In 1961, the now-famous Cecilia Chiang opened an authentic Mandarin restaurant in San Francisco. At the time, only Americanized versions of Chinese restaurants existed in San Francisco and elsewhere in the United States.  Discrimination against Chinese due to the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act and the Chinese...

Who knew there were so many fabulous Chinatowns around the world? One of the top ones, of course, is right here in San Francisco. Known as the oldest of its kind in North America, San Francisco's Chinatown was historically a starting point for many Chinese...

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