Barrio Chino (Mexico City)

Barrio Chino
Neighborhood of Mexico City
Main entrance into the Barrio Chino
Main entrance into the Barrio Chino
Barrio Chino is located in Mexico City Central
Barrio Chino
Barrio Chino
Location in central/western Mexico City
Coordinates: 19°25′55″N 99°08′34″W / 19.4320°N 99.1427°W / 19.4320; -99.1427
Country Mexico
City Mexico City
BoroughCuauhtémoc

Barrio Chino (Chinese: 墨西哥城唐人街; Pinyin: Mòxīgē chéng tángrénjiē) is a barrio located in the downtown area of Mexico City, near the Alameda Central and Palacio de Bellas Artes. Barrio Chino exists primarily on two blocks along Dolores Street and one block east and west of the street. There was an expulsion of the ethnic Chinese in the 1930s and since then the ethnic Chinese have mixed and dispersed with the local population.[1] According to the government of Mexico City, about 3,000 families in the city have Chinese heritage.[2] In many parts of the older sections of the city, there are “cafes de chinos” (Chinese cafes), which are eateries that serve Chinese and Mexican food.[1] The buildings in Barrio Chino are no different from the rest of the city, but businesses here are either restaurants or importers. Most of the shops and restaurants here had abundant Chinese-style decorations and altars, but statues of the Virgin of Guadalupe and San Judas Tadeo (a popular saint in Mexico) can be seen as well.[3]

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  2. ^ Simon, Angelica (12 April 2007). "Comunidad estigmatizada" (in Spanish). Culiacan Sinaloa: El Universal. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  3. ^ Campos Rico, Ivonne Virginia (2003). La Formación de la Comunidad China en México: políticas, migración, antichinismo y relaciones socioculturales (thesis) (in Spanish). Mexico City: Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH-SEP). pp. 128–135.