Introduction
When the new couple kissed, guests gently tapped the cup with chopsticks to congratulate. The bridge was Hong Feng, working in a tailor shop, the bridegroom was Lili Tian, 28 years old, a chef in a restaurant. When the fingers of bridge rested on the shoulder of bridegroom and their lips touched each other, over 200 guests cheered.
In the one of the biggest Chinese restaurants in manhattan, there were another three more weddings were in process, accompanied by cheers from their families and friends. The shelf slowly pushed by waiters were loaded with vairous kinds of chinese food. everything was in red, including the dress of bridge, carpet in restaurant, table cloth and other decorations. For chinese, red traditionally symbolized …show more content…
Two aspects are specially focused on: demographics changes and real estate development.
This paper is intended to identify the influence of immigration and nationality act of 1965 on Chinatown. This paper lays emphasize on the demographics and real estate aspects. Contrasts and figures will be used in large amount to illustrate the impact.
Analysis
1. The immigration and nationality act of 1965
The immigration and nationality act of 1965, which is also known as the Hart-Celler Act, is one of the most influential immigration act in the American history. Several important changes in the act could be summarized as the following:
The national origins quota system, which was adapted for more than four decades, was finally abolished and replaced by a new preference system, which values capability and skills of immigrants, as well as family reunion, with the policy of “first come, first served”;
Immigrants from eastern hemisphere per year are no more than 170,000 in total and 20,000 per country;
Immigrants who are spouse or children of American citizen, or parents of American citizen over twenty-one years old, are not restricted by the above-mentioned
When the new couple kissed, guests gently tapped the cup with chopsticks to congratulate. The bridge was Hong Feng, working in a tailor shop, the bridegroom was Lili Tian, 28 years old, a chef in a restaurant. When the fingers of bridge rested on the shoulder of bridegroom and their lips touched each other, over 200 guests cheered.
In the one of the biggest Chinese restaurants in manhattan, there were another three more weddings were in process, accompanied by cheers from their families and friends. The shelf slowly pushed by waiters were loaded with vairous kinds of chinese food. everything was in red, including the dress of bridge, carpet in restaurant, table cloth and other decorations. For chinese, red traditionally symbolized …show more content…
Two aspects are specially focused on: demographics changes and real estate development.
This paper is intended to identify the influence of immigration and nationality act of 1965 on Chinatown. This paper lays emphasize on the demographics and real estate aspects. Contrasts and figures will be used in large amount to illustrate the impact.
Analysis
1. The immigration and nationality act of 1965
The immigration and nationality act of 1965, which is also known as the Hart-Celler Act, is one of the most influential immigration act in the American history. Several important changes in the act could be summarized as the following:
The national origins quota system, which was adapted for more than four decades, was finally abolished and replaced by a new preference system, which values capability and skills of immigrants, as well as family reunion, with the policy of “first come, first served”;
Immigrants from eastern hemisphere per year are no more than 170,000 in total and 20,000 per country;
Immigrants who are spouse or children of American citizen, or parents of American citizen over twenty-one years old, are not restricted by the above-mentioned