Chinatown is not dying, it's just changing
28-06-2026 07:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Chinatown is not dying, it's just changing

Manchester's Chinatown has reinvented itself time and again over the past half-century. But as traditional Cantonese restaurants grapple with soaring costs, staff shortages and a generation unwilling to follow in their parents' footsteps, some fear the neighbourhood's culinary heritage is facing its biggest challenge yet. Damon Wilkinson reports.
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