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3rd generation Chinatown restaurateurs share struggle of doing business amid COVID-19 TODAY 3/1/2021 © Provided by TODAY Most restaurants across the U.S. and around the world have taken a hit due to closures and decreased dining capacity in the wake of COVID-19. For Liz and Brian Yee, the pandemic has taken an incredible toll on their restaurant in New York Citys Chinatown. Running a family business thats been going strong for three generations, the Yees have faced much more than dining res...

Feb 12, 2021 London – It began with suspicious looks on the street. Then visits by shoppers and diners dwindled. Now, a year since the coronavirus spread globally, many small business owners in Chinatowns around the world are shutting up shop. On the eve of Lunar New Year — traditionally her busiest trading season, Joanne Kwong was planning to close down Pearl River Mart’s flagship store in New York’s Chinatown half a century since it was established by her Taiwanese in-laws. �...

7 Min Read LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It began with suspicious looks on the street. Then visits by shoppers and diners dwindled. Now, a year since the coronavirus spread globally, many small business owners in Chinatowns around the world are shutting up shop. On the eve of Lunar New Year - traditionally her busiest trading season, Joanne Kwong is planning to close down Pearl River Mart’s flagship store in New York’s Chinatown half a century since it was established by her Taiwane...

New Yorks Chinatown pulls together to brighten the Covid darkness Diana Hubbell Last spring, Patrick Mock, the manager of 46 Mott Bakery, stepped out of his shop and into darkness. Mott Street, in the middle of Manhattan’s Chinatown, would normally have been bustling: from the bars on Doyers Street to restaurants such as Wo Hop, a Cantonese stalwart opened in 1938. However, racism towards Asian Americans – driven by unfounded coronavirus fears – had devastated local busine...

arrow Shu Cheung Lai, in the white hat, at his bakery Katherine Fung / WNYC Over the summer, Connie Lai was having dinner with her dad Shu Cheung Lai, the owner of Go Believe Bakery in Manhattans Chinatown. The bakery had closed in the spring due to the pandemic, and sales were still down 75%.  "Are you doing anything to market the business?" she asked him. "Not really," he responded. So she revived the bakerys Instagram account she started and began posting photos of buns and mo...