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According to the American Community Survey, as of 2013, Greater Houston (Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area) has 72,320 residents of Chinese origin.〔Collier, Kiah. "(It's official: Air China to begin flights to Beijing )." ''Houston Chronicle''. January 15, 2013. Retrieved on April 21, 2013.〕 ==History== The first Chinese to enter Houston were 250 men coming in 1870 to do construction work. The 1880 census showed 7 Chinese residents in Houston. Nester Rodriguez, author of "Hispanic and Asian Immigration Waves in Houston," concluded that most of the original men left. The first Chinese business district opened in the early 1900s.〔Rodriguez, Nestor, p. (38 ).〕 Some Chinese moved from rural Mississippi to Houston. They had operated small stores in Mississippi but they decided to move because many of their previous clientele, African-Americans, left the state during the Great Migration.〔Brady, p. (20 ).〕 In the late 1930s there were fewer than 50 Chinese in Houston.〔 At that time, most families of Chinese ethnicity operated restaurants and small groceries. They usually lived in residences behind their business or residences on the upper floors of the buildings housing their businesses. Due to racial discrimination they were unable to join labor unions or obtain high quality jobs.〔 The number of Chinese in Houston increased to 121 by the start of World War II. During the war, many Chinese from southern states migrated to take advantage of the economy and the population increased by more than twice its size. In the early 1950s the Chinese Merchants' Association moved into an area in the southeastern edge of Downtown Houston in what is today East Downtown, and this Chinatown grew during the 1970s.〔 In the decade of the 1970s the first schools teaching the Chinese language appeared.〔 The first businesses of the new Houston Chinatown opened in 1983.〔Gray, Lisa. "(Branding Chinatown: Neighborhood transforms )." ''Houston Chronicle''. January 8, 2008. Retrieved on August 11, 2011.〕 The new Chinatown began to expand in the 1990s when Houston-area Asian American entrepreneurs moved their businesses from older neighborhoods, especially the "Old Chinatown" on the eastern end of Downtown Houston (in the process of redevelopment), in a search for more inexpensive properties.〔Moreno, Jenalia. "(Chinatown no longer )." ''Houston Chronicle''. October 17, 2009. Retrieved on October 19, 2009.〕 In 2000 the estimate of the Chinese-American population in Houston was 24,000. Moises Mendoza of the ''Houston Chronicle'' said in 2010 that "the population is thought to have grown by tens of thousands" since the 2000 estimate.〔Mendoza, Moises. "(With a roar, Houstonians ring in Chinese New Year )." ''Houston Chronicle''. February 14, 2010. Retrieved on April 22, 2013.〕 In 2001 Gordon Quan, a member of the Houston City Council, urged Asian Americans and Chinese Americans to become more involved in politics.〔Zheng, Chunhua Zen. "(Quan urges Chinese-Americans to become more active in politics )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday June 28, 2001. ThisWeek 2. Retrieved on December 13, 2013.〕 In 2004 China Airlines started a flight from Houston to Taipei stopping in Seattle, making it the first Asian carrier to fly to Houston.〔Hensel, Bill Jr. "(2 foreign airlines curtailing Houston passenger service )." ''Houston Chronicle''. January 12, 2008. Retrieved on December 11, 2013.〕 The airline stated that many Taiwanese companies had offices in Houston.〔"(CI To Inaugurate Taipei-Seattle-Houston Service )." ((Archive )) China Airlines. May 12, 2004. Retrieved on December 11, 2013.〕 In 2008, China Airlines announced that it was discontinuing service to Houston.〔 In 2013 Air China announced that it would begin nonstop service from Beijing to Houston. Xu Erwen (许尔文〔" (许尔文总领事会见波多黎各总督 )." ((Archive )) Consulate-General of China in Houston. Retrieved on April 21, 2013.〕), the consul general of the Consulate-General of China in Houston, said that the new flight "means a lot" to Houston's Chinese population.〔 In 2015 EVA Air began services to Taipei from Houston.〔"(New Taiwan-Houston flight launches on unique jet )." ''Houston Business Journal''. June 19, 2015. Retrieved on October 25, 2015.〕 Mayor of Houston Annise Parker stated that the growing Asian population of Houston made this flight an important one.〔"(EVA Hello Kitty Shining Star Jet Lands in Houston )." Houston Airport System. June 19, 2015. Retrieved on October 25, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of the Chinese Americans in Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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