john510runner t1_jdjx5b2 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 10:46 PM

Not sure if this is still true... in the statement made in this Ted Talk...

There are more Chinese restaurants in the US than McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and Wendy's combined.

Can't find it but Yelp put something out (prior to Covid shut downs) saying the number of Chinese restaurants are on the decline even though the over all number of restaurants are at all time highs.

One of the explanations offered is the kids of the parents who own restaurants have choices to not be self employed.

Also in southern California I've noticed Vietnamese people running Chinese restaurants. Might also have something to do with more paths to being middle class in China that new waves of Chinese immigrants not taking up restaurant work in the US.

Kagomefog t1_je3w10y wrote on March 29, 2023 at 5:52 AM

The Vietnamese people you saw running Chinese restaurants are probably Hoa (Chinese Vietnamese). They’re ethnic Chinese who immigrated to Vietnam or lived there for several generations before being expelled by the Viet Cong.