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  2. China City, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    The China City development was described in the 1941 American Guide to Los Angeles created by the Federal Writers' Project: [8] CHINA CITY (open 8 a.m - 2 a.m.), bounded by Ord, Main, Macy, and New High Sts, is an American-promoted, Chinese-operated amusement center designed to attract tourists.

  3. Treaty of Wanghia - Wikipedia

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    Façade of the Kun Iam Temple, where the treaty was signed. The Treaty of Wanghia (also known as the Treaty of Wangxia; Treaty of peace, amity, and commerce, between the United States of America and the Chinese Empire; [2] (Chinese: [中美]望廈條約 / [中美]望厦条约) was the first of the unequal treaties imposed by the United States on the Qing dynasty.

  4. Kun Iam Temple - Wikipedia

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    The temple is located in Coronel Mesquita Avenue, in the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima, close to Mong Ha and Temples of Kun Iam Tchai and Seng Wong. [1] The temple has a large entrance gate and roofs decorated with porcelain figures. [3] Inside the temple, there are 3 main pavilions. [3]

  5. Chinatown, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Chinatown is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes restaurants, shops, and art galleries, but also has a residential neighborhood with a low-income, aging population of about 7,800 residents.

  6. For easy living and California vibes, China's digital nomads ...

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    The city’s early popularity among international visitors and the cultivation of cannabis in Yunnan province, which spurred the local marijuana market until authorities began cracking down in the ...

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles

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    Castle-like building occupied by mural-painting business of Anthony Heinsbergen for more than 50 years; built with bricks from the old Los Angeles City Hall 120: Higgins Building: Higgins Building: September 19, 2023 : 108 West 2nd St. 121

  8. Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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    The state of California commissioned a new pair of dogs to place on display in the temple. The new dogs were created by traditional craftsmen in China. Interior. Much of the material on display inside the temple includes temple equipment, objects of Chinese art, mining tools, and weapons used in the 1854 Tong War.

  9. Chinatown West Gate - Wikipedia

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    The gate has 150-year-old camphor wood from China. After being nominated by the Los Angeles Conservancy , the West Gate was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument , No. 825 . [ 1 ] California Governor Frank Merrimack placed a bronze tablet at the site that commemorates Chinese-American contributions to California's growth.