A Tale of Two Chinatowns

Today, Explained

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🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Residents of Philadelphia’s Chinatown have mobilized against plans for a new arena in their backyard. To find out how their concerns might bear out, Today, Explained reporter Miles Bryan heads to DC’s Chinatown, where a similar story played out 30 years ago. This episode was reported and produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a big week on the calendar.
0:02.0	You got Super Bowl Sunday, Ash Wednesday, Marty Gras and Carnibale, Valentine's Day,
0:09.0	and if you're Chinese, you got an entirely new calendar, happy, unless you live in Philadelphia where this year is shaping
0:17.0	up to be stressful.
0:18.0	The Philadelphia 76ers are trying to build a new arena right next to Phillies Chinatown.
0:25.9	The Sixers say it will revitalize the whole area, but Phillies Chinatown's worried that
0:30.4	it'll be the end of Chinatown. If only there were a way to know how this
0:34.8	might all play out. Actually Sean there might be. Today explains
0:40.9	Philadelphia Bureau Chief Miles Bryan what are you doing here?
0:44.5	Well, I'm going to tell you about Philly, of course, but I also want to tell you about a similar situation
0:48.9	that played out in Washington, D.C., your backyard, 30 years ago.
0:53.0	That's right, you're right, a tale of two Chinatowns coming up on the show today.
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