Chinese

Denver Community Overview

Denver’s Chinese community has its roots in the 19th Century, when the city’s Chinatown lay along Larimer between 15th and 20th streets, near the heart of downtown. Sometimes derided as “Hop Alley,” this enclave rarely numbered more than 1,000 Chinese inhabitants.

There were lots of Chinese people that worked on the transcontinental railroads that came through and they settled here. Today there are approximately 16,500 Chinese Americans in the metro area. People of Chinese decent own over 1,000 businesses in Denver, including restaurants, ethnic markets, and importers. There are several community resources online in Denver.

Denver maintains sister city relations with Kunming, China. Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in southwest China, is Denver's eighth sister city. Relations were formalized in 1985 by the signing of the agreement by then Mayors Federico Pena and Zhu Zhi-Hui. Located in a mountainous area, with a population of 3.5 million, its altitude is a little higher than Denver at 6,200 feet. Kunming is said to be a city of four seasons: all like spring.

Sources:
http://www.denvergov.org/CheesmanPark/tabid/380771/Default.aspx
http://travel.expertvillage.com/experts/cultural-diversity-denver.htm
http://denversistercities.org/kunming.php

Community Resources

Organization of Chinese Americans
1322 18th Street, NW
Washington
DC 20036-1803
Phone: 202-223-5500
http://www.ocanational.org/

OCA is a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. OCA aims to embrace the hopes and aspirations of nearly 12 million Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. The Organization of Chinese Americans has two branches here in Colorado Denver and Boulder; unfortunately neither of these branches has a website. There is an online newsletter through the national organization.

Chinese Consulate General in Chicago (CO jurisdiction)
Huang Ping, Consul General
100 West Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Tel: 312-803-0095
Fax: 312-803-0110
http://chicago.china-consulate.org/eng/

Asian Chamber of Commerce
John Wright
ACC Executive Director
924 W. Colfax Ave.
Denver, CO 80204
T. 303.595.9737
P. 303.595.8880
E-Mail: asiancc@rmi.net

Denver Sister Cities
Kunming China, Sister City
Co-Chair: Kitsi Atkinson
303-930-4952
Co-Chair: John Yee
303-770-7866
2480 W. 26th Ave., Suite 20B
Denver, CO 80211

Chinese American Council of Colorado

1100 W. Littleton Blvd. Suite 320

Littleton, CO 80120

303-972-6246

Chinese American Council of Colorado (CACC) is a Colorado registered non-profit organization. It was established in 1997 to promote cooperation and communication among all Asian Pacific American organizations in Colorado. It serves as an umbrella organization for Chinese American community to plan various business, professional, health, and culture events with Chinese American community organizations and other ethnic groups in the state of Colorado.

Business Resources

Asia Pacific Access
Ralph Pollack
303-913-4079
mailto:apralph@aol.com

Provides consulting services to multinational companies conducting business in China. They have headquarters in Beijing, an office in Shanghai, and experienced counselors in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Chengdu, and Tianjin, and assist your relocation and cross-cultural adjustments needs throughout China.

Religious Institutions

Browse Chinese Religious Institutions

Food and Restaurants

Browse Chinese Restaurants

Fun, Sports, Culture and Education

University of Denver Taiwanese Student Association
Yuchuan Chang (Jane)
Email: ychang34@du.edu
http://www.dutsa.net/
The DU Taiwanese Student Association works with the Taiwanese students throughout the Denver area. Their website is written entirely in Chinese.

Colorado China Council
Alice Renouf, Director
4556 Apple Way
Boulder, CO 80301
303-443-1108 (phone)
303-443-1107 (fax)
email - alice@asiacouncil.org
http://www.asiacouncil.org/about.html
The Colorado China Council recruits and works with applicants to teach English and other academic subjects to teach at Chinese Universities.

Colorado Springs Chinese Cultural Institution
Post Office Box 2625
Colorado Springs, CO 80901-2625
Telephone: (719) 287-7624
http://www.cscci.org/
To provide a forum for greater appreciation of Chinese culture through education and social interaction and to offer resources and networking support systems to more fully assimilate Chinese into the local community. As well as providing services and programs to benefit Chinese descendants.

Great Wall Chinese Academy
Highlands Ranch High School
9375 Cresthill Lane
Highlands Ranch, CO 80130
Info Hotline : 303-934-1773 (Mandarin Chinese, English)
Info Hotline : 720-224-5760(Cantonese, English)
Email: info@greatwallchineseacademy.org
The school teaches simplified Chinese, Han Yu Pin Yin, and Pu Tong Hua. They teach integrated Chinese language and culture curriculum that meets national standards in America for Chinese Language and culture learning. They integrated guidelines of SAT II Chinese and AP Chinese set by College Board into our core content for mid and high school years of class teaching.

Denver Chinese School
PO Box 631175
Highlands Ranch, CO 80163
www.denverchineseschool.org
Denver Chinese School (DCS), founded in 1998, is an IRS approved 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We are committed to provide the best and most comprehensive Chinese language and cultural education to both Chinese and non-Chinese heritage students. We strive to serve as the extended Family for all members of Chinese American community in the Denver metropolitan area.