PARISIANS ADOPT THE CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

COVID BROUGHT ANTI-ASIAN RACISM... 

But growing support for the New Year's celebration show it insignificant, at least in the 13th. For example:  

•  In 2015 the superette Franprix had this decor but no Asian products...

Rue Nationale

In 2025 no particular decor, but this ad on the national web site and a shelf filled with Asian products:

"Chinese New Year: Discover our selection of products"

• The library

• The mall

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The public

• The evening before New Year, kids (mostly Asian but also French) saluted it with costumes, banners and drums in front of a Chinese optician's store on the border of the Asian and French neighborhoods. 

 Corner rues de Tolbiac / Château des Rentiers

Next day a crowd lined up in the rain to watch the parade, two hours before it began.

   Corner rue de Tolbiac / avenue de Choisy

People waiting under umbrellas

show that here at least,

racism has lost its hold.

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Next,

The backing of City Hall