Vancouver Chinatown is a haven for tourists each year. But what many do not realize is that Chinatown rivals other Chinese cities such as Hong Kong in terms of historical significance. As the Western Hemisphere's second largest Chinatown in area (after San Francisco), and third largest in population (after San Francisco, and New York), Vancouver's Chinatown continues to hold much mystique, for much of the 20th century, Chinatown was often an ethnic enclave which the majority of white residents had excluded and ostracized. Much of the stories of Asian Canadian literature – Sky Lee, Wayson Choy, and Madeleine Thien, to name a few – use Chinatown as the backdrop for their stories.
The Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop (ACWW)
