Visiting
Chinatown in Buenos Aires, Argentina/ Carlos Pueblo
When I am at
an oversea trip, I always like to find a Chinatown for its food
And I have
had a very good memory for its cost. I know that there are
Immigrants from
Taiwan and I like to visit their village, or machi in Japanese
, or barrio
in Spanish. I found this barrio chino between Avenida Juramento
y Avenida
Mendoza from a recommendation of a new Chinese merchant on
Avenida
Rivadavia nearby the congreso nacional. Many Chinese immigrants
Inform me
that Taiwanese immigrants are still in the city and well established.
It took one
or two transfer subway to reach Jaramento station and I walked
one block to
see Avenida Mendoza. Instead of intersection, both streets are
parallel and
south of the railroad track is Chinatown. It is quite new in compare
with general
oversea Chinatown and has been established since 2007 with
lots of
controversial, a strong resentment from local Taiwanese population, and
the arch
donation 500,000 pesos from Chinese government are in violation of
city
building code, in violation of diplomatic procedure of the department of
foreign
affairs etc. I found out the information on the internet after returning
home indeed
a Formosan Presbyterian Church staff did tell me the story. That
church is
across a Taiwanese owner supermarket, Eastern Asia, which is a permanent
place to get
information of Taiwanese immigrants. According to estimate, Taiwanese
immigrants shrink
to 10,000 while Chinese population reaches to 200,000 now a day.
I got the
Taiwanese immigrants information from a brief conversation at a pizza
restaurant by
a railroad stop. I guess now the name is barrio chino on Jaramento.
She referred
me to Eastern Asia store, yet I found the church and Chinese school
across the
street. It was very interesting to meet my fellow Taiwanese in such a
strange
country. This lady and her co-worker stopped their work and chatted with
me for a
while. I had had my questions of this rich nation answered. I am very
impressed
such small church, about 100 members can obtain a big church with
school
facility and function.
Before the
church visit, I did take a train ride to the city of Tiger at the end of the
track. The
train is on the way to a suburban passing by many beautiful subdivions
which we
call in Texas.
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