Editing Chinatown (section)

===History===
*People of [[Fujian]] province used to move over the [[South China Sea]] from the 14th century{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} to look for more stable jobs, in most cases of trading and fishery, and settled down near the port/jetty under approval of the local authority such as [[Magong]] ([[Penghu]]), [[Hoian]] ([[Vietnam]]), [[Songkla]] ([[Thailand]]), [[Malacca]] ([[Malaysia]]), [[Banten]], [[Semarang]], [[Tuban]] ([[Indonesia]]), [[Manila]] (the [[Philippines]]), etc.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} A large number of this kind of settlements was developed along the coastal areal of the [[South China Sea]],{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} and was called "Campon China" by Portuguese account<ref>1613 Description of Malaca and Meridional India and Cathay composed by Emanuel Godinho de Eradia.</ref> and "China Town" by English account.<ref>"We firſt paſſed the lower ground, from thence round the Horſe Stable Hill, to the Hermitage, and ſo by the China Town and brick-ſhades," Modern Hiſtory: Bing a Continuation of the Universal History, Book XIV, Chap. VI. Hiſtory of the Engliſh Eaſt India Company, 1759.</ref>