History of Chinese Americans in Portland, Oregon
According to The Oregonian, 18,000 (7.5 percent) of the Portland metropolitan area's 135,000 Asian/Pacific residents live along 82nd Avenue, in an area dubbed New Chinatown, as of 2012.[1]
Old Town Chinatown features the Lan Su Chinese Garden.[2]
Organizations
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There is a Portland chapter of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance.[3]
Restaurants
[edit]Chinese restaurants have included:
- Ambassador Restaurant and Lounge
- Bing Mi
- Chin's Kitchen
- Duck House Chinese Restaurant
- Excellent Cuisine
- Fong Chong
- Frank's Noodle House
- Gado Gado
- HK Cafe
- House of Louie
- Hunan Restaurant
- Kenny's Noodle House
- Master Kong
- Mei Sum Bakery
- Ocean City Seafood Restaurant
- The Pagoda
- Republic Cafe and Ming Lounge
- Shandong
- Shanghai's Best
- Stretch the Noodle
- Wei Wei
- Wong's King
- XLB
See also
[edit]- Chinese American women's suffrage in Oregon
- Da Tung and Xi'an Bao Bao
- Ethnic groups in Portland, Oregon
- Hispanics and Latinos in Portland, Oregon
- History of Japanese Americans in Portland, Oregon
- History of Korean Americans in Portland, Oregon
- National University of Natural Medicine
- Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
References
[edit]- ^ Swart, Cornelius (2012-01-21). "Asian American community in east Portland's New Chinatown ponders the future". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Explore Portland's past on a weekend trip to its Chinatown neighborhood". Los Angeles Times. 2020-01-16. Archived from the original on 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Chinese-American community in Portland impacted by coronavirus fears, misconceptions". KGW. Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
External links
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- Chinese American Culture at Travel Portland
- 6 Portlanders' family stories of exclusion for being Chinese, The Oregonian
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