Chinatown

For decades cops have found the Asian community inscrutable — with lethal consequences. Can they change?

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Friction Between Asians and Latinos Grows With Influx

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“Now the community has 10 newspapers, 25 bank branches, and a population of roughly 100,000 — half of whom have ar­rived in the last five years.”

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Ping Chong is a Chinese-American theater and performance artist who grew up and still lives in Manhattan’s Chinatown.

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The Trials of a Chinese Immigrant Woman

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The Party’s Over but Still in Power — Get Out Now

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Chinatown’s Politics: Many Votes, No Chinese Candidates

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Nicky Louie is the leader of the Ghost Shadows, Chinatown’s most powerful youth gang. Every night, he paces Mott Street, wary of incursions from the White Eagles and the Flying Dragons, rival gangs. At stake is affiliation with Chinatown’s richest tong, the On Leong.

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“It will take more than a few gambling raids to shake the historical forces at work in Chinatown today. The Mott Street gangs are back. This is the story of who controls that street, and how they got there.”

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“Despite the presence of some modern stores on Mott Street — ­banks, insurance companies, gift shops, a pinball parlor — it still seems to exist outside of New York City.”

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