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Saltwater City: An Illustrated History of the Chinese in Vancouver
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a Chinese immigrant in a city that’s both promise and prejudice? Vancouver’s Chinatown isn’t just a tourist trap with dim sum joints and souvenir shops—it’s a battleground of culture, resilience, and identity. Paul Yee’s Saltwater City dives headfirst into that messy, gritty history, peeling back layers you didn’t even know were there.
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