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  2. Chinatown, San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    94108, 94133, 94102, 94111, 94109. Area Codes. 415/628. The Chinatown centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, ( Chinese : 唐人街; pinyin : tángrénjiē; Jyutping : tong4 jan4 gaai1) is the oldest Chinatown in North America and one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside Asia.

  3. San Francisco riot of 1877 - Wikipedia

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    The San Francisco riot of 1877 was a three-day pogrom waged against Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, California by the city's majority Irish population from the evening of July 23 through the night of July 25, 1877. The ethnic violence which swept Chinatown resulted in four deaths and the destruction of more than $100,000 worth of property ...

  4. Chinese Americans in San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is held on every Chinese New Year's, and is celebrated in Chinatown. It is the largest Chinese New Year event in North America. [ 22 ] The Taiwanese American Cultural Festival, started in 1993, is held in Union Square, San Francisco every May.

  5. The quest to save Cantonese in a world dominated by Mandarin

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    Cantonese is the language of San Francisco Chinatown’s dim sum restaurants and herbal shops, of Northern California towns such as Marysville, where Chinese gold miners settled in the 1850s.

  6. Tong Wars - Wikipedia

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    Date. 1800s–1930s. Location. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, New York. The Tong Wars were a series of violent disputes beginning in the late 19th century among rival Chinese Tong factions centered in the Chinatowns of various American cities, in particular San Francisco. Tong wars could be triggered by a variety of inter- gang ...

  7. Dragon Gate (San Francisco) - Wikipedia

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    The Dragon Gate ("Chinatown Gate" on some maps) is a south-facing gate at the intersection of Bush Street and Grant Avenue, marking a southern entrance to San Francisco 's Chinatown, in the U.S. state of California. Built in 1969 as a gift from the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the style of a traditional Chinese pailou, [ 1] it became one of ...

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