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Go to https://betterhelp.com/faultline for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #advertising Chinatown is known for being the go to spot for East and Southeast Asian cuisine. But thanks to viral food trends on TikTok, Chinatown is now overrun with 20+ bubble tea stores and other picturesque food spots. Today we want to ask: Why does one place need so many bubble tea stores and bakeries, and as a result, who loses out? What establishments have to close down to make way for this new trend? Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/Faultlinevideos/subscribed Join our Patreon for the DVD extras: https://www.patreon.com/faultline Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/faultlinevideos/ & https://www.tiktok.com/@faultlinetv Business inquiries [email protected] Faultline is produced by: Executive Producer/Story Editor/Host: Andy Burgess Story/Research: Anjali Sharma Reporter: Andy Burgess Senior Producer: Anjali Sharma Production Assistant: Mack Mooney Edit & Motion Graphics: Andy Burgess Additional Motion Graphics: Jatin Nahata Consultant: Dr Anne Witchard Faultline was launched in the summer of 2022 by documentarian Andy Burgess. He has spent the majority of the past decade travelling across the world, producing, hosting, filming, and editing videos for himself and brands like Red Bull, Helly Hansen, & Terra Matter. He started making short form content on Snapchat and was nominated for a Shorty Award in 2018, before moving the focus of his stories into video journalism, guiding audiences through stories from across the world. His series ‘Origins’ with Red Bull explored the history of extreme sports, the communities behind them and how they have gone on to affect the cultures of today. Faultline is a channel that combines of on-the-ground reporting, research, and filmmaking to tell the stories of how humanity is understood through geography. The gear we use: Main Camera: https://amzn.to/4cfa3tI Main Lens: https://amzn.to/3xd0SLi Vlog Lens: https://amzn.to/3xcN7MJ B-Roll Lens: https://amzn.to/45oPPvoDrone: https://amzn.to/4b0evvp Small Camera: https://amzn.to/3VD4Hms Microphone: https://amzn.to/3yX5i9L Studio Microphone: https://amzn.to/4egb9XT Wireless Microphone: https://amzn.to/45mEgF1 Tripod: https://amzn.to/3yQyMG8 Small Tripod: https://amzn.to/4bTtI2B Stabiliser: https://amzn.to/45j7FzA Main Camera Bag: https://amzn.to/3Xn3jph My Favourite Camera Bag: https://amzn.to/3XiOzI8 Music from Musicbed // https://fm.pxf.io/c/2423499/1347628/16252 FL Intro track by @musicofwei Sources 🔗 https://web.archive.org/web/20230529142115/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3135218/once-upon-time-chinatown-struggles-londons-first https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/about/chinese#:~:text=The%20first%20Chinese%20immigrants%20arrived,in%20the%20capacity%20of%20cooks https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/05/05/unspeakable-affections/ https://chinatown.co.uk/en/culture/chinatown-london-potted-history/#:~:text=Rewind%20a%20few%20hundred%20years,Voila%2C%20Soho%20was%20born https://flashbak.com/sex-drugs-jazz-and-gangsters-the-disreputable-history-of-gerrard-street-in-londons-chinatown-430639/ https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/31/archives/londons-chinatown-is-busy-and-growing.html https://chinatown.co.uk/en/about-us/ https://www.shaftesburycapital.com/en/about-us/our-heritage.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65103937 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51771355 https://london.eater.com/2020/7/14/21320047/chinatown-london-restaurants-reopening-coronavirus-crisis-rent-shaftesbury https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/1/its-time-to-talk-about-anti-asian-racism-in-the-uk https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-20/north-america-s-historic-chinatowns-find-strength-in-numbers https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-vancouver-canada-asian-hate-crimes/?embedded-checkout=true https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/01/10/chinatowns-struggle-covid-anti-asian-violence/ https://mailchi.mp/insightswest/nl-april-anti-asian-racism?e=b56c6b7543 Time Stamps: 0:00 - TikTok is changing Chinatown 3:44 - Bubble Tea, explained 4:21 - The history of London's first Chinatown 7:02 - Establishing a new Chinatown 9:07 - The boom of the 1970s 10:03 - Who owns Chinatown? 11:15 - The effects of 2020 in Chinatown 12:46 - Why Chinatown looks so different to China 13:42 - Why Chinatown's food & drinks are going viral 15:07 - What's all the Bubble Tea shops? 17:13 - The effects on old school establishments 19:24 - Why Bubble Tea is replacing traditional restaurants 20:06 - Threats to other Chinatowns 21:16 - What's the deal with Chinatown Bakery? 22:28 - The future of Chinatown MB01JFBAOC8WL2U #chinatown #bubbletea