Little Taipei

Little Taipei ( _zh. 小台北) is the informal name given to the city of Monterey Park, California since from the late 1970s as it once had its large immigrant population from Taiwan. Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan. Today, Little Taipei is at best considered a misnomer as many Mainland Chinese and ethnic Chinese from Vietnam immigrants call Monterey Park home.

There are Chinese businesses and residences throughout the city of Monterey Park, in which Asians (mainly Chinese) are the majority of the population. There are also a great deal of Chinese residents and businesses in neighboring cities in the San Gabriel Valley such as Alhambra, San Gabriel, Temple City, Rosemead, Arcadia, and El Monte as well as further eastward in Hacienda Heights and Rowland Heights. The ethnic Chinese diaspora population in these cities are fairly diverse in terms of socioeconomics, linguistics, and culture, ranging from moneyed Mandarin-speaking immigrants from Taiwan to then-impoverished Chinese refugees from Vietnam (although many own and operate small businesses today) to a mixture of working-class and nouveau-riche émigrés from Mainland China. Other major Chinese émigrés in San Gabriel Valley include those from Mainland China (from various provinces), Hong Kong, Cambodia, Korea, and Indonesia. Despite the diversity of backgrounds of these migrants, business is conducted in either Mandarin or Cantonese. A number of supermarket chains catering to these immigrants include 99 Ranch Market, and Hong Kong Supermarket, and Shun Fat Supermarket.

Starting with "Little Taipei", the San Gabriel Valley has emerged as Southern California's publishing center for Chinese-language newspapers including the Los Angeles editions of "World Journal", "International Daily News", "Sing Tao", "The Epoch Times", "China Daily", "The China Press", and "Xin Min Evening News".

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* Southern California Chinatowns.