Chinese community in Paris to Paris after arriving at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Ethnic Chinese Indochinese families living in provincial French cities felt isolation. They moved to Paris as ethnic Chinese companies opened there. In the 1980s additional Chinese from Zhejiang arrived. In 1998 Guillon wrote that the Chinese now were "a constituent part of the Parisian population." In 2011 several muggings assaults on ethnic Chinese occurred in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, causing ethnic Chinese to hold demonstrations against violence. David Chazan of the BBC wrote that they are perceived as being prosperous and therefore are targeted. In 2016 protests staged by ethnic
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (), formerly known as "Lyon Satolas Airport" , is the international airport of Lyon, the third-biggest city in France and an important transport facility for the entire Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It lies in Colombier-Saugnieu, southeast of Lyon's city centre. The airport was inaugurated by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on 12 April 1975 and opened to passengers a week later. It was designed to replace the old Lyon–Bron Airport, which is now only used for general aviation. In 1994 the LGV Rhône-Alpes high-speed rail line brought TGV service to the airport, providing direct trains to Paris and