![]() ![]() Financial troubles were just as hard to get rid of, too. Chinese gangs and violence ran wild through Chinatown in the 1970’s. The 1970’s time period was not only a time of effortless immigration, but it was also a time of hardship and distress for the restaurant and the local neighborhood. Ultimately, this resulted in Chinatown becoming one of the most well-known parts of New York City. This meant Chinese immigrants would move into the US and form large groups in different areas of the country. Most immigrant groups stick together in order to maintain a stable/comfortable transition into a new country. These statistics foreshadow the jobs, businesses, and lifestyles they would have to adopt as means of “survival of the fittest”. And by 1990 the numbers doubled to about 536,000. This resulted in roughly 300,000 Chinese immigrants coming into the United States. This is a significant year because it was when the People’s Republic of China lifted migration restrictions. ![]() The Jing Fong restaurant benefited from this through the great business and reviews they received from all different groups of people. It led to many American people loving not only their version of Chinese food, but also the original Chinese food. Since American and Chinese cultures are extremely different, it is interesting to see how easy it was to mix both. This indicates the authentic Chinese food colliding with American food in order to raise this national food boundary. The Jing Fong restaurant served to bring two cultures together from a transnational point of view. As a result of Chinese and non-Chinese people migrating into and out of the area, such changes required local businesses/restaurants to adapt and create a new agenda to prosper. ![]() Chinatown is the living example of how people have gained exposure and fused their cultures. New York, itself, has offered several locations, ethnicities, and opportunities to fulfill these expectations. The migration of Chinese immigrants into the United States has positively affected the Chinese-American experience for many people. ![]()
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