II.3.1. EUROPE'S "CHINATOWN"

MENU: 2.3.1. "Chinatown"

EUROPE'S LARGEST ASIAN NEIGHBORHOOD IS ON THE SOUTHEASTERN FRINGE OF PARIS

(IN THE 13TH DISTRICT)

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Adapted from a Google map

In brief

• Towers and a city within a city

• Historical panels that evade what counts

• Cultures intertwine

• A crossroad for Asian color

• Still more color 

• On to the towers 

• Asians enliven a neighborhood of "Gauls" 

• A park that evokes Asians and kings

• Posters on park railings

• An alignment of shops that are small and distinctive

• A bustling, spartan and generous Vietnamese canteen

• A Thai restaurant whose decor is as refined as its cuisine

• Parisians adopt the Chinese New Year parade

• That parade, unique in Europe

• Asians emerge from the shadows

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 Towers and a city within a city