forward! Thanks for the hard work!

@dieltolo6112 3 года назад

Genius! One of the greatest marketing play of history, sometimes sacrifice is necessary, make sure that you are the one that make the choice, please be safe out there.