The parts about China are all bullshit. "In China, only a tiny minority of the population is as educated or as prosperous as the vast majority of Chinatown’s mortals."---It's not true. The book was full of bias and discrimination based on old impression.

A very strong source book both on the actual city of San Francisco but also as a snap shot of the Kuei-jin vs Kindred cold war along the West Coast of North America. The book is well written and while it is trying to cram a lot of information into a single book it does a great job of giving story tellers and players enough information to explore and expand on the setting in their own games.