Traces of Old Chinatown: The Chinatown on the Lower East Side is one of the very few Chinatowns in the world to have taken shape after the middle 19th century. Its rise, prosperity, and recent modifications have all been closely connected to the history of Sino-American relations.
下東城唐人街是全世界少數幾個在十九世紀中葉以後形成的「唐人街」之一，它的興起、繁盛，而至最近的變革，與中、美兩國歷史發展息息相關。