A stroll through Chinatown feels like slipping between the shifting planes of time and space. Here are our recommendations for places to eat and shop, along with a look into its dark history.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "At Chinatown Pride, I learned that the true history of most American Chinatowns are deeply radical," says writer Ian Kumamoto.

In Morris Lum’s photographic archive of Chinatowns, change is the only constant. Wall murals are painted then covered up. Restaurant menus adapt to diners’ evolving palates. Colorful shopfronts fade ...