For sale, Chinese only need apply.

From the original post in Italian at 100x100venezia.com:

The owner exhibits a explicit sign in the window of the shop just a stone’s throw from the Frari church. It’s the umpteenth store closing in Venice. This one’s a bit unconventional though: the words also appear in Chinese, or at something that resembles it. Everyone knows Chinese regularly buy out businesses and turn them into trinket bazaars [they're rarely so actively targeted, though].

Come ‘n get it, boys…

3 Responses to For sale, Chinese only need apply.
  1. Murissa Maurice
    December 7, 2011 | 9:11 pm

    Wow, I never knew that so many stores have been closing in Venice.
    I spoke with a bar tender who talked about how expensive it was to own and work in Venice since usually people have to live off the island.

    The Wanderfull Traveler

  2. Maité
    December 8, 2011 | 9:49 am

    Pourquoi les vénitiens vendent-ils ainsi leur ville aux chinois ; ce sont eux les fautifs ! Buona giornata !

  3. Geiko
    December 25, 2011 | 3:43 pm

    I can speak a little Mandarin, and I confirm that the text is written in Chinese, it says ???? zhuan3rang4dian4mian4, i.e., “conveyancing shop”. However, I don’t understand what’s written below those four characters: is it a drawing? something written in korean or another language?

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