Why aren't there any Americatowns in China?

Answer 1

Chinatown in the U.S. consists of family residences and small businesses related mostly to Chinese culture, food service and small shop labor. The Chinese typically create their own jobs near the Chinese community, thus Chinatown develops. It serves the purpose of community and comfort for low-income immigrants who are not comfortable with the American cultural experience. There are many exceptions to this but in general that is Chinatown in a nutshell.

In China there are no immigrants. The Chinese government does not allow immigration. Most of the residence permits are granted to single individuals who have come to China alone to work for one or two years. Most foreigners are working as teachers or in multi-national companies so they live near their jobs. There are exceptions but that is the foreign community in a nutshell.

Most cities in China have a very tiny population of Americans. I lived in a city in western China with a population of 3 million that had 80 non-Chinese and that included Philipinos, Canadians, New Zealanders, Australians, British, Russians and U.S. citizens. I would estimate there were less than 20 Americans and I knew most of them. Here in Shanghai, the Chinese city with the largest population of non-Chinese, there are less than half a percent non-Chinese residents. About one third of them may be U.S. citizens. An Americatown would only develop if there were a significant percentage (say, 5 percent or more) of Americans in the city who could live in the same neighborhood. It will never happen.

Answer 2

How do you know there aren't? Just curious. I've been to an "American Village" in Japan before. They could have them somewhere in China too.

Answer 3

Sure it is known as the factories wherein cash-pushed businessmen take advantage of the townspeople through making such-and-such units for 2dollars after which promote them in America for over one hundred examples comprise tennis racquets and hockey sticks