Chinese London

Although the Chinese community has spread across different parts of London as a consequence of a large and growing professional middle class, Chinatown inevitably remains its spiritual home – as well as one of London’s biggest tourist attractions. As the young, educated Chinese prospered in the 1980s and 1990s, they moved from Chinatown to Croydon and Colindale. Since then, Chinatown has no longer been a residential area, but, with its many Chinese shops, restaurants and services, has been transformed to become a tourist attraction and a cultural focal point for London’s Chinese community.

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