There’s no Chinese arch marking the beginning of the area’s main artery, Zeedijk, a narrow road of late medieval houses that once held back the sea. But a stroll down this increasingly hip street soon reveals the city’s strong Chinese presence. Photo: Hilary ClarkeThere’s no Chinese arch marking the beginning of the area’s main artery, Zeedijk, a narrow road of late medieval houses that once held back the sea. But a stroll down this increasingly hip street soon reveals the city’s strong Chinese presence. Photo: Hilary Clarke
There’s no Chinese arch marking the beginning of the area’s main artery, Zeedijk, a narrow road of late medieval houses that once held back the sea. But a stroll down this increasingly hip street soon reveals the city’s strong Chinese presence. Photo: Hilary Clarke
World /  Europe

The Chinese of Amsterdam and the ‘banana generation’ standing up against race stereotypes

  • Amsterdam projects an image that it is a free and tolerant city. But that’s not always the case, according to the some of the city’s ethnic Chinese
  • Their experiences have been captured in new book by journalist Pete Wu
Topic |   Chinese overseas
Hilary Clarke
Hilary Clarke

Updated: 6:17pm, 3 Nov, 2019

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There’s no Chinese arch marking the beginning of the area’s main artery, Zeedijk, a narrow road of late medieval houses that once held back the sea. But a stroll down this increasingly hip street soon reveals the city’s strong Chinese presence. Photo: Hilary ClarkeThere’s no Chinese arch marking the beginning of the area’s main artery, Zeedijk, a narrow road of late medieval houses that once held back the sea. But a stroll down this increasingly hip street soon reveals the city’s strong Chinese presence. Photo: Hilary Clarke
There’s no Chinese arch marking the beginning of the area’s main artery, Zeedijk, a narrow road of late medieval houses that once held back the sea. But a stroll down this increasingly hip street soon reveals the city’s strong Chinese presence. Photo: Hilary Clarke
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