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Europe Street
Chinese name
Chinese欧洲风情街
French name
Frenchrue de l'Europe
Spanish name
Spanishcalle de Europa

A Europe Street ( Chinese: 欧洲风情街; pinyin: Ōuzhōu Fēngqíng Jiē, also Little Europe or Europetown) is a type of shopping area in China where European culture is on display.

Examples include:

  • Chengdu's Tongzilin (桐梓林) neighborhood [1] While officially called "Tongzilin European Culture Street", a source claims that Chengdu's Tongzilin European Culture Street is "... is in European style with European architecture, pools, and porches. Road signs of this street are written in four languages: Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean." [2]
  • Yancheng as of July 2010 [3]
  • Hefei, called the "Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone", which is north of Pearl Plaza, is a "... creative mix of European streetscape, merged into a distinctive European style buildings." [4]
  • Huai'an, known as "Huai'an Square" is a "key municipal project" that is "... located in Huaian Huaihai Road No. 65." The place is described as a "... European and American classic fashion apparel and merchandise with the characteristics of leisure travel." [5]
  • Shenzhen's "Europe Town Shenzhen", which is located in the Nanshan district. [6] [7]
  • Luodian, Shanghai, is known as the "North European New Town"

Beijing had a two-day festival in 2005 named "Europe Street", located in Firework Square near Chaoyang Park. [8] It was organised by a delegation from the European Commission of the European Union, celebrating the 30th anniversary of EU-China diplomatic relations. The event had music and street theatre performances drawn from many EU countries. [9]

See also

References

  1. ^ 桐梓林欧洲风情街 Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine 2007年02月07日 Xinhua News Agency
  2. ^ "Tongzilin European Culture Street".
  3. ^ 盐城欧洲风情街7月对外开放 Xinhua 2010-05-07
  4. ^ "European style street". Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  5. ^ "European style street Huai'an Square". Archived from the original on 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  6. ^ "Europe Town Shenzhen".
  7. ^ "Shenzhen Europe City – Ikea, B&Q, Metro & Decathlon". 5 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Europe Street: a celebration of European diversity". www.chinadaily.com.cn. 9 September 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Europe Street - a celebration of European diversity". 20 July 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-07-20.

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