Washington DC once had a thriving Chinatown that was home to thousands of Chinese people. Today, gentrification has pushed most Asians out to the suburbs. There’s not even a full-sized Chinese grocery store. WAMU reporter Amanda Michelle Gomez rides along with Chinatown residents as they take a shopping trip out to Virginia.
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