Tijuana Chinese food, albondigas pho and Mexico's long history with China

Chinese immigrants are showing up at the U.S. Mexico border in larger numbers than ever before. What kind of lives are they making?

TIJUANA —What always surprises me about entering Tijuana is how easy it turns out to be.

Ominous signs and mounted large-caliber weapons aside, the crossing takes about 30 seconds. One right turn, a left, and another right takes you straight into Tijuana’s downtown, where you are promptly caught in a traffic jam slash mobile market bazaar, drumbeats knoc…