The changing face of New York's Chinatown

While Chinatowns are a feature of many US cities, some of the best known are succumbing to gentrification, campaigners say.

Manhattan's Chinatown, however, has remained a thriving immigrant community - though some are now concerned that this may be changing as more outsiders move into the neighbourhood.

"Chinatowns are turning into a sanitised ethnic playground for the rich to satisfy their exotic appetite for a dim sum and fortune cookie fix," says Andrew Leong, one of the authors of a recent report, external that charted gentrification in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.

The BBC went to New York's Chinatown during the community's new year celebrations to find out how the community is being transformed. Read the full feature here.

Produced by Anna Bressanin

Altered States is a series of video features published every Wednesday on the BBC News website which examine how shifting demographics and economic conditions affect America on a local level.