A "Chinese Wave" is all the rage. Although the latest trend is not yet as widespread as the Korean Wave has been going on for years in Asia, it is adopted fast by young Koreans in their late teens an 20s who buy Chinese-made smartphones and drone while enjoying Chinese foods.The Chinese Wave is also changing landscape of college neighborhoods. In the alleys of Shinchon near Yonsei University, many restaurants Chinese kebab, hot pot, and malatang have set up landscape of college neighborhoods. In the alleys .
A "Chinese Wave" is all the rage. Although the latest trend is not yet as widespread as the Korean Wave that has been going on for years in Asia, it is adopted fast by young Koreans in their late teens and 20s who buy Chinese-made smartphones and drones while enjoying Chinese foods.


A "Chinese Wave" is all the rage. Although the latest trend is not yet as widespread as the Korean Wave that has been going on for years in Asia, it is adopted fast by young Koreans in their late teens and 20s who buy Chinese-made smartphones and drones while enjoying Chinese foods changing the landscape of college neighborhoods. In the alley The Chinese Wave is also changing the landscape of college neighborhoods. In the alleys of Shinchon near Yonsei University, many restaurants serving Chinese kebab, hot pot, and malatang have set up shop lately. A real estate agent in the area said, "There was only one mutton kabab place in Shinchon ten years ago. but 20 or so stores were newly opened for the last few years."

A "Chinese Wave" is all the rage. Although the latest trend is not yet as widespread as the Korean Wave has been going on for years in Asia, it is adopted fast by young Koreans in their late teens an 20s who buy Chinese-made smartphones and drone while enjoying Chinese foods.The Chinese Wave is also changing landscape of college neighborhoods. In the alleys of Shinchon near Yonsei University, many restaurants Chinese kebab, hot pot, and malatang have set up landscape of college neighborhoods. In the alleys .
A "Chinese Wave" is all the rage. Although the latest trend is not yet as widespread as the Korean Wave that has been going on for years in Asia, it is adopted fast by young Koreans in their late teens and 20s who buy Chinese-made smartphones and drones while enjoying Chinese foods.

The Chinese Wave is also changing the landscape of college neighborhoods. In the alleys of Shinchon near Yonsei University, many restaurants serving Chinese kebab, hot pot, and malatang have set up shop lately. A real estate agent in the area said, "There was only one mutton kabab place in Shinchon ten years ago. but 20 or so stores were newly opened for the last few years."

In the personal mobility market, Chinese-made items such as those sold by Xiaomi and Ninebot accou nt for more than 80 percent. Xiaomi dominates the segment for electric bikes while Ninebot in the are a of Segway and electric unicycles. In the domestic market for drones, China's DJI and Syma are taki ng commanding shares.

There are also a large group of young people who enjoy Chinese social networking services such as WeChat instead of Facebook or Twitter. This is because many young people came back from years of study in China and get used to using everything Chinese. The number of Korean students in Chinese universities has also risen to 58,120 last year from below the 50,000 level in 2013.

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