Services and Shopping
Hailar has no less than 4 shopping malls - Friendship, Yishidan, Huahui and Busen- which are similar to Western ones in their scope and variety, if not quite as good. On the other hand, progress is much more dramatic in some areas than others. Whilst it is possible to buy a flat screen television there, other common household items in the West are impossible to find. As yet, there is no McDonalds or Starbucks, though there is a KFC and an imitation Starbucks coffee house.
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