The first place we went in Harbin after we arrived was ZhongYang Dajie (中央大街)
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One of the unique thing about this street is that...
It is one of the few place in China where we can experience European culture. I would say it's like Chinese version of Quebec.
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Before 1950s, when People's Republic of China was established, Harbin was under Russian rules. Thus it wasn't too hard to find European style buildings from early 20th century. Those buildings were well maintained.

It wasn't too hard to find Russian stores and Russians in this city.. Many Russians come to Harbin to shop/hang around because it's cheap compare to Russia.
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USA Bucks...(USA 巴克酒吧)? Is it Fake version of Starbucks?

Note: in (Mandarin) Chinese, Starbucks is known as 星巴克咖啡

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As name says (酒吧 instead of 咖啡), it's a pub.. lol
They also sell coffee

We were looking for "real" Starbucks in Harbin but it was unsuccessful .. =.=;

A Russian restaurant in Harbin:
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The entrance of this restaurant, this building was built in 1914.
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Posted by ch__