Chinese community is hit hard
The Journal looks at how the Chinese community in Montreal has been the target of racist acts since Covid. The decline of Chinatown is only part of the fallout.
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YUL514 11:56 on 2020-11-22 Permalink
I don’t doubt that the Chinese community has been a target from ignorant fools the past few months but the decline of Chinatown has more to do with the fact that it has so many restaurants which have been closed for a good chunk of the pandemic. It’s a destination area just like Old Montreal which along with a bunch of other sections of the city have seen a decline. I was in Old Montreal in the summer and I had never seen it so quiet for a sunny summer day.
Kate 12:24 on 2020-11-22 Permalink
It’s true that Chinatown is part of downtown, and with few office workers and students around, people are not stopping off in Chinatown for a quick bite or takeout, as they once would’ve done. But there’s bound to be an element of people also shunning the area out of an association with Covid.
Remember during SARS, some businesses in our Chinatown had signs out saying there was no SARS here, which was true. But there was so much reportage about the SARS outbreaks in Toronto and elsewhere that they needed to emphasize it, because people were staying away.