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Chicago's Chinatown celebrated the 100th anniversary of its relocation in 2012. While Chinese people in Chicago had been relatively welcomed by the locals in the past, the renewal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1892, in tandem with the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, brought a significant amount of discrimination to the Chinese population. [27]
The mining sites became popular tourist destinations after 1990. On 25 December 2010, Taipei County was upgraded into a municipality named New Taipei City and Ruifang became a district of the municipality. In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau. [2]
Jingmei District. Jingmei (Chinese: 景美; pinyin: Jǐngměi; Wade–Giles: Ching 3-mei 3; lit. 'beautiful scenery') is a neighborhood in Taipei City.Formerly an administrative district, in 1990 it merged with Muzha District, becoming the western part of the newly created Wenshan District.
The Bopiliao Historic Block (Chinese: 剝皮寮; pinyin: Bōpílíao; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-phê-liâu) is a historic street in Wanhua, Taipei, Taiwan.The block is made almost completely of one or two story brick buildings, many dating over 200 years ago and was one of the earliest commercial districts in northern Taiwan.
Jiufen, also spelled Jioufen or Chiufen (Chinese: 九份; Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǔfèn; Tongyong Pinyin: Jioǔfèn; Wade–Giles: Chiu 3-fen 4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Káu-hūn-á; lit. 'nine portions'), is a seaside mountain area in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
The village, along with the rest of the Lake View Township, was annexed into Chicago in 1889. [5] In 1908 the Northwestern Elevated Railroad was extended north from Wilson Avenue, using the tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, [ 6 ] This linked the suburb into Chicago's 'L' network , and the area became popular with people of ...
Between 1991 and 1996, the district lost 2,600 jobs while the rest of Taipei experienced increased jobs growth (120,000 jobs in the same period). Between 1991 and 1999, the district's population decreased by more than 21,000, accounting for 27.6% of Taipei's total population decrease during that period. [ 2 ]