Practicing My Spanish & Chinese in Mexico’s Biggest Chinatown

Meet your teacher! Join your first Babbel Live lesson today. Get up to 50% OFF ➡️ Here: https://go.babbel.com/us-live50-youtube-xiaomanyc-july-2021/default This week we hopped the border into Mexico to experience Mexicali, a border town that contains the biggest Chinatown in all of Mexico. Chinese laborers originally came here in the 19th century to work on irrigation projects and their descendants stayed on in Mexico, and today the Chinese Mexican residents here speak perfect Spanish and quite often Chinese as well. The city is famous for its Chinese food and has more Chinese restaurants per capita than anywhere else in Mexico, and you’ll see plenty of Chinese shops and supermarkets as well. It’s also famous for its tunnels, which were originally built by the Chinese community to live underground to escape the heat but came to be used during Prohibition to support gambling and speakeasy operations. Had an amazing time with my friends @SeaboltSpeaks and @SpanishWithNate. here, and thanks to Kitchen No. 760 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHgBAq7zbFAOOjtu4VDr8KQ/) for being such an incredible local guide and showing us all the great spots! LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH MY METHOD! ✉️ Join my newsletter and discover how I pick up new languages quickly (and learn how you can do the same): 👉🏼 https://www.streetsmartlanguages.com/signup 📚 Check out my Street-Smart Language courses: 👉🏼 https://www.streetsmartlanguages.com Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLNoXf8gq6vhwsrYp-l0J-Q?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xiaomanyc/ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xiaomanyc/ If you guys like the music in my videos, you can check out all the AMAZING music Epidemic Sound has at my affiliate link here: http://share.epidemicsound.com/xiaomanyc