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    Lunar New Year shooting: A grim moment in Monterey Park, America’s first suburban Chinatown

    by Jeong Park and Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times Jan 22, 2023 4 minutes
    The Atlantic Times Square shopping area, with restaurants and an AMC movie theater and condos above, along North Atlantic Avenue in Monterey Park.

    Sometime between 1970 and 1990, Monterey Park became America’s first suburban Chinatown, where swift demographic changes heralded conflicts over language, signs, a changing business scene and political voice. In 2023 it is a city once again in flux, but as a tight-knit community whose residents typify what it means to be an Asian American — and the spectrum within.

    On Sunday these residents and leaders were reeling after a mass shooting inside a dance studio killed 10 and injured 10 others during a Lunar New Year festival that drew tens of thousands of revelers, giving many pause to reflect on their city with both heartbreak and pride.

    “#MontereyPark is home for my diasporic family. It is where you find the best damn Chinese

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