 Bryan Lee takes a walk into Chinatown and he notices something different. The hardworking immigrants and merchants with their food stands have disappeared, replaced by a huge neon pink tourist booth. What has happened? And what s next? More garish tourist booths? More McDonalds and Starbucks? Raised archways? "Big Trouble in Little China" assesses Chinatown s slow descent into a pit of blatant tourism and Americanization due to the large-scale takeover by large corporations and franchises. It also discusses and warns about the possible transformation of New York City s Chinatown from a once impressive cultural community into an artificially constructed tourist center.