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Little Taipei is the informal name given to the city of Monterey Park, California
Monterey Park, California

Monterey Park is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2005 estimate, the city had a total population of 63,928. The city's motto is "Pride in the past, Faith in the future"....
 since from the late 1970s as it once had its large immigrant population from Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
. Taipei
Taipei

Taipei has been the de facto capital of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, since the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and the capital of Taiwan since Japanese rule that began in 1895....
 is the capital city of Taiwan. Today, Little Taipei is at best considered a misnomer as many Mainland Chinese and ethnic Chinese from Vietnam
Hoa

Hoa refers to a ethnic minority in Vietnam consisting of persons considered to be ethnic chinese or Han Chinese. They are often referred to as either Chinese Vietnamese, Vietnamese Chinese, Sino-Vietnamese, or ethnic Chinese in/from Vietnam by the Vietnamese populace, Overseas Vietnamese, and other ethnic Chinese....
 immigrants call Monterey Park home .

There are Chinese businesses and residences throughout the city of Monterey Park, in which Asians (mainly Chinese) are the majority of the population .






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Little Taipei is the informal name given to the city of Monterey Park, California
Monterey Park, California

Monterey Park is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2005 estimate, the city had a total population of 63,928. The city's motto is "Pride in the past, Faith in the future"....
 since from the late 1970s as it once had its large immigrant population from Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
. Taipei
Taipei

Taipei has been the de facto capital of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, since the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and the capital of Taiwan since Japanese rule that began in 1895....
 is the capital city of Taiwan. Today, Little Taipei is at best considered a misnomer as many Mainland Chinese and ethnic Chinese from Vietnam
Hoa

Hoa refers to a ethnic minority in Vietnam consisting of persons considered to be ethnic chinese or Han Chinese. They are often referred to as either Chinese Vietnamese, Vietnamese Chinese, Sino-Vietnamese, or ethnic Chinese in/from Vietnam by the Vietnamese populace, Overseas Vietnamese, and other ethnic Chinese....
 immigrants call Monterey Park home .

There are Chinese businesses and residences throughout the city of Monterey Park, in which Asians (mainly Chinese) are the majority of the population . There are also a great deal of Chinese residents and businesses in neighboring cities in the San Gabriel Valley
San Gabriel Valley

The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, California, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and west of the Inland Empire ....
 such as Alhambra
Alhambra, California

Alhambra is a city located in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California which is approximately eight miles from the Downtown Los Angeles civic center....
, San Gabriel
San Gabriel, California

San Gabriel is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 39,804 at the 2000 census. It is named after the Mission San Gabriel Arc?ngel, one of the original Spanish missions in California....
, Temple City
Temple City, California

Temple City is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California. The population was 33,377 at the 2000 census. While Temple City remains a predominantly white people community, it is part of a cluster of cities in the west San Gabriel Valley with a large Asian population....
, Rosemead
Rosemead, California

Rosemead is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,505....
, Arcadia
Arcadia, California

Arcadia is a United States city in Los Angeles County, California that is located about northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains....
, and El Monte
El Monte, California

El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States, and is a suburb of Los Angeles. The city's slogans are "the end of the Santa Fe Trail" and "Welcome to Friendly El Monte." As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 115,965....
 as well as further eastward in Hacienda Heights
Hacienda Heights, California

Hacienda Heights is an unincorporated census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the community had a total population of 53,122....
 and Rowland Heights
Rowland Heights, California

Rowland Heights is an unincorporated community of , in Los Angeles County, California, located in the San Gabriel Valley. The population was 48,553 at the 2000 census....
. The ethnic Chinese diaspora
Overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese people birth or descent who live outside the territories administered by the rival governments of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China ....
 population in these cities are fairly diverse in terms of socioeconomics, linguistics, and culture, ranging from moneyed Mandarin-speaking immigrants from Taiwan to then-impoverished Chinese refugees from Vietnam
Hoa

Hoa refers to a ethnic minority in Vietnam consisting of persons considered to be ethnic chinese or Han Chinese. They are often referred to as either Chinese Vietnamese, Vietnamese Chinese, Sino-Vietnamese, or ethnic Chinese in/from Vietnam by the Vietnamese populace, Overseas Vietnamese, and other ethnic Chinese....
 (although many own and operate small businesses today) to a mixture of working-class and nouveau-riche émigrés from Mainland China. Other major Chinese émigrés in San Gabriel Valley include those from Mainland China (from various provinces), Hong Kong, Cambodia
Chinese Cambodian

Chinese Cambodians are Cambodian citizens of China descent. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, they were the largest ethnic minority in Cambodia; there were an estimated 425,000....
, Korea
Ethnic Chinese in Korea

Ethnic Chinese in Korea have existed as a recognizable community for at least 120 years. Most trace their origin back to Shandong province on the east coast of China....
, and Indonesia
Chinese Indonesian

Chinese Indonesians are Ethnic Chinese people living in Indonesia, as a result of centuries of overseas Chinese migration.Chinese Indonesian people are diverse in their origins, timing and circumstances of immigration to Indonesia, and level of ties to China....
. Despite the diversity of backgrounds of these migrants, business is conducted in either Mandarin or Cantonese. A number of supermarket chains catering to these immigrants include 99 Ranch Market
99 Ranch Market

RANCH 99 is both the largest Asian American supermarket chain in the United States, and in Canada, operating under the name T & T Supermarket ....
, and Hong Kong Supermarket
Hong Kong Supermarket

Hong Kong Supermarket is a growing Chinese American supermarket chain in the Los Angeles, California region of Southern California. It operates mainly in the newer suburban overseas Chinese communities, particularly in the Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York City areas....
, and Shun Fat Supermarket
Shun Fat Supermarket

Shun Fat Supermarket is a small, but growing, Hoa American supermarket chain in the San Gabriel Valley region in California, Sacramento, California, San Pablo, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada....
.

Starting with "Little Taipei", the San Gabriel Valley has emerged as Southern California's publishing center for Chinese-language newspapers including the Los Angeles editions of World Journal
World Journal

World Journal is a daily Chinese language newspaper serving overseas Chinese in North America. It is published in major cities containing large Chinese-speaking population including Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Houston in the United States as well as Toronto and Vancouver in Canada....
, International Daily News
International Daily News

International Daily News is a Taiwanese-owned major Chinese-language newspaper in North America and Indonesia. Launched in 1981 in the city of Monterey Park, California....
, Sing Tao
Sing Tao

Sing Tao may refer to:* Sing Tao , a defunct Hong Kong football club* Sing Tao News Corporation, a company in Hong Kong* Sing Tao Daily, a newspaper published in Hong Kong...
, The Epoch Times
The Epoch Times

The Epoch Times is a privately owned, general-interest newspaper, originally published in Chinese language. According to their own statement, the Epoch Times exists to provide what they see as uncensored coverage of events in China....
, China Daily
China Daily

The China Daily is an English-language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China....
, The China Press, and Xin Min Evening News.

See also

  • Southern California Chinatowns
    Southern California Chinatowns

    There are at least seven Chinatowns in Southern California . One lies within the Los Angeles city limits, the others sit in the San Gabriel Valley....
    .