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Buddhist faith leaders and community members drape Tibetan prayer scarves on the Birthplace of Antioch marker during the "May We Gather" pilgrimage, Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Antioch, Calif. The event aimed to use karmic cleansing through chants, prayer and testimony to heal racial trauma caused by anti-Chinese discrimination in Antioch in the 1870s. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez)

A California city wrestles with its history of discrimination against early Chinese immigrants

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Capitol One Arena is shown before an NHL hockey game between the Washington Capitals and the New Jersey Devils, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Washington. The proposed move of the Capitals and Wizards sports teams to nearby Virginia has stoked concern in a pair of fragile Washington neighborhoods. Residents and business owners in Chinatown fear that the departure of the teams would devastate the neighborhood around the Capital One Arena. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Fragile D.C. neighborhoods hang in balance as Wizards, Capitals consider leaving District

By Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press

In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, the Waymo driverless car is displayed during a Google event in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Waymo driverless car vandalized and scorched by mob in San Francisco

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Lanterns hang in Chinatown above Grant Avenue in San Francisco, Monday, May 23, 2022. Chinatowns and other Asian American enclaves across the U.S. are using art and culture to show they are safe and vibrant hubs nearly three years after the start of the pandemic. From an inaugural arts festival in San Francisco to night markets in New York City, the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes has re-energized these communities and drawn allies and younger generations of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Chinatowns more vibrant after pandemic, anti-Asian violence

By Terry Tang - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaks to reporters before his swearing-in ceremony in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Asian American man attacked with bat sues progressive San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Police in Oakland's Chinatown say they only want "good witnesses" to crime instead of locals taking matters into their own hands. New Oakland Chief of Police LeRonne Armstrong made the comment after the arrest of a businessman who used his personal firearm to end a Feb. 15 robbery outside his store. (Image: KPIX-5 CBS video screenshot)

Oakland Chinatown hero who used gun to save woman is arrested; cops want ‘good witnesses’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 24, 2020, photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) **FILE**

World Health Organization peddled Chinese Communist Party’s lies

By Robert Knight

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2016 file photo, a child pushes a stroller under a gate to Boston's Chinatown neighborhood. Officials in Boston are launching efforts to draw visitors back to Chinatown amid fears of a new Chinese virus that's sickened tens of thousands, including a college student in Boston. Mayor Marty Walsh launched a social media campaign Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 encouraging people to share photos of themselves supporting small businesses in the neighborhood. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Campaign launches to support Chinatown amid virus fears

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

This cover image released by Flatiron shows &quot;The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood&quot; by Sam Wasson (Flatiron via AP)

Review: Stylish book gumshoes `Chinatown’ and lost Hollywood

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL - Associated Press

Fire blows out of a window in the Chinatown section of New York, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. New York City firefighters battled a raging blaze at a building in the city's Chinatown area Thursday night, Firefighters said they were called about 8:45 p.m. to 70 Mulberry Street for a fire on the fourth and fifth floors of the building, NYFD officials said. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

New York firefighters battle large blaze in Chinatown

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FILE - This 1974 file photo shows Paramount Pictures production chief Robert Evans talking about his film &quot;Chinatown&quot; in his office in Beverly Hills, Calif. A representative for Evans, the producer of “The Godfather” and “Chinatown,” confirmed that Evans passed away Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. He was 89. No other details were immediately available. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins)

Robert Evans, iconic producer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Pallbearers carry the casket of Chuen Kok from the Ng Fook Funeral Home, Friday Oct. 18, 2019, in New York. Kok, an 83-year-old homeless man whom Chinatown residents warmly greeted as &quot;uncle,&quot; was one of four homeless men bludgeoned to death in the community last week. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Homeless, not faceless: After killings, a community mourns

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

With final name, authorities ID all 4 slain in NYC beating

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New York Police Department officers investigate the scene of an attack in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 in New York. Four men who are believed to be homeless were attacked and killed early Saturday in a street rampage. NYPD Detective Annette Shelton said that a fifth man remained in critical condition after also being struck with a long metal object that authorities recovered. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

Officials release IDs of 3 of the Chinatown homeless victims

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Police officers escort Randy Rodriguez Santos from the 5th Precinct to a vehicle bound for a hospital for evidence collection, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, in New York. Santos was arrested in connection with the deaths of several homeless men. (AP Photo/Julius Constantine Motal)

The Latest: Prosecutors: Suspect identified self in video

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New York Police Department officers investigate the scene of an attack in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 in New York. Four men who are believed to be homeless were brutally attacked and killed early Saturday in a street rampage. NYPD Detective Annette Shelton said that a fifth man remained in critical condition after also being struck with a long metal object that authorities recovered. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

The Latest: Morning arraignment expected in homeless attack

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Sarah Keklak, archaeology lab manager for the city of Boston, sorts samples as the first historical excavation takes place, Monday, July 8, 2019, in Boston's Chinatown. The dig is expected to turn up artifacts that will shed new light on immigrants not only from China but also Syria, Ireland and England who sought a new life in Boston from 1840 to 1980. Work is ongoing at a vacant lot near the ornate gate to the colorful neighborhood, and it's expected to continue until early autumn. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Archaeologists begin 1st excavations of Boston’s Chinatown

By WILLIAM J. KOLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2003, file photo, Rose Pak poses at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco. Newly released documents show the FBI investigated a prominent San Francisco lobbyist and Chinatown political power broker for three years before closing the fraud case as &quot;unverifiable.&quot; The documents released Wednesday, April 10, 2019, show the FBI opening an investigation of Rose Pak in 2005 after she qualified for a San Francisco affordable housing program that provided financing and condos at below market costs to low-income residents. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

FBI documents show fraud probe of San Francisco power broker

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, a man walks past the Li-Po bar along Chinatown's Grant Avenue in San Francisco. The bar is known for their Chinese Mai-Tai and dates from the 1930s. Inside red lacquered doors sits a golden Buddha statue behind a wrap around bar. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

San Francisco’s Chinatown: Night scenes from Grant Avenue

By ERIC RISBERG - Associated Press

San Francisco unveils memorial to WWII “comfort women”

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press