Editing Chinese Americans (section)

=== Social status and assimilation ===
[[File:Brooklyn Chinatown.png|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Chinese Americans in New York City|New York City]] is home to the [[Chinese people in New York City|largest Chinese American population]] of any city proper, over 600,000 as of 2017.<ref name="NYCChineseA" /> Although most [[Chinatown]]s in North America are shrinking due to [[Cultural assimilation|assimilation]] of Chinese Americans into the [[suburb]]s, New York City is the exception. Multiple large Chinatowns in [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Manhattan]], [[Chinatowns in Brooklyn|Brooklyn]] (above), and [[Chinatowns in Queens|Queens]] are thriving as traditionally urban enclaves, as large-scale [[Chinese emigration|Chinese immigration]] continues into New York,<ref>{{cite web |title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2013 Supplemental Table 2 |url=https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2013-lawful-permanent-residents |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013214828/https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2013-lawful-permanent-residents |archive-date=13 October 2016 |access-date=19 June 2014 |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2 |url=https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2012-legal-permanent-residents |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403073333/http://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2012-legal-permanent-residents |archive-date=3 April 2013 |access-date=5 May 2013 |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2 |url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR11.shtm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808080130/http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR11.shtm |archive-date=8 August 2012 |access-date=5 May 2013 |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 2 |url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR10.shtm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712200141/https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR10.shtm |archive-date=12 July 2012 |access-date=5 May 2013 |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security}}</ref><ref name="Marzulli">{{cite news |last=Marzulli |first=John |date=9 May 2011 |title=Malaysian man smuggled illegal Chinese immigrants into Brooklyn using Queen Mary 2 |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-05-09/news/29541916_1_illegal-chinese-immigrants-qm2-queen-mary |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505034445/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/malaysian-man-smuggled-illegal-chinese-immigrants-brooklyn-queen-mary-2-authorities-article-1.143516 |archive-date=5 May 2015 |access-date=6 April 2012 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref> with the [[Overseas Chinese#Current numbers|largest metropolitan Chinese population]] outside Asia,<ref>{{cite news |last=Yee |first=Vivian |date=22 February 2015 |title=Indictment of New York Officer Divides Chinese-Americans |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/23/nyregion/in-new-york-indictment-of-officer-peter-liang-divides-chinese-americans.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224022642/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/23/nyregion/in-new-york-indictment-of-officer-peter-liang-divides-chinese-americans.html |archive-date=24 February 2015 |access-date=23 February 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 January 2012 |title=Chinese New Year 2012 in Flushing |url=http://www.queensbuzz.com/flushing-neighborhood-corona-neighborhood-cms-302 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526023036/http://www.queensbuzz.com/flushing-neighborhood-corona-neighborhood-cms-302 |archive-date=26 May 2013 |access-date=23 February 2015 |publisher=QueensBuzz.com}}</ref> comprising an estimated 893,697 uniracial individuals as of 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA Chinese alone |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/330M400US408/popgroup~016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214002005/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/330M400US408/popgroup~016 |archive-date=14 February 2020 |access-date=27 January 2019 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>]]

Some noteworthy historical Chinese contributions to America include building the western half of the [[First Transcontinental Railroad|Transcontinental Railroad]], the levees in the [[Sacramento River Delta]], [[American Chinese cuisine|Chinese American food]], deep oil extraction in Texas, and the introduction of Chinese and [[East Asia|East Asian culture]] to America, such as [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhism]], [[Taoism]], and [[Kung fu]].

Chinese immigrants to the United States brought many of their ideas, values, and [[Chinese culture|culture]] with them. Some of these have continued to influence later generations, such as the [[Confucianism|Confucian]] [[filial piety|respect for elders]].<ref name="Liu">Haiming Liu (2005) "Asian-American Ideas (Cultural Migration)" ''In'' Horowitz, Maryanne Cline (editor) (2005) ''New Dictionary of the History of Ideas'' Charles Scribner's Sons, Detroit, Michigan, volume 1, pp. 158–160, {{ISBN|0-684-31377-4}}</ref> Similarly, education and the civil service were the most important path for upward social mobility in China.<ref name="Liu" /><ref>Semple, Kirk (21 August 2008) [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E4DA113AF932A1575BC0A96E9C8B63 "Among Chinese-Americans, a Split on Sports"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201105356/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E4DA113AF932A1575BC0A96E9C8B63|date=1 December 2016}} ''The New York Times'' page B-2</ref> The first [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] show about Asian Americans was ''[[Flower Drum Song]]'' which premiered on Broadway in 1958;<ref>Berson, Misha. [http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/2002/drum.cfm "A 'Drum' with a Difference"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000643/http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/2002/drum.cfm|date=28 September 2007}}. ''American Theatre'' magazine, [[Theatre Communications Group]], 2002. Retrieved 9 November 2010.</ref> the hit [[Chinglish (play)|''Chinglish'']] premiered on Broadway in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hwang, directed by Leigh Silverman |first=David Henry |title=Chinglish |url=http://chinglishbroadway.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008004922/http://chinglishbroadway.com/ |archive-date=8 October 2011 |access-date=5 May 2013 |publisher=Broadway's Best Shows, Longacre Theatre}}</ref>

In most American cities with significant Chinese populations, the [[Chinese New Year|Spring Festival]] (Chinese New Year) is celebrated with cultural festivals and other celebrations. In [[Seattle]], the [[Festál#China: Chinese Culture and Arts Festival|Chinese Culture and Arts Festival]] is held every year. Other important festivals include the [[Dragon Boat Festival]] and the [[Mid-Autumn Festival]].

==== Cultural Preservation and Resistance ====
Early Chinese immigrants in America developed various strategies to preserve their cultural heritage while adapting to their new environment. Despite facing significant pressure to assimilate into mainstream American society, many maintained traditional practices through community organizations, cultural festivals, and language schools. Lowe, Paula Madison, and Paula Williams Madison. ''Finding Samuel Lowe: China, Jamaica, Harlem''. Amistad, 2015.