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★彡パラ動画一覧 www.cyber104.com （I’m interested in many Asian languages, yeah. I would like to learn Thai, I would like to learn Korean, you know, sometimes. I would like to learn Cantonese also. Now, I speak Mandarin Chinese, yeah which is spoken in most of China. Like Cantonese is what they speak in Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing, you know, Peking, Shanghai, but there is most of China speaks the standard Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, yeah. But in the south they speak much, you know, Cantonese. The first Chinese immigrants to America were all from Hong Kong, Canton, so many Chinese words in English are not Mandarin but are Cantonese. For example, they have the delicious little food like a Dumpling at Chinese restaurants…）

Shanghai Palace is one of the longest existing Chinese restaurants in Angeles City, Philippines. Established in 1966, it boasts of an extensive ala carte menu that varies from familiar to exotic; and a wide selection of set menus. It has always been a favorite venue for special occassions such as weddings and baptismals.

Shanghai boasts one of China’s best and most distinctive cuisines. Influenced by its position just south of the Yangtze and at the mouth of the Huangpu, the region abounds in a selection of freshwater fish and shellfish. Dishes from this area are lightly and delicately seasoned.

Shanghai’s people have a ’sweet tooth’, and more sugar is used in Shanghai than in any other part of China. Shanghai’s neighbors also contribute to the diversity of the area’s cuisine: Hangzhou, known for its West Lake carp; Zhejiang to the west, for its vinegar; and Shaoxing, for its warmed rice wine. The coming of World Expo Shanghai 2010 has made the city known to all over the world. Here are some of the top Shanghai restaurants:

Jade on 36

Jade on 36, on the 36th floor of a five-star hotel called Shangri-La Hotel, is located at No.33 Fu Cheng Road, Pudong New Area. The chief chef in this restaurant is a Frenchman. Ranging from the environment to dishes, Jade on 36 is a symbol of top grade. Inside the restaurant, there are decorations of emerald glass and purple-colored interior leather, making the restaurant looks gorgeous.

On one side of the restaurant, the view of the Bund will take you back to the 1930s, when Shanghai was known as the “Oriental Paris”. On the other side of the restaurant, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the high-rises in Lujiazui financial business district, constantly remind you of the fact that the current Shanghai has opened a new chapter. Exquisite dishes, exceptional design and the breathtaking landscape, will leave you special feelings.

Wujiang Road Snacks Street

Wujiang Road Snacks Street, located at Wujiang Road, Jing’an District, is famous for snacks. Wujiang Road Snacks Street has the same status as the prosperous Business Street in Nanjing West Road, but different in style. Business Street is nobly fashionable while Snacks Street is very close to the fashion of ordinary people. Small shops there are so attractive to the ordinary that customers unconsciously open their hearts, and no longer remember losing weight and going on a diet. Everything is under the control of the taste buds.

On this street, some of the well-known restaurants are Base (a Chinese and western restaurant), MR COFFEE, and Jiro (a name of a restaurant). In MR COFFEE, foreigners often have a cup of coffee in the open air. And Jiro is characterized by curry and coffee, as well as afternoon tea, thus making it a good place for leisure and relaxation.

Golden Jaguar Buffet Dinner Restaurant

There are three Golden Jaguar Buffet Dinner Restaurants in Shanghai. They are respectively located on Yan’an West Road, Nanjing West Road and Zhaojiabang Road. You can taste both Chinese and western foods in all the three restaurants. The most popular dishes are sashimi, crabs, roast suckling pigs, oysters and abalones. You had better book your seats in advance because the three restaurants are very popular.

1221 Restaurant

The décor is modern and stylish and the menu offers a mix of traditional and innovative Shanghai cuisine that is very tasty. Try the ‘la la ji ding’ or spicy cold chicken noodles or any other of their fabulous cold appetizers. An unique dish is the stir fried beef with deep fried dough sticks, a mix of crispy and soft textures. Service is friendly and attentive.

Windmill Restaurant

Windmill Restaurant， in Shenkang hotel， is located at No.1440 Hongqiao Road, Changning District, Shanghai (near Yan An West Road). Windmill Restaurant has a comfortable environment. There are also many old photos of Shanghai, making the restaurant very unique.

The decoration inside is bedecked by the prehistoric ornamental objects of 1930s and 1940s, as well as the photos of a famous movie star named Lanping. They have attracted a number of foreigners. It enjoys a high prestige in the literary and art circle in Shanghai and Southeast Asia, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan province. The buildings, where Windmill Restaurant is located, have been identified as “the protected building” of the municipal government.

How to navigate the meeting of east and west.

It’s new, exciting, captivating, somewhat intriguing and even a little sexy. It’s taken the world’s attention and firmly positioned itself as the new frontier in business.

It is China.

For over ten years now I have been traveling back and forth to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taiwan and each year it becomes more and more advanced in business and savvy in the way of the western world. And the interesting thing is that we in the western world of business, in the main, simply don’t get it.

Through the many contacts I have set up throughout China it still amazes me when they tell me just how many business people from Australia, New Zealand and in particular the USA think that they can simply jump a flight, turn up, put up a shingle and succeed based on the pure fact that China is booming and there are a billion people ready to purchase their product or service. And I am here to tell you, it just doesn’t happen.

A simple case study is a gentleman I know that has a successful chain of bars and restaurants, an expat, that has ‘done good’ in the east. On face value, given the meteoric rise and success of his business in the last 3 years, you’d think he arrived yesterday, opened the doors and BOOM, in came the cash. The truth of it is that he’s been there for 15 YEARS chipping away at the market, and has learnt the value of how to do business in China. And here are some takeaway tips he shared with me over lunch on a recent visit.

1. Learn the language – China has quite a range of dialects, and it depends on which side of the street you live on (literally) as to which one of them you speak. You can be surrounded by locals speaking Mandarin, walk two blocks and all of a sudden, it’s Cantonese. If you are to do business there, serious business, then the easiest way to not get caught short is to understand what is being said around you in meetings.

2. Find a local you can trust – this one does not happen overnight. Chinese are typically guarded, cautious of outsiders and non-trusting of anyone that did not grow up there. But if you want the ‘in’ with local government officials and serious business people then you’ll need some local heavyweights to help you open some doors.

3. Ten years too late – those who have been on the ground in China will tell you, ‘you should have been here ten years ago, you’re too late’. And in part that is true, expats that have put in their time are well and truly ahead of the ‘Johnny come lately’. And if you are thinking of heading there now, you can expect that you’re already entering a fiercely competitive environment, and a market that will be just as tough to find a market position as any other in the world.

4. Pick a number and triple it – all of the expats I have spoken to there will tell you, time alone is key to their success. And whatever they had budgeted for in relation to development time in China they were all way out on their estimations.

5. Be present – we’ve seen a number of Australian businesses arrive in China, in particular Shanghai and do well, but the ones that have done the best are the ones that have set up camp in the city and shown they mean business, serious business. So many companies attempt a move into China only to retreat with their tails between their legs, months and years later as they have taken the country for granted by thinking they can drop in and out at will. The Chinese know it, and they mock it.

6. People do not mean profits – Just because there are hundreds of millions of humans crammed into a relatively small space does not mean they are all consumers of your product or service. You’ll still need to research the market for the real deal on who your target is, and to understand if there are enough of them there to sustain your business model and to purchase your product or service.

For over a decade now we’ve been intrigued by the country, and for over a decade we’ve been scratching our heads as to how it really ticks and what are the key things that make it tick. And whist the world looks at the changes China is going through and the growth and opportunity that it offers, experienced business consultants stand ready with one foot firmly planted on the accelerator, one hand on the handbrake and the other on the steering wheel as we try and navigate our way, steering around the roadblocks and ever ready to pull on the brakes to avoid the impending accident.

Here’s the 3-story super Walmart in Shanghai.

In the Super Grand Mall in Shanghai (China)

A candid clip from Nanjing Road in Shanghai.

Filmed in December 2008, very cold, but fascinating insight into local Shanghai life and seeing local people doing their shopping