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The Asian-American influx into the southwestern portion of the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, grew rapidly when Chinese immigrants began settling in Monterey Park in the 1970s. Just east of the city of Los Angeles, the region has achieved international prominence as a hub of overseas Chinese, or hua qiao.
Consular district of TECO Los Angeles. Following the signing of the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China which resulted in the United States terminating diplomatic relations with the Republic of China, the consulate of the Republic of China in Los Angeles was closed on 28 February 1979.
This is a list of notable Chinese restaurants. A Chinese restaurant is an establishment that serves Chinese cuisine outside China. Some have distinctive styles, as with American Chinese cuisine and Canadian Chinese cuisine. Most of them are in the Cantonese restaurant style.
In 2021, Michelin-starred California-based chefs, including Jon Yao, praised the restaurant's "best-executed Chinese food". [ 4 ] Until its star loss in December 2022, [ 12 ] Bistro Na's was the only Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant in the Los Angeles area.
Sam Woo location in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, closed as of February 2020. Sam Woo Restaurant (三和) is a restaurant chain that serves Hong Kong–style cuisine.It has many locations in predominantly overseas Chinese communities of Southern California, in Las Vegas, and in the suburbs of Toronto.
South Asians are among Los Angeles County’s fastest growing ethnic groups including Bangladeshi (122%), Pakistani (59%), Sri Lankan (45%), and Indian (29%). [2] Asians are concentrated in the San Gabriel Valley. [3] The Asian American population in San Gabriel Valley grew by 22% between 2000 and 2010. [4]
Overseas Chinese people are people of Chinese origin who reside outside Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan). [20] As of 2011, there were over 40.3 million overseas Chinese. [8] Overall, China has a low percent of population living overseas.
In 2014, the Taiwanese population was 45,808 in Los Angeles County, 0.5% of the total county population, [15] and 83,294 in the Los Angeles-Santa Ana Metropolitan Area. [16] More Taiwanese live in California than in any other state as well, with around 49% residing in California. [ 17 ]