Shanghai's "Laowai Street" foreigners eager to boost the popularity of the European Cup diesel generators | diesel generators price / 2012-06-26
In Hongmei Road in Shanghai, the railroad station where Mao Zedong was temporarily docked in 1971 has now become a well-known “Laowai Streetâ€. It not only attracts foreign owners from the United States, Canada, Thailand, and India to open stores. Right now, Even more popular due to the European Cup.
Stepping into the "500-meter-long Laowai Street 101", exotic style can be seen. There are hundreds of small flags flying across the street. There are three or forty restaurants and bars with different architectural styles. French Flan restaurant, German village restaurant, Canada's Big Bamboo Bar, India's New Delhi Restaurant, Iran's Slave Persian Restaurant and so on.
The Frenchman Nicolas, who lives nearby, took her two daughters and was dining in a Canadian restaurant here. He informed that he was a frequent visitor here and would come once every two weeks.
The New Delhi restaurant from India has been open for seven years on this Laowai street. Manager Raju informed that now Laowai Street is more famous and many customers come here to make business more and more popular. At present, there are 150 people dining in the restaurant every day. .
In the middle of Laowai Street, there is a train of five green train models “embedded†in the wall. According to the nameplate on the train model, on September 10, 1971, Chairman Mao Zedong's Southern Tour 101 was specifically designed to respond to the conspiracy of the Lincang Group and temporarily stopped to dock at the Hongqiao Airport Transport Special Railway Station located here.
This history has made Laowai Street more attractive to the legendary factors. It is said that its current prosperity is not unrelated to word of mouth between foreigners. It's hard to imagine that ten years ago it was an abandoned railway lined with waste and rubbish. Since it was reopened in 2002, it has been amazing.
Chris, an Englishman, remembers that when he arrived at Laowai Street in 2006, there were only about 10 stores. Today, he is basically full. A week ago, Chris was invited by the French Canadian boss to become the manager of the City Bull Restaurant. He stood in front of the restaurant and pointed to the opposite side. "At that time there was a big bamboo bar, and the next few had not yet settled in."
During the European Cup coincidence, Laowai Street is also very lively, many foreigners come to the bar to watch the ball, a lively atmosphere. In front of Nancy's pub, there is an indicator of the European Cup schedule, but also reminded fans in English and Chinese: "Dear customers, the time difference on Laowai Street is six hours faster than Poland and Ukraine, and it is already late at night."
Mr. Wang, the manager of the Big Bamboo Bar, informed that with the European Cup competition reaching the final stage, there are more and more customers visiting the bar at night. “There are two or three hundred people every night in the past few days, of which more than 90% are foreigners. â€
Not far from Laowai Street, it is the Gubei New District, an early overseas residential area after the reform and opening up in Shanghai, which provided Laowai Street with a “base of popularityâ€. More and more foreigners now “take root†in Shanghai, and this number reached 143,200 in 2010. Correspondingly, Shanghai's services in residence, food, language, etc. are also becoming more and more diverse. (Finish)
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