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Lisa See’s novel “Shanghai Girls” depicts the short-lived ‘China City’ in Los Angeles as being an Asian-themed tourist attraction where educated Chinese immigrants were encouraged to act out racial stereotypes for white clientele. How accurate is this depiction?

by /u/CoeurdeLionne in /r/AskHistorians

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