The Italians came to Milan’s Chinatown to compete with the Chinese. Who is the winner?

Rome’s Chinatown is located on Esquilino Street in Rome. Rome, along with Milan and Prato, has the largest Chinese community in Italy.

Prato’s Chinatown, together with the Chinatowns in Rome and Milan, is one of the largest and most important Chinese streets in Italy.

The Chinese community in Italy has grown rapidly in the first decade of the 21st century. According to data from the Italian Statistics Institute (ISTAT), as of December 31, 2010, there were 209,934 Chinese living in Italy, accounting for 0.34% of the total population living in Italy; the Chinese population ranks fourth in Italy, second only to Romania. immigrant groups such as people, Albanians and Moroccans [1]. However, the above figures do not include the large number of Chinese illegally living in Italy and the Chinese who have become Italian citizens.

In previous years, due to the difficulty for Chinese to integrate into society, there were occasional conflicts with local people. In 2007, dozens of Chinese demonstrated on the streets of Milan against severe discrimination. [2] The Treviso city government has ordered Chinese-owned shops to remove red lanterns because they look "too oriental." [3]

In general, because there are more Chinese in big cities, conflicts and cultural differences tend to aggravate, especially in places where Chinese economic industries compete with Italian companies, such as in Prato textile industry. [4][5] At the same time, it is in these environments that second-generation immigrants born and raised in Italy gradually demand more care and try to integrate into society better and better.

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