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Incheon Chinatown: Cultural Heritage Of This Korea's First Chinatown, Wendy W. Tan
Incheon Chinatown: Cultural Heritage Of This Korea's First Chinatown, Wendy W. Tan
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Established around 1884, Incheon Chinatown is Korea’s first Chinatown. While it has been centuries’ old, it does not fall into a normal condition of old fashioned Chinese community. Rather, it has been highly acclaimed for its presentations of tourist attractions and cultural heritage. It has also been unfortunately labelled as a Chinatown without Chinese. The author has a keen interest in Chinatown development around the world, so a personal visit was made to experience how elements of ethnicity are in action in this Chinese community