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| nebojats Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5197 days ago 89 posts - 120 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Thai Studies: French, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Italian | Message 1 of 4 13 July 2011 at 6:26am | IP Logged |
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Pretty self explanatory. Are there any cities where the dominant languages are Mandarin and Russian? I'm
thinking that maybe a city in northern China or southern Russia might fit the bill? Does anyone know of or has anyone been to such a city? I was just in San Francisco and the neighborhood directly to the south of the Golden Gate Bridge had significant Russian and Chinese populations... But English was still of course more dominant than either of the other languages. Edited by nebojats on 13 July 2011 at 7:02am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jarm Newbie Australia Joined 4913 days ago 33 posts - 55 votes Speaks: English* | Message 2 of 4 13 July 2011 at 7:40am | IP Logged |
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Harbin in China is supposed to be fairly heavily influenced by Russia, but as for the amount of Russian speakers, I don't know... Only the real far far eastern tip of Russia touches China. There might be something along the Trans-Siberian Railway, because I think an offshoot of that goes to China.
The problem is, both countries have had (not uncommon) policies of pushing their respective national languages, so any older communities probably don't speak their ethnic language anymore. I would probably place my bets on a major Russian city, instead. There are significant populations of Chinese people pretty much everywhere; they have a habit of "getting around"... :P I reckon there would be a fairly large Chinese neighbourhood in Moscow, if you checked it out. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jasoninchina Senior Member China Joined 5232 days ago 221 posts - 306 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Italian | Message 3 of 4 13 July 2011 at 7:49am | IP Logged |
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On Hainan Island, there are two main Cities: Haikou and Sanya. The foreigners in Haikou mainly speak English and the Foreigners in Sanya speak Russian. There are so many Russians in Sanya that it is not uncommon for the waitresses, shop owners, etc. to learn russian. And it's a resort town to boot.
But I think you already know that any northern Chinese or southern russian town will have lots of speakers from both languages. I really don't know that you will find a city that speaks both equally. And I agree with jarm, Chinese people are everywhere. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Wilco Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6331 days ago 160 posts - 247 votes Speaks: French*, English, Russian | Message 4 of 4 13 July 2011 at 3:02pm | IP Logged |
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Base on my personal experience in the Russian Far East and in Northeastern China, the
best candidates would be : Suifenhe, China - Small border town on the way to Vladivostok. I went there a few times and every single chinese I've met there spoke basic to decent Russian. Everything is translated, so you could actually live there a lifetime without speaking one word of Chinese. Heihe, China - Another border town, facing Blagoveschensk. As in Suifenhe, expect every restaurant or shop to have at least one employee who speaks decent Russian. Hunchun, China - Same as the above, except much smaller and with a large community of Korean speakers. Ussuriysk, Russia. - The local Russian population do not speak Chinese, but thanks to the huge local chinese market, it would be easy to find Mandarin speakers. I guess Vladivostok, Blagoveschensk and Habarovsk would also qualify, but only because of their Chinese markets and impressive number of Chinese students. I am currently living in Haerbin, and English is much more commonly spoken and understood than Russian. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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