| Well, I went to Xintiandi this evening. All menus and information, including information booth with the list of shops, are bilingual. As for the big neon labels, the ones that have some meaning, like 'Coffee Bean' or 'Rendez-vouz', have a few charactes in the title. For most others, like Starbucks, I wasn't able to spot any Chinese. This doesn't seem to hurt anyone since if you never seen 'Starbucks', then you won't be helped much by knowing it's a 'Sin-ba-ke'. I guess that's something along the lines of original regulation. So, it just looks like the whole thing isn't a ground-breaking news. If anyone wants to re-check by yorself, you can also catch the performances in Xintiani on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8pm this month. Saturdays are Chinese Opera. This site was diplaying 'You have exceeded your CPU quota' when I tried to post just now. |
Foreign Language Only Signs?