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　　Artist Tiesheng Dai is one of the few Chineseresidents remaining in the U.S. capital's Chinatown.

　　He used to have two art galleries.

　　But rent hikes forced him to close both of them.

　　A sign outside the building is the only evidence theyexisted.

　　The area's housing costs have been pushed up overthe years by other ethnic groups flooding in.

　　The Chinese population has shrunk from a high of 3,000 to around 300 today.

　　Chinatown began to develop decades ago, as new immigrants moved there because most ofthem faced language and cultural barriers in other neighborhoods.

　　Tom Fong, vice chairman of the local chapter of the Chinese Consolidated BenevolentAssociation, says things gradually changed.

　　"As quickly as the kids they bring over assimilate the English language, the parents actuallylean on them to.

　　We don't actually need a Chinatown English speaking translator or liaison to help get us there."

　　Most of the current Chinese residents have low incomes and receive government subsidies.

　　Many live in Museum Square, one of Chinatown's two affordable apartment houses.

　　But the government subsidy for this complex expires in October, and the owner plans toreplace the building with modern high-rise condos.

　　So the residents are being forced to move out.

　　Dai, the artist, has lived here for almost nine years.

　　He says the remaining residents don't want to move.

　　“ Some families with three generations are living together.Some of them have been here longerthan me, for more than ten years.Some for 20 some years.”

　　If affordable housing is no longer available, the residents may not be able to stay in theChinatown area, according to Derek Hyra, the director of American University's MetropolitanPolicy Center.

　　Hyra says without Chinese residents, the local government cannot promote Chinatown as anauthentic ethnic tourist attraction.

　　"I think that cities that are more racially tolerant and ethnically and racially diverse tend to bethe places that have the most innovation.

　　There is association between diversity and economic development.”

　　And Tom Fong says, when it comes to retaining Chinese culture, Chinatown matters.

　　"My hope is that my kids and their kids will still have that touchstone of Chinatown to be a partof and come down here to perform lion dance, and to do Kong Fu and spread our culture, toretain our culture for generations to come."