page_title: Chinatowns in Asia
section_title: Philippines
hierarchical_section_title: Chinatowns in Asia / Specific Asian Chinatowns / Philippines
caption_attribution_description: English: Upload Wizard photos of - (general description of the landmarks, angle by angle photography of the city, town, rivers, bridges and interesting points) -- the fruits, foods, and full of round circular things, in the Year of the Wooden Horse, Manila Chinatown, Chinese New Year 2014, Salazar st., Ongpin street, Binondo, Manila and Santa Cruz, Manila, President Grand Palace Restaurant at [1] Santa Cruz, Manila, List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Metro Manila[2] Welcome Arch, including Ongpin, Masangkay, Tomas Mapua Streets and 400-year-old original Chinatown in Binondo, Manila [Chinatowns in Asia] all parts of Manila Chinatown, including the historic Filipino-Chinese Bridge of Friendship refurbished by Mayor Joseph Estrada on September 11, 2013, Barangay 289, Zone 27 District III [3] Ongpin Street Coordinates: 14°36'3"N 120°58'33"E Chinese-Filipino Business Club, Binondo, Manila - The Oldest Chinatown in the World - [4] Chinese Filipino[5] China–Philippines relations [6] Chinatowns in Asia [7] Chinese New Year [8] Dragon dance[9] Lion dance[10] Chinese dragon[11].
context_page_description: Chinatowns in Asia are widespread with a large concentration of overseas Chinese in East Asia and Southeast Asia and ethnic Chinese whose ancestors came from southern China - particularly the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Hainan - and settled in countries such as Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan and Korea centuries ago—starting as early as the Tang Dynasty, but mostly notably in the 17th through the 19th centuries, and well into the 20th century. Today the Chinese diaspora in Asia is largely concentrated in Southeast Asia however the legacy of the once widespread overseas Chinese communities in Asia is evident in the many Chinatowns that are found across East, South and Southeast Asia.
  These ethnic Chinese arrived from southern mainland China and were mainly Chinese people of Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, and Teochew/Chaozhou stock and pockets of Hainanese, Hokchew and Henghwa in some countries.
context_section_description: The best-known Chinatown in the Philippines is the district of Binondo in Manila. Binondo!is the oldest Chinatown in the world, having been established in 1594, when the Spanish colonial government of the Philippine islands restricted the residence of Chinese who had converted to Christianity to this area. Unconverted Christians were allotted a different enclave, then called the Parian (no longer in existence as a Chinatown).
  Many prominent Chinese Filipino families have roots in this district. Among the attractions of Binondo is Divisoria, a shopping area popular with people engaging in bargain shopping.
  Chinese settlement—who were predominantly Hokkien—in the Philippines pre-dates the coming of the Spanish in 1521.  Chinese merchants have been trading with the indigenous tribes of the islands since the 8th century.  During the Spanish occupation, the Chinese held an intermediate place in Filipino society as middlemen between the Spanish upper-class and the native Filipinos or indíos, a derogatory term also used by the Spanish to refer to Native Americans.
  During the rule of Ferdinand Marcos, bitterness against Chinese Filipinos grew, starting in 1972.  Many of the community went to Venezuela, or to North America — especially United States — Australia, or any other countries.  In the first ever visit to Manila's Chinatown by a Filipino president, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is of part Chinese descent herself, recognized the efforts and contributions of Chinese Filipinos.
  As of 2006, plans have been drawn up to construct a newer, but synthetic, Chinatown in shopping mall form along Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard in Manila Bay area of Manila, which will rival the nearly 400-year-old original Chinatown in the Binondo district.  It is dubbed the “Neo Chinatown” to be designed in traditional Chinese architecture and it is joint venture of local Chinese Filipino and Mainland Chinese investors.  Neo Chinatown will also attempt to replicate the vibrant nightmarket scene found on the streets of Hong Kong and Taipei.
  Davao Chinatown, also known as Mindanao Chinatown, is the only Chinatown in Mindanao located on the island's de facto capital, Davao City. In 2003, then Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte issued an Executive Order declaring portions of Barangay 27-C and Barangay 30-C, where streets are mostly occupied by Filipino-Chinese with their respective businesses, as Davao City Chinatown and constituting the Davao City Chinatown Development Council (DCCDC). The creation of the DCCDC aims to assist in the active formulation and implementation of policies in an area that has great commercial, historical, economic and social significance to Davao City.
  Around 44 hectares, it is at the center of numerous business establishments, of which a great majority is owned by Chinese Filipinos who were either born in the country or naturalized Filipino citizens who trace their roots to mainland China. These business establishments include about 30 banks, a wide variety of restaurants offering not only Chinese cuisine but also Korean, Filipino and the like. Chinese themed malls and shops also pockmark this business enclave of the city of Davao which is globally known as the international gateway and most progressive city of Mindanao. It is the only Chinatown in The Philippines with its own seaport which is Sta. Ana Wharf.
caption: Welcome Arch to the Manila Chinatown
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