In May 2023, many Indian media reported that the Indian Business Daily, which was likely to be the only Chinese-language newspaper in Kolkata and even India, would cease printing. This once again focused public opinion on Kolkata, the only city in India with a Chinatown, and its official status. The rapidly shrinking Chinese community. The decline of the Chinese community in India contrasts with the growing number of Chinese in other parts of the world. In June, Zha Liyou, the Chinese Consul General in Kolkata, said in an exclusive interview with India’s Eastern Review magazine: “As the largest overseas Chinese community in India, the Chinese community in Kolkata has a…