New Articles

	Chinese New Year, Birmingham Chinatown Not a public holiday but the celebrations do not cease.
	Liverpool Chinatown welcomes the dragon
	Singapore Chinatown welcomes the Year of the Dragon
	Hong Kong Big Buddha 天坛大佛 One of the largest out door sitting Buddhas in the world. A must see when visiting Hong Kong.
	Tainan Guan gong Temple One of the oldest Guan Gong temple and refers to its founding date to South Ming dynasty. Another of Taiwan's link with Southern Ming history.
	Fu Lu Shou The best wishes for the new year
	Athens Chinatown Established during the 1990s, this is one of the youngest Chinatowns in the world.
	Vihara Bahtra Sasana One of the oldest Chinese temple in the region and a major landmark in Bintan.
	Da Ben Monastery, Burma
	Parthenon, Greece
	Montreal Chinatown Founded in 1877 and built by successive waves of migrants, Montreal Chinatown is a popular tourist attraction and a center of Chinese organisations.
	Nine Emperor Gods and Gilles French artist in Singapore participates in the annual Nine Emperor Gods Festival and inspired by the experience to create art.
	Great Sage Buddha Temple, 大圣佛祖庙, Bangkok, Thailand A temple dedicated to the famous Monkey God.
	Siong Leng 70th anniversary sensational banquet 湘灵70感官别宴
	Penang Chinatown, Malaysia
	Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva 大愿地藏王菩萨

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Street in Athens Chinatown

Chinatownology is dedicated to the history, heritage and culture of Singapore Chinatown and Chinatowns around the world. In this website, you can find articles on the history, culture and events in Singapore Chinatown, and Chinatowns around the world.

We use Chinatowns as a platform to explore and to understand the development of overseas Chinese 华侨 societies, its food culture and material culture.

You can find things to do, places to eat and shop. These establishments may or may not be in Chinatown but are related to the cultural development of overseas Chinese. For a overview of the site, see sitemap.

A visit to any Chinatown is always visually exciting and interesting. But to connect yourself to the spirit of the Chinatown and its historical memories, you need to know its history and embrace its shared memories. That's what makes the experience unique.

Chinatownology; a work-in-progress (WIP) project

Chinatownology is a work-in-progress website. Chinatowns have a long history and means different things to different people. Full documentation of Chinatowns is a never ending process. That is why we decide to develop this website as a work-in-progress project. 

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Chinatowns of the world

We are building our articles and covering interesting events especially in lesser known Chinatowns.

We have covered Chinatowns and Overseas Chinese events in 13 countries:

Asia:

Singapore	Burma	Indonesia
Laos	Malaysia	Pakistan
Philippines	Thailand	Japan
Vietnam

Europe:

France

Netherlands

UK

Americas:

USA

Canada

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Yokohama Chinatown, Japan

Street of Chinese dentist in Karachi Chinatown

Manila Chinatown

Oakland Chinatown, USA

Bao signboard in Cholon, HCM, Chinatown, Vietnam

A street in Singapore Chinatown

A mascot moon cake consumed during the
Mid Autumn Festival