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All businesses in Xintiandi and Huaihai Road (China), especially foreign-brand stores, must add Chinese names to their signs before Sunday.

“This is part of a long-term project to crack down on foreign-language-only signs, which not only are a barrier to understanding for most Chinese, but also violate the law on language,” said Yang Jishi, an official with the Economic Commission in Luwan District.

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