Chinese: Data

1. 1.8 million

2. 376,584 Chinese immigrants

3. Median Household Income $45,185

Median Family Income $47,077

Per Capita Income $22,270

Poverty Rate: 19.6%

English Proficiency: 62.8% age 5+ were limited English proficient

4. Lower East Side, Chinatown (Manhattan) , Flushing, Elmhurst, Sunset Park, Avenue U, Bensonhurst

5. Professions: restaurants, hair and nail salons, garments, laundry (more historically)

6. Boxer Rebellion

Hong Kong leased to Great Britain

Great Leap Forward

Cultural Revolution

Peak of Sino-Soviet Split (PCR admitted into UN)

Chinese Exclusion Act repealed in 1943

Tianmen Square Protests of 1989

One Child Policy

Beijing Olympics

Three Gorges Dam

7. Religious persecution, economic independence, escaping communism (Mao Ze Dong)

8. Education, religious tolerance, upward mobility opportunities, profit (specifically in tourism industry), higher wages, general better life for their children

9.

New York Chinese School: to teach kids Chinese

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association/Chinese Community Center: organized extracurricular/community events

St. Teresa Church: services and religious education in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Fujianese.

Museum of Chinese Americans: preserving the history, struggle, and culture of Chinese immigrants throughout history.

New York Chinese Cultural Center: preserve Chinese culture in New York City, especially in the children of immigrants.

10.

Restaurants

Chinese New Year celebrations

Chinese Children’s Museum of the Arts

Traditional clothing/fabric stores