'It's a ghost town': Can America's oldest Chinatown survive Covid-19?
by Vivian Ho in San Francisco from US news | The Guardian on (#5BFH1)
The pandemic has devastated small businesses across the US, and San Francisco's Chinatown has been particularly hard-hit
Iron gates and metal doors appeared to shutter the fronts of every other shop, their once-bustling entrances overflowing with brightly colored knickknacks now quiet and tightly contained. Some art stores still had ornate sculptures visible, collecting dust in the dark behind the gates. Others were completely empty, cavernous and blank.
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