Update 3/19/21: Surprise to see the amount of feedback in this video, thank you 🙂. From your suggestions, the next time I head back to Mexico, I’ll be headed straight to Mexicali to continue my search and hopefully interview the Chinese Mexican community there 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
In Mexicali, especially, you will find a big cantonese community. You would also find Chinese speaking schools. You better brush up on your cantonese. Many Chinese catholics. Many interracial marriages. In conclusion, you will not be disappointed.
I’m from Mexicali! We have the largest Sino Mexican community in the country. La Chinesca is the name of our “Chinatown” here in Mexicali. There is definitely more Chinese food restaurants here than Mexican food ones. They also recently have started to develop plans to build more buildings and statues to honor China and the immigrants who came to Mexicali :)
I’ve heard that the Chinese Food in Mexicali is really special and the chasiu is legendary. I’ve lived in Guangzhou (student program) and Monterrey Park, so I’ve eaten some really good food. I’ve been living in the Bajío for the past 10 years, and the Chinese food situation is not great (not great for Japanese food, either). There’s a pretty good coreano restaurant in Querétaro near the H.E.B. The food I miss most from Los Angeles, my birthplace, is dim sum. Second on the list is all the various forms of Asian noodles. Maybe I should check out Monterrey. With all the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean companies doing business in Monterey, maybe I’ll find some good asian restaurants. Otherwise I’ll have to wait for my next visit to L.A.
A lot of kumeyaay will get mixed up as chinos sometimes lol, a funny nativ ebb stereotype in general, white people even calling us Indians for years after all
@00 CIA AGENT 007 yup sounds kind of ridiculous to say but even the tacos in Tijuana are better than the ones in San Diego and they're only divided by a border fence but its enough to make a difference
@@flet5726 Some Korean communities in reforma/ la zona rosa and you can find a few Chinese communities in the centro of the city don't really know the name but it's like a plaza, you can find jewelry and stuff in the 2 first floors but a lot of Asians concentrate in the 3rd floor where's like a food court. You will not find Chinese people in the barrio chino but most of those establishments in the zocalo are own by Chinese descendants or Chinese immigrants. But there aren't a lot of Chinese communities like in USA, you can also contact with the embassies they often have cultural stuff about the community you are interested in and helps you to contact with other people. Also for you to find a community is very complicated many Chinese immigrants changed their name/last name when they started to being persecuted by the authorities in 1910 so many Mexican might be Chinese and they don't even know that they are is why is hard to find a community like in USA en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_immigration_to_Mexico#:~:text=Hundreds%20of%20Chinese%20in%20northern,homes%20and%20businesses%20as%20well.
This is the historical Chinatown and the families are like 5th generation. Today the New Chinatown is in Colonia Viaducto Piedad where recent Chinese immigrants live and have many businesses! They rarely speak Spanish and the food is AMAZING! Non of that mexicanized Chinese food! Not sure what part of China they’re mainly from but if you speak Cantonese or mandarin you should be good! Check it out on the weekends!
@@ForrestLee no problem! And I think a lot of people have mentioned Mexicali which is great and their local food are Chinese dishes since the Chinese history there is so strong! Cheers!
@@ForrestLee I believe you should try to Colonia Roma next time. The Mexicans who arrived from China are all over the Country and the City. But if you want to try Cantonese food Roma and San Rafael have good places.
No todos los mex quieren a los asiáticos, hay personas q los discriminan tb lastimosamente. Deberían de incluir en las escuelas , historias de los primeros chinos q llegaron a mex y contribuyeron a mex.
The overseas Chinese are no longer in there, many of them have died and their families have being mixed and lost all the traditions, mexican Chinese, we are alll over around, is just not a close community. My grandpa used to own a small restaurant and he used to play mahjong in Chinatown, where in the old days chinese reunite to gamble. The new Chinatown as someone said before is in other neighborhood, near to viaducto subway station. The famous and big old Chinatown is at the north, in Mexicali. You can also find Mexican Chinese in Chiapas and Tampico, Tamaulipas. The new immigrants are almost everywhere in the country. If you ever come back to CDMX, and you are interested on history of the overseas Chinese from 1900s.. Let me know I can present someone specialized in the topic. :)
Bc in Latin America we don’t have that race segregation tradition like Anglo America, people of all ethnicities mix with each other’s giving birth to our own identity as latinoamericanos
Emotions took over when seeing the dilapidation of buildings and even the scarcity of food in limited supermarket spaces, the resilience of the Mexican people of El Barrio Chino to endure.
@@younglee-segredo831 The crazy part is that FA is probably outperforming the index and raising good returns. I will give this a look, I'm really thankful that I can come across such a conversation
My dad, who passed recently, was mainly indigenous native American from Mexico and had Asian features especially his beautiful eyes. I have always felt a strong affinity with Asians, especially Cantonese and feel and believe I was Asian in a previous life. I'm not sure why but your video touched me profoundly and brought tears of confirmation deep in my soul. Thank you for your video and I hope to see your next one when you go to Mejicali.
Wow, that's interesting and nice to know... because *Vietnamese people* in your part of the world are *usually in Cuba or the French Caribbean!* I didn't know that there were enough Vietnamese in Mexico for them to be part of the culture there! What's true though is that *Asians can definitely fit into French or Spanish societies* much more than Anglo-American societies!*
Thanks for the upload . You better off going to Mexicali , Baja Cali , largest & oldest (in Mexico) Chinese community there . Most been there for generations & still speak Cantonese . Btw I'm Samoan Chinese from Honolulu , Hi.
brother Lee, u need to come to Tijuana or Mexicali. even I am building a bruce Lee and Shaw brother Museum here in Tijuana. Chinese culture here is strong.
My dad was born in Tijuana in 1945 to a Mexican mother and a Chinese father. He’s half Chinese by blood, making me 1/4 by blood. We live in Los Angeles now. Thank you for this uploading video!
@@mariosolorzanojr90280 : That explains it then. I myself have Chinese Mexican cousins because one of my aunties married a Chinese man in Guadalajara a long time ago and their last name is Chao. .
There's an anecdote that one of my chilango (person from Mexico City) friends told me: "If you look Asian and you're in Barrio Chino, then you're not from there." The anecdote rings true because the initial population that lived in Barrio Chino have since left and blended into mainstream Mexican culture.
Mexicali definitely has a large Chinese community. The Chinese food there is delicious. I know that there are also a large Chinese community in Monterrey as well.
I have some acquaintamce in LA. A mexican family who have chinese. Ancestry there last. Name is Loy. Some of them look asian too. Im.part native american mexican tribe with 3% east asian siberian
I’m Mexican with Japanese ancestry found out it’s actually kind of common to have Japanese, Chinese, or Filipino ancestry if you are Mexican Also we are from Guanajuato and have a pretty big Japanese and Chinese community
Sounded like someone was in denial of her actual bloodline..😂 " No!!!! That never happened..No one is here.. im not chinese!!!" She was afraid he was her lost uncle 😆
My mom (grew up in Mexico city) had a boss who was Chinese. He was a good guy, had sympathy for his workers and even let my mom bring her kid (older sister) to work when she couldn’t leave her at home alone. Chinese (and Koreans) are decently common in the Mexico capital.
Hey, I just found your video. The Chinese community of Mexico City is centered in another completely different place, more to the south. The neighbourhood is called Viaducto-Piedad, near the underground station Viaducto. There you can see a lot of people of Chinese origin, businesses of all kinds, and really good restaurants. The so-called "Barrio chino" that you visited is just a tourist trap, located where the first community installed at the beginning of 20th century, but where just some cooks are related to the community by now.
Great to see ethnic mixtures just like me!!! As a kid, only people I knew who had our combo were my siblings. But as a an adult…it’s cool to see so many Asian-Latin people. Def more of us represented in Mexicali. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.
I would like to see a video If you ever have a chance to visit Mexicali, Chinese town. I heard that's the largest Chinese community in Mexico where have multi-cultural events and see thefusion Chinese-Spanish schools mainly new comers.
Buddy, our chinese community os everywhere else within cities lol. I know a migrant, Ms Li, she's been here for the past 20 years and shes been able to move her family little by little here to Mexico. I also had a good friend in school who had Chinese ancestry. Not to mention all the ither ones I've met in plazas and malls when buying chinese food, and hearing them suddenly yelling to their children to work better in fluent chinese lol. Man, they're all incredible people and I for one am hugely grateful to share the same bit space and time with them. Welcome to Mexico carnal 🇨🇳🇲🇽🇺🇸
Great video sir. I lived in the state of Sonora, Huatabampo back from 2013-2014. My dads side of the family is from this town in Mexico. One day went to the mall they had there and inside was a fast food Chinese restaurant. To my surprise the whole kitchen staff was Chinese. I asked about it and was told that there’s a pretty big Chinese community in that town and for the people coming from China, it’s easier to get setup in Mexico than it is in the United States. I was legitimately surprised as I only seen the Chinese community in Mexicali. There’s also a small community of Vietnamese and the name Lam is pretty prominent there since the early 50’s. Thanks for the video.
There's actually dozens of communities all over Mexico that have a strong Chinese presence. As a matter of fact, there's towns/cities in central Mexico and some coastal states like veracruz, Guerrero, chiapas, Colima etc. Where the population is over 70% Chinese descendent. The same goes for other races like Korean, Japanese, French, Italian, Indian, American (white), African descendents, Germans All these groups of people have settled and made their homes in mexico in the course of a few decades, some over a century. Mexico is a country of countries We're not all Aztec/Mayan descendent or spanish descendent as well. Hello from a German- Frenchie from Chihuahua. I'm the norm where I'm from (in my particular community).
Also a fun Hawaiian fact, here in Hawaii there are loads of Chinese folks who come from immigrants from China, currently majority of the Chinese here in Hawaii are considered "local" due to the fact lots of em were born and raised here and act like any Native Hawaiian or local to Hawaii. In the early 19th century our King Kalākaua, King of Hawaii, had thousands of Chinese folks come down on steam ships to work in our many sugar plantation was the base income for Hawaii at the time. Many of them stayed the rest of their lives here and had full rights as any Native Hawaiian did.
They intermixed unlike in the racist Anglo world. Also the world's oldest Chinatowns (backed up by documentation) are in the Philippines and Mexico. In the 1600s there was already a considerable Chinese community in Mexico City. Not even places like Southeast Asia has as old a Chinese community, ironically. A testament to the power and wealth the Hispanic world had in those days.
I'm not Mexican but I'm latino from the south so maybe there's some similarity. I think the barrio chino is more like a touristic area in our culture so it could make sense why you didn't find many chinese-mexicans, I think maybe chinese descendants would choose a not so crowded area to settle, or probably they blended and integrated enough to be more spread
The Chinese community is Mexico City has definitely disperse a lot. There used to be a couple stores and restaurants in El Barrio Chino that belonged to Chinese people, but they have left (Shanghai restaurant
Wow! You have reaffirmed my finding about Asian food in México. I just moved to Morelia for slightly over 2 weeks now and couldn’t find any decent Asian restaurants. They all make the Panda Express food taste better! I just finished up Pad Thai, sweet & sour chicken and spring egg rolls, then I looked it up on UA-cam Asian food in México, that’s how I found your channel. It’s hilarious from watching you eat the dumplings!!!(facial reactions) Hahaha....
That is because Mexicans are not used to the taste of Asian food and with the Panda Express the person gradually enters what Asian food is, then people can try another dish and the taste of Asian food will not be So strange to their palates, in western countries Asian restaurants sell food that they know Westerners will like, they know that people will buy that food and thus earn money, in short they sell it to Westerners They know that they will like it and that way they will not lose money, lately Westerners are more open to trying Asian food for example I, I have already tried real dishes, traditional Asian dishes in my case Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean and Japanese food and I like most of the recipes, I got used to the flavors but there are still flavors that are too strong for me like fish sauce.
Hi! I live in Patzcuaro and yeah stay away from Asian restaurants in Michoacan. DF has way better Asian food but definitely not El barrio chino. There is artist level sushi called Rokai if you are ok with spending a bit more. Also, for asian imported goods in Morelia try the TOYO Foods store! The biggest thing I miss about LA is the asian food!
Funny enough my sister took a dna test and it turns out we are part eastern Asian both my parents were born in Mexico. When I found out I was like that makes sense since ALOT OF ASIAN people would come up to my dad try to talk to him. I’ve always liked Asian cuisine and culture so I was very happy to know that I was part Asian.
@@isamarperez5183 Because the people who migrated to the America's are extinct, well the people where they originated. Natives have common ancestors with people from Korea and many other North Eastern Asian people, Just because you have a common ancestor you are not going to come out as Korean or Chinese in origin in your DNA tests, hence why I said we share common ancestors. The reason why it's getting you as being Native American in DNA is because those ancient people that came through the ice bridge 15,000 to 20,000 their tribes are extinct and it's mainly the Native people in the America's that are the last remnants of those people.
Hey Man I'm Mexican chinese descendant, I think what happened is the chinese people Is all mixed, for instance I'm 4th gen, I just look like Chinese but lost anything about chinese culture
There are plenty, but they're spread out throughout the country, of course you're not going to find huge concentrations like in L.A. or Sydney, or London, but if you go to Mexicali there's plenty over there and it's a couple of hours drive from San Diego.
I noticed here in the States, most Chinese food restaurants employ mostly Mexican cooks/employees. It's usually only the customer service workers who are Chinese.
We have Chinese in Atotonilco el Alto. There are at least two Chinese restaurants in town. I’ve also seen a Chinese restaurant on the outskirts of La Barca, Jalisco. It was more of a “puesto” inside a supermarket but the Chinese have been coming into Jalisco for some time now.
Also Koreans .. Good friend of mine moved to Mexico City with his family when he was three years old. He now translates to a Korean doctor in Chicago from Mexican Spanish into Hangul.
Hello Lee. This is understandable. My wife and I have some wonderful friends from Italy. At one time, they were visiting my country so we invited them to an Italian restaurant. I didn't go well at all. Same happens to me when I travel to other counties, the food would never be the same as made at home. My suggestion is enjoy it and give them a break. Love your videos.
Wassssssssaaaapeniiiin.... is there rettuce in Cdmx?? Theres a Kowloon in av. CUAUTEMOC & XOLA its pretty good I saw an Asian Manager there & near Metro Viaducto theres alotta Chinese in La Coruña. Give me a holla Ill join ya!!
Bro i live in nebraska but my family is from mexicali. EVerytime we go to mexicali we go this chinese restaurant everytime. Ever since i was a little kid. RIP to my Great grand pops they would go every weekend! The food is the best chinese food ive ever had no lie
I´m from Mexico and this video kind of reminds me of my cousin who went to the chinese province of shenzhen where he is currently working and he visited a mexican "restaurant" run by chinese people and the tacos were extremely "americanized" and those are far from the real tacos. But hey, the intention is what counts haha, also there is a mexican restaurant run by a mexican and its actually more accurate as much as they can when they are in the other side of the world. The same happens in Mexico City, there is REAL chinese restaurants in mexico city but they are not in "El barrio chino" but in the south of the city and some other in the west of the city like polanco or so. Actually "EL barrio" is just an atraction built by chinese people who occupied the zone a few years ago but the chinese population in CDMX is spreaded all over the city and not just in one place.
I love chinese food and I'm Mexican but the variety of dishes in my city is still low compared to other countries. We need more chinese genuine restaurants they are the best !
I know a Chinese family that used to lived in Mexico City. But, they all move to California. They used to have a restaurant near el Barrio Chino, but it was sold. .
I find this so interesting, I was first told about the Chinese influence in Mexico when I was staying in Obregon in the state of Sonora. And didn't realize there was such a history of the two cultures together.
Asian people are spread round eje Central and in the back streets of el Templo Mayor. But I live near Viaducto subway station and there's a lot of Asian families living there :)
Dude I'm right here ... Mexican and Chinese ...born in Mexicali...and now I live in Los Angeles county in the city of Montebello in between Monterey Park (Chinese city) and East LA (Mexican city)...
*Mexico is a melting pot and many Chinese married into Mexican families. Some Mexicans with some Chinese ancestry are Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, the former governor of the state of Hidalgo, mariachi singer Ana Gabirel (née María Guadalupe Araujo Yong) and 70's actress Lin May. Most Mexicans that I have met will say 'my grandfather was Chinese that is why I have almond shaped eyes.''" But, they never actually classify themselves as Asian.*
Indigenous people also have almond shaped eyes but I get what your saying. They wouldn’t identify as Asian since it is a small part of their recent ancestry but I am sure they don’t deny roots
Chinese-Mexicans are spread out throughout the city and country, like you just found out and peoples been saying here. Korean-Mexicans are the ones who seems to have settled in a particular place, which in this case is in the called Pink Zone (Zona Rosa), not far from downtown Mexico City.
That's Mexico, the real melting pot. People have come to Mexico for thousands of years and after all that time gone by they turn out to be Mexicans. Viva Mexico amigos, es lo que somos hacemos hermandad y amistad a todos hasta convertirlos a todos Mexicanos. Long live Mexico.
There were a handful of Chinese people in our small town in Michoacán in the out towns around Morelia. So those Mexican Chinese most likely went to other states.
There’s an important Chinese community in Chiapas, particularly in a region called Soconusco ( coast of Chiapas) you can find there many people with Chinese last names such as Wong, Chong
There's a chinese community in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz also. They own several restaurants and stores. Also, they close the places when they celebrate the Chinese New Year and let in only chinese locals.
I'm Mexican and in the States, non-latins aways think I'm Filipino. I did an DNA test and ut says I'm 78.5% Native Mexican (indigenous), and 14 5% ibérico. Among Mexican, I'm just another one of them.
Canadian Korean learning Chinese and wanting to learn Spanish? Lol nice I'm a Mexican American currently learning Chinese that knows Spanish and eventually wants to learn Korean and Japanese lol
Do they put egg in the fried rice like some of the places in NYC? I’m part Mexican but only been to DF and Oaxaca. I wanted to go to Mexicali just to try the Chinese-Mexican food there.
there’s a lot of chinese people married with mexicans! back in 2015 i was dating one and out of nowhere a bunch of mexican girls contacted me and added me to a wechat group full of mexican girls married with chinese men lol their kids looked asian, there wasn’t a trace of mexican in them 😅 (all of them were beautiful), i had the opportunity to go to china in 2016 and people on the streets legit thought i was philliphina, or that one of my parents was chinese. that was weird. maybe i have asians ancestors? i’m the only one in my family with “asian” features, i don’t notice it, but a lot of people have told me i look asian. i should start asking my grandparents about that 😅
Update 3/19/21: Surprise to see the amount of feedback in this video, thank you 🙂. From your suggestions, the next time I head back to Mexico, I’ll be headed straight to Mexicali to continue my search and hopefully interview the Chinese Mexican community there 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
I suggest you visit mexicali during the winter time, during the summer months it's a pain in the ass extremely hot
Also visit Guadalajara it has a big chinese community
I can hardly wait to see your new video on Mexican/China.
In Mexicali, especially, you will find a big cantonese community. You would also find Chinese speaking schools. You better brush up on your cantonese. Many Chinese catholics. Many interracial marriages. In conclusion, you will not be disappointed.
I LOVE this video! thank you for sharing.
Both Asian and Mexican people are very similar, hard working, family oriented, humble and respectful.
Asia is a continent. Mexico is a country. You are not comparing evenly. I have found Japanese people the most respectful.
Esc the moms
A marriage that will produce the most hard working babies…
unlike the african American..........but Nigerians are also similar.
Facts. Asians and Mexicans have been working side by side in many big projects
I’m from Mexicali! We have the largest Sino Mexican community in the country. La Chinesca is the name of our “Chinatown” here in Mexicali. There is definitely more Chinese food restaurants here than Mexican food ones. They also recently have started to develop plans to build more buildings and statues to honor China and the immigrants who came to Mexicali :)
Extraño xicali, I will go back soon
Yeah, el barrio chino in el centro is actually just like an atraction but the chinese people in CDMX is spreaded all over the city.
@NANA u finna then a queen.
I’ve heard that the Chinese Food in Mexicali is really special and the chasiu is legendary.
I’ve lived in Guangzhou (student program) and Monterrey Park, so I’ve eaten some really good food. I’ve been living in the Bajío for the past 10 years, and the Chinese food situation is not great (not great for Japanese food, either). There’s a pretty good coreano restaurant in Querétaro near the H.E.B. The food I miss most from Los Angeles, my birthplace, is dim sum. Second on the list is all the various forms of Asian noodles.
Maybe I should check out Monterrey. With all the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean companies doing business in Monterey, maybe I’ll find some good asian restaurants. Otherwise I’ll have to wait for my next visit to L.A.
Lol Mexicans also mock Chinese and even killed them in the past
There's. A lot in Tijuana. And Mexicali Mx
HONG KONG!!!!
En tonala Chiapas 🇲🇽
I am from Mexicali and this is very true 😊
A lot of kumeyaay will get mixed up as chinos sometimes lol, a funny nativ ebb stereotype in general, white people even calling us Indians for years after all
@00 CIA AGENT 007 yup sounds kind of ridiculous to say but even the tacos in Tijuana are better than the ones in San Diego and they're only divided by a border fence but its enough to make a difference
Barrio Chino isn't where you'll find us; we are spread out beyond in more subtle places around the city and the different states.
Where are the Chinese in Mexico City concentrated?
@@flet5726 well, we aren't *that* concentrated but rather quite spread out. Depends on region of origin and at what time our ancestors arrived too.
@@lost710 yeah I live in a normal colonia popular and there are other Asian-Mexicans mixed in here
I am not sure if I am of Asian descent, I look Asian, but Im Mexican from Veracruz, and I really like it when I encounter real Asian people in México.
@@flet5726 Some Korean communities in reforma/ la zona rosa and you can find a few Chinese communities in the centro of the city don't really know the name but it's like a plaza, you can find jewelry and stuff in the 2 first floors but a lot of Asians concentrate in the 3rd floor where's like a food court. You will not find Chinese people in the barrio chino but most of those establishments in the zocalo are own by Chinese descendants or Chinese immigrants. But there aren't a lot of Chinese communities like in USA, you can also contact with the embassies they often have cultural stuff about the community you are interested in and helps you to contact with other people. Also for you to find a community is very complicated many Chinese immigrants changed their name/last name when they started to being persecuted by the authorities in 1910 so many Mexican might be Chinese and they don't even know that they are is why is hard to find a community like in USA en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_immigration_to_Mexico#:~:text=Hundreds%20of%20Chinese%20in%20northern,homes%20and%20businesses%20as%20well.
This is the historical Chinatown and the families are like 5th generation. Today the New Chinatown is in Colonia Viaducto Piedad where recent Chinese immigrants live and have many businesses! They rarely speak Spanish and the food is AMAZING! Non of that mexicanized Chinese food! Not sure what part of China they’re mainly from but if you speak Cantonese or mandarin you should be good! Check it out on the weekends!
I speak Cantonese, I appreciate the valuable information, next time I come back to Mexico, I gotta check out Colonia Viaducto Piedad, thank you! 🙏🏼
@@ForrestLee no problem! And I think a lot of people have mentioned Mexicali which is great and their local food are Chinese dishes since the Chinese history there is so strong! Cheers!
@@ForrestLee I believe you should try to Colonia Roma next time. The Mexicans who arrived from China are all over the Country and the City. But if you want to try Cantonese food Roma and San Rafael have good places.
Thanks for your info! I live in mx and didn't know about this at all
@@mayaochoamontes2430 no problem! I love exploring my city! :)
We love Asians in Mexico! They contribute a lot to the country and society.
F*ck yes we do !!!
No todos los mex quieren a los asiáticos, hay personas q los discriminan tb lastimosamente.
Deberían de incluir en las escuelas , historias de los primeros chinos q llegaron a mex y contribuyeron a mex.
damn didnt know they had a place named el barrio chino!
no todos los mexicanos xd
@@honeymoon2070 odias a los asiáticos
The overseas Chinese are no longer in there, many of them have died and their families have being mixed and lost all the traditions, mexican Chinese, we are alll over around, is just not a close community. My grandpa used to own a small restaurant and he used to play mahjong in Chinatown, where in the old days chinese reunite to gamble. The new Chinatown as someone said before is in other neighborhood, near to viaducto subway station.
The famous and big old Chinatown is at the north, in Mexicali. You can also find Mexican Chinese in Chiapas and Tampico, Tamaulipas. The new immigrants are almost everywhere in the country. If you ever come back to CDMX, and you are interested on history of the overseas Chinese from 1900s.. Let me know I can present someone specialized in the topic.
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Sinaloa has a lot of Chinese and japanese los mochas guasave they do good they open up a Chinese restaurant you see a lot in Tijuana
I'm from Tampico, we have lots of Chinese here although I believe most have assimilated as you said.
oh wow thank you for clarifying & as i know the future of america will be hispanics i better pickup some spanish or else no future for me the US...
Arriaga Chiapas!
Bc in Latin America we don’t have that race segregation tradition like Anglo America, people of all ethnicities mix with each other’s giving birth to our own identity as latinoamericanos
Emotions took over when seeing the dilapidation of buildings and even the scarcity of food in limited supermarket spaces, the resilience of the Mexican people of El Barrio Chino to endure.
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@@younglee-segredo831 The crazy part is that FA is probably outperforming the index and raising good returns. I will give this a look, I'm really thankful that I can come across such a conversation
My dad, who passed recently, was mainly indigenous native American from Mexico and had Asian features especially his beautiful eyes. I have always felt a strong affinity with Asians, especially Cantonese and feel and believe I was Asian in a previous life. I'm not sure why but your video touched me profoundly and brought tears of confirmation deep in my soul. Thank you for your video and I hope to see your next one when you go to Mejicali.
@@123neodhd yea most of my family has ojos chinitos we are purepecha from michoacan
Native Americans and Asians are very similar genetically
Yup! Mexico has alot of asians. Both my cousins are married to Vietnamese men. And have kids in Mexico.
I’m Mexican, i took a dna test. Results were mostly Aztec & European, but was surprised to find some Chinese & Thai in my ancestry
@@squeeeebii-kb9xm You found the Thai and Chinese because of the manilla gallons
@@squeeeebii-kb9xm damn , then you have the asian youth
Wow, that's interesting and nice to know... because *Vietnamese people* in your part of the world are *usually in Cuba or the French Caribbean!* I didn't know that there were enough Vietnamese in Mexico for them to be part of the culture there! What's true though is that *Asians can definitely fit into French or Spanish societies* much more than Anglo-American societies!*
Vietnamese are more accepted than Chinese.
Thanks for the upload . You better off going to Mexicali , Baja Cali , largest & oldest (in Mexico) Chinese community there .
Most been there for generations & still speak Cantonese .
Btw I'm Samoan Chinese from Honolulu , Hi.
I’ll definitely check out Mexicali for sure!
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@@acatnamedmiyu5542 gracias 🤗
Hola, he’s correct. I’m from Mexicali and we have a big Chinese community, our China town it’s called “la chinesca”
brother Lee, u need to come to Tijuana or Mexicali. even I am building a bruce Lee and Shaw brother Museum here in Tijuana. Chinese culture here is strong.
I will for sure go to Mexicali!
@@ForrestLee Just down come in the summer
@@ForrestLee there's a Chinese restaurant owner in Lakewood/ Long Beach area their family lives in Mexicali.
aint that a very dangerous part of the town to be at?
@@ForrestLee I'll go with you, let's collaborate on a travel video to Tijuana or Mexicali!
Mexicali is where most of them are from. That’s where my Chinese Mexican family is from.
I gotta hit that region up
My dad was born in Tijuana in 1945 to a Mexican mother and a Chinese father. He’s half Chinese by blood, making me 1/4 by blood. We live in Los Angeles now.
Thank you for this uploading video!
How come your last name is Solórzano? You should had been registered with your father's last name who carried the Chinese last name from his father.
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Man you look like a Filipino!
@@s1gmundfr3ud My dad’s dad was absent. My dad got his mother’s last name
@@gentilewarrior I get that from time to time
@@mariosolorzanojr90280 : That explains it then. I myself have Chinese Mexican cousins because one of my aunties married a Chinese man in Guadalajara a long time ago and their last name is Chao.
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There's an anecdote that one of my chilango (person from Mexico City) friends told me: "If you look Asian and you're in Barrio Chino, then you're not from there." The anecdote rings true because the initial population that lived in Barrio Chino have since left and blended into mainstream Mexican culture.
Seems like a natural part of immigrants assimilating into the mainstream
In the Yucatán peninsula there is a large community of Koreans who migrated there during Japanese occupation years in 1910.
Chinese people in mexico are very nice people. They are so friendly. God bless
Mexicali definitely has a large Chinese community. The Chinese food there is delicious. I know that there are also a large Chinese community in Monterrey as well.
I have some acquaintamce in LA. A mexican family who have chinese. Ancestry there last. Name is Loy. Some of them look asian too. Im.part native american mexican tribe with 3% east asian siberian
Monterrey of course, although the Koreans also currently have a strong presence in Monterrey
I’m Mexican with Japanese ancestry found out it’s actually kind of common to have Japanese, Chinese, or Filipino ancestry if you are Mexican
Also we are from Guanajuato and have a pretty big Japanese and Chinese community
Because of the natives right?
"I thought there was huge group that settled here."
Woman: "No"
Sounds like a coverup to me LOL.
I know that was funny
Lol according to the guy she seemed like half chinese so maybe she just didn't want to be interviewed in a video
Jajaja she is already slowly but surely turning into a Mexican lol.
@@ElChidoOne1 nah, to me she sound Chinese. They have this dry, not so friendly personality. Lol
Sounded like someone was in denial of her actual bloodline..😂 " No!!!! That never happened..No one is here.. im not chinese!!!" She was afraid he was her lost uncle 😆
Keep up these uploads!
There is alot of Chinese Mexicans in Sinaloa too. My Mom is from Mazatlan we have Asian Descendants they even call me Chino as my Nick Name
Me too! A lot of Mexicans look Asian.
When I hear Sinaloa...I only think of cartel. 0_0
@Audi Bleu I’ve literally watched everything Narcos related. Lol, so prob right.
@Audi Bleu pero yo veo mas sangre española que china y nadie lo menciona
@@mattlion69 Yeah I’ve seen some that I thought were Asian too. They could be mixed I guess
My mom (grew up in Mexico city) had a boss who was Chinese. He was a good guy, had sympathy for his workers and even let my mom bring her kid (older sister) to work when she couldn’t leave her at home alone. Chinese (and Koreans) are decently common in the Mexico capital.
I wrote this before watching, so I didn’t realize he would talk about Mexico city
"Searching for Chinese Mexicans"
Those are called "Filipinos"...... ;o)
(and yes, that was a joke)
Yeah and Mexican are called Guatemalan
@@3rdeyeoracle434 He is not mexican 😒
@@ruizr3919 what is he? Pinoy? Lol
@@3rdeyeoracle434 American
@@3rdeyeoracle434 nope , ,,all Latinos are called Mexicans..
Hey, I just found your video. The Chinese community of Mexico City is centered in another completely different place, more to the south. The neighbourhood is called Viaducto-Piedad, near the underground station Viaducto. There you can see a lot of people of Chinese origin, businesses of all kinds, and really good restaurants. The so-called "Barrio chino" that you visited is just a tourist trap, located where the first community installed at the beginning of 20th century, but where just some cooks are related to the community by now.
Aww. I feel bad for you my brother. You were prepared and everything. Heart breaking.
Great to see ethnic mixtures just like me!!! As a kid, only people I knew who had our combo were my siblings. But as a an adult…it’s cool to see so many Asian-Latin people. Def more of us represented in Mexicali. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.
I would like to see a video If you ever have a chance to visit Mexicali, Chinese town. I heard that's the largest Chinese community in Mexico where have multi-cultural events and see thefusion Chinese-Spanish schools mainly new comers.
Such an underrated channel. praying for your success I enjoy the videos. Cheers
Buddy, our chinese community os everywhere else within cities lol. I know a migrant, Ms Li, she's been here for the past 20 years and shes been able to move her family little by little here to Mexico. I also had a good friend in school who had Chinese ancestry. Not to mention all the ither ones I've met in plazas and malls when buying chinese food, and hearing them suddenly yelling to their children to work better in fluent chinese lol. Man, they're all incredible people and I for one am hugely grateful to share the same bit space and time with them. Welcome to Mexico carnal 🇨🇳🇲🇽🇺🇸
The best Chinese food ive had in my life was in a town called Valparaiso in Zacatecas, Mexico. Everyone working there was Chinese.
Great video sir. I lived in the state of Sonora, Huatabampo back from 2013-2014. My dads side of the family is from this town in Mexico. One day went to the mall they had there and inside was a fast food Chinese restaurant. To my surprise the whole kitchen staff was Chinese. I asked about it and was told that there’s a pretty big Chinese community in that town and for the people coming from China, it’s easier to get setup in Mexico than it is in the United States. I was legitimately surprised as I only seen the Chinese community in Mexicali. There’s also a small community of Vietnamese and the name Lam is pretty prominent there since the early 50’s. Thanks for the video.
Steamed bun or Sio-Pau, in philippines is called "Shupao" in Indonesia is called "Bakpao"
In Mexico is called taco Chino.lol.
I'm from El Centro, CA and my parents are from Mexicali. The fusion Chinese Mexican is bomb af out here
There's actually dozens of communities all over Mexico that have a strong Chinese presence. As a matter of fact, there's towns/cities in central Mexico and some coastal states like veracruz, Guerrero, chiapas, Colima etc. Where the population is over 70% Chinese descendent.
The same goes for other races like Korean, Japanese, French, Italian, Indian, American (white), African descendents, Germans
All these groups of people have settled and made their homes in mexico in the course of a few decades, some over a century.
Mexico is a country of countries
We're not all Aztec/Mayan descendent or spanish descendent as well.
Hello from a German- Frenchie from Chihuahua. I'm the norm where I'm from (in my particular community).
Mexicali was established by Chinese refugees from California.
Also a fun Hawaiian fact, here in Hawaii there are loads of Chinese folks who come from immigrants from China, currently majority of the Chinese here in Hawaii are considered "local" due to the fact lots of em were born and raised here and act like any Native Hawaiian or local to Hawaii. In the early 19th century our King Kalākaua, King of Hawaii, had thousands of Chinese folks come down on steam ships to work in our many sugar plantation was the base income for Hawaii at the time. Many of them stayed the rest of their lives here and had full rights as any Native Hawaiian did.
That was a pretty interesting read, thank you for sharing, mahalo 🤙🏼
After US conquered Hawaii, the Chinese and Japanese already in Hawaii were considered outsiders.
Dont leave without trying Elote and Orchata. The first is basically street corn and the latter is a sweet drink made with like rice or something
I tried elote the other night from a street vendor... amazing!
I think he knows what is horchata
This is so amazing to me I'm mexican and I love this culture and food. I just can't believe the struggle these people have been through.
You should go to Brazil and Peru if you want to find a more Asian community (Japanese, Chinese and even Korean)
They intermixed unlike in the racist Anglo world. Also the world's oldest Chinatowns (backed up by documentation) are in the Philippines and Mexico. In the 1600s there was already a considerable Chinese community in Mexico City. Not even places like Southeast Asia has as old a Chinese community, ironically. A testament to the power and wealth the Hispanic world had in those days.
That's a bummer. At least you've been enjoying plenty of Mezcal.
I'm not Mexican but I'm latino from the south so maybe there's some similarity. I think the barrio chino is more like a touristic area in our culture so it could make sense why you didn't find many chinese-mexicans, I think maybe chinese descendants would choose a not so crowded area to settle, or probably they blended and integrated enough to be more spread
The Chinese community is Mexico City has definitely disperse a lot. There used to be a couple stores and restaurants in El Barrio Chino that belonged to Chinese people, but they have left (Shanghai restaurant
Wow! You have reaffirmed my finding about Asian food in México. I just moved to Morelia for slightly over 2 weeks now and couldn’t find any decent Asian restaurants. They all make the Panda Express food taste better! I just finished up Pad Thai, sweet & sour chicken and spring egg rolls, then I looked it up on UA-cam Asian food in México, that’s how I found your channel. It’s hilarious from watching you eat the dumplings!!!(facial reactions) Hahaha....
That is because Mexicans are not used to the taste of Asian food and with the Panda Express the person gradually enters what Asian food is, then people can try another dish and the taste of Asian food will not be So strange to their palates, in western countries Asian restaurants sell food that they know Westerners will like, they know that people will buy that food and thus earn money, in short they sell it to Westerners They know that they will like it and that way they will not lose money, lately Westerners are more open to trying Asian food for example I, I have already tried real dishes, traditional Asian dishes in my case Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean and Japanese food and I like most of the recipes, I got used to the flavors but there are still flavors that are too strong for me like fish sauce.
If u visit Mexico city you can go to Asian Bay restaurant in condesa neighborhood, is close to real Chinese food.
@@hamrose87 Thanks! Good to know when visiting CDMX someday.
Hi! I live in Patzcuaro and yeah stay away from Asian restaurants in Michoacan. DF has way better Asian food but definitely not El barrio chino. There is artist level sushi called Rokai if you are ok with spending a bit more. Also, for asian imported goods in Morelia try the TOYO Foods store! The biggest thing I miss about LA is the asian food!
Funny enough my sister took a dna test and it turns out we are part eastern Asian both my parents were born in Mexico. When I found out I was like that makes sense since ALOT OF ASIAN people would come up to my dad try to talk to him. I’ve always liked Asian cuisine and culture so I was very happy to know that I was part Asian.
You look Asian too me 😂🤷🏽♂️Asians and Mexicans make the best couples in my opinion lol
Indigenous people are Asians that's why you may get Asian in your DNA test.
@@eduardelric then why did I also get other different indigenous tribes in the dna test and not just Asian? Like why didn’t it just say Asian?
Good for you
@@isamarperez5183 Because the people who migrated to the America's are extinct, well the people where they originated. Natives have common ancestors with people from Korea and many other North Eastern Asian people, Just because you have a common ancestor you are not going to come out as Korean or Chinese in origin in your DNA tests, hence why I said we share common ancestors. The reason why it's getting you as being Native American in DNA is because those ancient people that came through the ice bridge 15,000 to 20,000 their tribes are extinct and it's mainly the Native people in the America's that are the last remnants of those people.
Hey Man I'm Mexican chinese descendant, I think what happened is the chinese people Is all mixed, for instance I'm 4th gen, I just look like Chinese but lost anything about chinese culture
There are plenty, but they're spread out throughout the country, of course you're not going to find huge concentrations like in L.A. or Sydney, or London, but if you go to Mexicali there's plenty over there and it's a couple of hours drive from San Diego.
Where is mexicali?
@@sktoh4469 capital of baja california
I think that the Chinese in Latin American countries have integrated or have been absorbed into their respective cultures way more than in the states.
That’s definitely true speaking as a Chinese-Panamanian, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing 😉
LOL @ the guy that was watching you eat and you're like "hi senor" hahah
I noticed here in the States, most Chinese food restaurants employ mostly Mexican cooks/employees. It's usually only the customer service workers who are Chinese.
In Mexicali, we have other chinese town another one like chino Sinaloa and I hear in San Luis Potosí and many mores!
We have Chinese in Atotonilco el Alto. There are at least two Chinese restaurants in town.
I’ve also seen a Chinese restaurant on the outskirts of La Barca, Jalisco. It was more of a “puesto” inside a supermarket but the Chinese have been coming into Jalisco for some time now.
Also Koreans .. Good friend of mine moved to Mexico City with his family when he was three years old. He now translates to a Korean doctor in Chicago from Mexican Spanish into Hangul.
Hello Lee. This is understandable. My wife and I have some wonderful friends from Italy. At one time, they were visiting my country so we invited them to an Italian restaurant. I didn't go well at all. Same happens to me when I travel to other counties, the food would never be the same as made at home. My suggestion is enjoy it and give them a break. Love your videos.
Hey forest! I'm a fourth generation Mexican chinese living in Mexico City, next time i can give you a tour and talk about a lot
Do you speak 3 language?
@@AlPha-nc6ih english, spanish and a little bit of mandarin
A few chinese families have moved to san juan de los lagos near Leon metro area,we have a chinese restaurant now also.
Exactly how I feel eating mexican food abroad... can't expect much though, right? At least you tried.
Most of the Chinese people in Mexicali, Baja California came from Canton, China. My grandfather was one of them.
by the way, over 300 chinese restaurants in Mexicali...and one of the elementary school named Leona Vicario, more than 50% students are Chinese
they didnt have the maksaigo bao
Wassssssssaaaapeniiiin.... is there rettuce in Cdmx??
Theres a Kowloon in av. CUAUTEMOC & XOLA its pretty good I saw an Asian Manager there & near Metro Viaducto theres alotta Chinese in La Coruña. Give me a holla Ill join ya!!
Bro i live in nebraska but my family is from mexicali. EVerytime we go to mexicali we go this chinese restaurant everytime.
Ever since i was a little kid. RIP to my Great grand pops they would go every weekend! The food is the best chinese food ive ever had no lie
FYI: there is a chinese community in Santo Domingo, with an accompanied barrio chino(several blocks large)
You should check out Mexicali!
Next time!
You need to go to Mexicali. Best Chinese food in Mexico. Baja California has the largest Chinese community in all Mexico.
Sí, yo vivo en Mexicali; fue un Chinatown, hoy tomaré el paseo histórico por la comunidad antigua llamada "La Chinesca".
Asian/Mexican here! Loved growing up mixing both dishes. So good 🤤 makes me miss my grandparents so much...
I´m from Mexico and this video kind of reminds me of my cousin who went to the chinese province of shenzhen where he is currently working and he visited a mexican "restaurant" run by chinese people and the tacos were extremely "americanized" and those are far from the real tacos. But hey, the intention is what counts haha, also there is a mexican restaurant run by a mexican and its actually more accurate as much as they can when they are in the other side of the world. The same happens in Mexico City, there is REAL chinese restaurants in mexico city but they are not in "El barrio chino" but in the south of the city and some other in the west of the city like polanco or so. Actually "EL barrio" is just an atraction built by chinese people who occupied the zone a few years ago but the chinese population in CDMX is spreaded all over the city and not just in one place.
I love chinese food and I'm Mexican but the variety of dishes in my city is still low compared to other countries. We need more chinese genuine restaurants they are the best !
I'm from the state of Puebla btw
Vancouver has the largest Asian community out of Asia and that adds a special touch to that great city
You need to go to Mexicali( not in summer) to have a delicious chinese food with a taste of México. Love your video!
“To me... it kinda sounds like a good time.” Lmaooo well said!
I know a Chinese family that used to lived in Mexico City. But, they all move to California. They used to have a restaurant near el Barrio Chino, but it was sold. .
You have to go to Mexicali
I find this so interesting, I was first told about the Chinese influence in Mexico when I was staying in Obregon in the state of Sonora. And didn't realize there was such a history of the two cultures together.
Most Chinese immigrants are from Taishan (Guangdong) hahaha
That’s my ancestral province!
Asian people are spread round eje Central and in the back streets of el Templo Mayor. But I live near Viaducto subway station and there's a lot of Asian families living there :)
I've heard Mexicali has good chinese food. Never tried it myself though.
Fascinating. I really love your common sense vlogs on Thailand.
In roma there’s a lot of Koreans in that area of Mexico City
Dude I'm right here ... Mexican and Chinese ...born in Mexicali...and now I live in Los Angeles county in the city of Montebello in between Monterey Park (Chinese city) and East LA (Mexican city)...
*Mexico is a melting pot and many Chinese married into Mexican families. Some Mexicans with some Chinese ancestry are Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, the former governor of the state of Hidalgo, mariachi singer Ana Gabirel (née María Guadalupe Araujo Yong) and 70's actress Lin May. Most Mexicans that I have met will say 'my grandfather was Chinese that is why I have almond shaped eyes.''" But, they never actually classify themselves as Asian.*
There are mexiasian, there are Mexican with Asian ancestors . If you were born in USA and you are black, you are Afro American PERIOD
Indigenous people also have almond shaped eyes but I get what your saying. They wouldn’t identify as Asian since it is a small part of their recent ancestry but I am sure they don’t deny roots
Chinese-Mexicans are spread out throughout the city and country, like you just found out and peoples been saying here. Korean-Mexicans are the ones who seems to have settled in a particular place, which in this case is in the called Pink Zone (Zona Rosa), not far from downtown Mexico City.
That's Mexico, the real melting pot. People have come to Mexico for thousands of years and after all that time gone by they turn out to be Mexicans. Viva Mexico amigos, es lo que somos hacemos hermandad y amistad a todos hasta convertirlos a todos Mexicanos. Long live Mexico.
There were a handful of Chinese people in our small town in Michoacán in the out towns around Morelia. So those Mexican Chinese most likely went to other states.
2:28 the BT21 bao buns 😭🥺
There’s an important Chinese community in Chiapas, particularly in a region called Soconusco ( coast of Chiapas) you can find there many people with Chinese last names such as Wong, Chong
I’m from Sinaloa and we got Japanese cousins that are of course mixed by one parent being Japanese the other being from Mexico.
There's a chinese community in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz also. They own several restaurants and stores. Also, they close the places when they celebrate the Chinese New Year and let in only chinese locals.
Respect to all Chinese folks, they are equals in terms of “hustle” as Mexican. 😂 keep getting it 💪🏽
We share mutual respect of how much of hard workers we both are
The Chinese food in Mexicali, Baja California and Monterrey, Nuevo Leon is Soutgern Chinese style of Chinese cuisine.....and is tge best in the world.
I see many people wearing masks that’s good
I'm Mexican and in the States, non-latins aways think I'm Filipino.
I did an DNA test and ut says I'm 78.5% Native Mexican (indigenous), and 14 5% ibérico.
Among Mexican, I'm just another one of them.
I' m also "coyote" (75% native american, 25% european), from nahua and spaniard descent
Lee 안녕하세요. 你好~ 我是住在加拿大学中文的韩国人叫Toni的。我就订阅你的频道的。 我正在学中文 可我的原来的大学的专业是西班牙语的。 可很长时间没有说过 我都忘了😃 可昨天我做说西班牙语的视频的。 有点害羞的 来我的频道看一点 😃 大家加油学西班牙语啊 .
Canadian Korean learning Chinese and wanting to learn Spanish? Lol nice
I'm a Mexican American currently learning Chinese that knows Spanish and eventually wants to learn Korean and Japanese lol
There is a lot of Asians in Mexico... there is Asian Mexican actors too ... where my mom from Monterrey there is a lot
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Hahaha
Momento incómodo 😅😂
Thanks for showing this bro👍👍
Mexicali chinese food is the best
Do they put egg in the fried rice like some of the places in NYC? I’m part Mexican but only been to DF and Oaxaca. I wanted to go to Mexicali just to try the Chinese-Mexican food there.
@@FormerlyNYVulgarian some places do, Best place to eat in mexicali is definitely China House Restaurant
@@LuisMartinez-yx9jl gracias para la informacion
there’s a lot of chinese people married with mexicans! back in 2015 i was dating one and out of nowhere a bunch of mexican girls contacted me and added me to a wechat group full of mexican girls married with chinese men lol their kids looked asian, there wasn’t a trace of mexican in them 😅 (all of them were beautiful), i had the opportunity to go to china in 2016 and people on the streets legit thought i was philliphina, or that one of my parents was chinese. that was weird. maybe i have asians ancestors? i’m the only one in my family with “asian” features, i don’t notice it, but a lot of people have told me i look asian. i should start asking my grandparents about that 😅