摘要
在过去几十年里,美国华人社区发生了巨大的变化。在美华人不再聚居于城市中心的中国城,而越来越多地成为美国郊区居民,在这些以白人为主的郊区中,华人们保持了自己的文化传统和民族特质。他们在很多郊区建立起了华人聚居区和商业圈,形成了“民族郊区”。这些华人郊区在全美各地迅速发展,与当年遗留下来的中国城遥相呼应。
Chinese communities throughout theUnited States have under clonesignificant changes in recent decades.Although for years Chinese used to cluster in adowntown community, commonly reterred to as Chinatown,Chinese Americans in recent years have been flocking to the suburbs.