Editing Chinatown (section)

===In Asia===
{{See also|Parián}}
[[File:Binondo,Manilajf0231 16.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Binondo]], [[Manila]], home to the world's oldest Chinatown]]
In the [[Spanish Philippines]], where the oldest surviving Chinatowns are located, the district where Chinese migrants (''[[sangley]]es'') were required to live is called a [[parián]], which were originally a marketplace for trade goods. Most of them were established in the late 16th century and became settlements of Chinese migrants due to the early Spanish colonial policy of ethnic segregation. There were numerous pariáns throughout the Philippines in various locations, the names of which still survive into modern district names. This include the [[Parián (Manila)|Parián de Arroceros]] of [[Intramuros]], [[Manila]] (which was eventually moved several times, ending up in [[Binondo]]). The term was also carried into [[Latin America]] by Filipino migrants.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dela Cerna |first1=Madrilena |title=Parian in Cebu |url=http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?igm=2&i=188 |website=National Commission for Culture and the Arts |publisher=Republic of the Philippines |access-date=12 October 2023 |archive-date=24 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224131510/http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?igm=2&i=188 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Parian and the Spanish Colonial Economy |url=https://intramuros.gov.ph/2020/10/16/the-parian-and-the-spanish-colonial-economy/ |website=Intramuros Administration, Republic of the Philippines |access-date=12 October 2023 |archive-date=October 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029214134/https://intramuros.gov.ph/2020/10/16/the-parian-and-the-spanish-colonial-economy/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="pacs.ph">{{cite journal |last1=Burton |first1=John William |title=The Word Parian: An Etymological and Historical Adventure |journal=The Ethnic Chinese as Filipinos (Part III) |date=2000 |volume=8 |pages=67–72 |url=https://www.pacs.ph/the-ethnic-chinese-as-filipinos-part-3-2000/ |access-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-date=October 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029214132/https://www.pacs.ph/the-ethnic-chinese-as-filipinos-part-3-2000/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The central market place of [[Mexico City]] (now part of [[Zócalo]]) selling imported goods from the [[Manila galleons]] in the 18th and early 19th centuries was called "Parián de Manila" (or just "Parián").<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fish |first1=Shirley |title=The Manila-Acapulco galleons: the treasure ships of the Pacific; with an annotated list of the transpacific galleons 1565 - 1815 |date=2011 |publisher=AuthorHouse |location=Central Milton Keynes |isbn=9781456775438 |page=438}}</ref>

Along the coastal areas of [[Southeast Asia]], several Chinese settlements existed as early as the 16th century according to [[Zheng He]] and [[Tomé Pires]]' travel accounts. Melaka during the Portuguese colonial period, for instance, had a large Chinese population in Campo China. They settled down at port towns under the authority's approval for trading. After the European colonial powers seized and ruled the port towns in the 16th century, Chinese supported European traders and colonists, and created autonomous settlements.<ref>{{Cite web |last=腾讯网 |date=2024-11-11 |title=zh：舟山差点变“香港”？英国最想占的为何是舟山，而非香港？_腾讯新闻 |trans-title=en：Zhoushan almost became "Hong Kong"? Why did the UK want to occupy Zhoushan instead of Hong Kong? _Tencent News |url=https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20241111A07KTW00 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=news.qq.com |language=zh-CN}}</ref>

Several Asian Chinatowns, although not yet called by that name, have a long history. Those in [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]], [[Kobe]], [[Kuwana, Mie|Kuwana]], and [[Yokohama]], Japan,<ref>{{cite book|last=Takekoshi|first=Yosaburo|title=economic aspects of the history of the civilization of Japan, Vol. 2|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|location=London|page=124}}</ref> [[Binondo]] in Manila, [[Hoi An]] and Bao Vinh in central Vietnam<ref>{{cite book|last=Li|first=Qingxin|title=Maritime Silk Road|year=2006|publisher=China International Press|page=157}}</ref> all existed in 1600. [[Glodok]], the Chinese quarter of [[Jakarta, Indonesia]], dates to 1740.<ref>{{cite book|last=Abeyesekere |first=Susan |title=Jakarta: A History|year=1987|publisher=Oxford University Press. All rights reserved|page=6 }}</ref>

Chinese presence in India dates back to the 5th century CE, with the first recorded Chinese settler in [[Chinatown, Kolkata|Calcutta]] named Young Atchew around 1780.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/31/2003181147|title=Calcutta's Chinatown facing extinction over new rule |newspaper=Taipei Times |date=31 July 2004|access-date=2 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513234646/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/31/2003181147|archive-date=13 May 2011}}</ref> Chinatowns first appeared in the Indian cities of [[Chinatown, Kolkata|Kolkata]], [[Chinatown, Mumbai|Mumbai]], and [[Chennai]].

The [[Chinatown, Bangkok|Chinatown]] centered on [[Yaowarat Road]] in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], was founded at the same time as the city itself, in 1782.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center]]|url=http://www.tour-bangkok-legacies.com/yaowarat-heritage-centre.html|title=The History of Chinatown Bangkok|access-date=2 October 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920194046/http://www.tour-bangkok-legacies.com/yaowarat-heritage-centre.html|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref>