Comment "Email" to get news like this in your inbox every morning.⁠ ⁠ Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker endorsed the Sixers’ $1.55 billion proposal to build a new arena in Center City, citing it as the best financial deal for the city. ⁠ ⁠ Parker said, “I wholeheartedly believe this is the right deal for the People of Philadelphia. To the People of Chinatown, please know that I hear you. We have the best Chinatown in the United States, and I am committed to working together to support it. I'll have a lot more to say in a formal presentation coming soon.”⁠ ⁠ “Mayor Parker still hasn’t met with Chinatown after all this time, yet feels she can have a stance on whether our community should live or die. This was never about one person, and this fight is far from over. We are going to fight this, and we are going to the mat. It’s on,” Debbie Wei, a longtime Chinatown community member and member of the Save Chinatown Coalition, said in a press release.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 📰Follow us for the latest Asian N...