The Fluctuating Housing Market: In 1979, the U.S. formally established diplomatic relations with mainland China. The annual quota for Chinese immigration was raised to 40,000 (20,000 each for the mainland and for Taiwan, Hongkong, and other areas), and immigration from mainland China has flooded in, causing explosive growth in the Chinatown population.
一九七九年，美國和大陸正式建立外交關係，到了八四年，美國政府每年給華人的移民配額從二萬增至四萬（大陸、台港及其他地區各二萬），大陸移民大量移入，使唐人街人口再度暴增。