Saturday, June 6, 2020

Sydney Chinatown empty


Sydney restaurant owner Henry Xu

……Sydney Chinatown restaurateur Henry Xu had been excited to host the first waves of customers looking to dine-in at his 100-seat hot pot venue, with up to 50 customers allowed inside as lockdowns ease.

But the previous hustle and bustle of Chinatown is still eerily missing.

“It’s very quiet and lots of shops closed … it’s not busy anymore,” Mr Xu laments.

 ……..On the other hand, Sydney’s Chinatown is Australia’s largest — it was established in the late 1800s in The Rocks district, formerly known as the “Chinese Quarter”, before anti-immigration sentiment forced settlers over to Haymarket in the 1920s……


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