This chapter aims to move beyond the stereotyped approaches favoured in earlier works on ‘Chinatowns’ and introduces instead the concept of Chinese spaces in the metropolitan city of Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia. Seeing beyond the ‘Chinatown’, the various chapters in this volume put forward the historical, political, linguistic, educational, economic, sociocultural, religious, and architectural perspectives of the Chinese spaces, in local and global contexts, thus offering critical insights into the complex intertwining of historical impact, heritage language vitality, ethnic politics, educational struggles and empowerment, socioeconomic development, urban heritage sustainability, out-migration issue, and the potential conflict between the official and the ‘vernacular’ representation of various Chinese neighbourhoods. Seeing beyond the notion of stereotyping ‘Chinatown’, this chapter expounds on the one hand, the tensions between branding and rebranding, positioning and repositioning of heritage and identity in Chinese urban spaces. On the other hand, the study also raises broader questions of social integration, and the underlying challenges in maintaining urban space and urban heritage amidst state-facilitated dispossession (Lawreniuk, 2021), touristification, and gentrification, thus allowing for an exploration of the nuanced interplay between power dynamics and struggles for empowerment. This work therefore contributes both to the understanding of Chinese spaces embedded in the (re)imagination of ‘Chinatown’ and more importantly, a critical understanding of urban sustainability and social inclusivity that goes beyond ethnic and racial boundaries.