Articles tagged: D.C. Chinatown


News

From Chinatown to Campus, D.C. celebrates Lunar New Year

Cold rain fell over D.C.’s Chinatown on Sunday afternoon, doing little to thin the crowd. By 2 p.m., an estimated 500 spectators with rain jackets and umbrellas packed the sidewalks,... Read more

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“Revitalization” or a “death sentence”? Activists and residents push back on city’s Chinatown plans

On the first weekend of the lunar calendar, visitors gathered at a church near D.C.’s Chinatown to celebrate Lunar New Year, enjoying a lion dance performance as volunteers dished out... Read more

Features

Despite dilapidation in Chinatown, D.C.’s Chinese American community continues to thrive

Between Fifth and Eighth streets and along H and I streets lies what remains of D.C.’s Chinatown. The Friendship Arch, which was built in the style of Qing-dynasty architecture, marks... Read more