History of Chinese Americans in Portland, Oregon explained

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

There is a Portland chapter of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance.^[3]

Restaurants

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

• 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 Koreans in Portland, Oregon
• History of the Japanese in Portland, Oregon
• National University of Natural Medicine
• Oregon College of Oriental Medicine

External links

• Chinese American Culture at Travel Portland
• 6 Portlanders' family stories of exclusion for being Chinese, The Oregonian

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asian American community in east Portland's New Chinatown ponders the future. Swart. Cornelius. 2012-01-21. The Oregonian. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210224204441/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/01/the_asian_american_community_i.html. 2021-02-24. 2020-05-25.
2. Web site: Explore Portland's past on a weekend trip to its Chinatown neighborhood. 2020-01-16. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 2020-05-25. 2020-02-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20200226164254/https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2020-01-16/portland-oregon-chinatown-weekend. live.
3. Web site: Chinese-American community in Portland impacted by coronavirus fears, misconceptions. KGW. en-US. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200217123135/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/chinese-american-community-in-portland-impacted-by-coronavirus-fears-misconceptions/283-91ce1b8a-7584-4936-ba1b-0ec98276cb00. 2020-02-17. 2020-05-25.