In every city in Spain there are one or more Chinese bazaars. This type of establishment arrived in our country in the 90s and has developed to become almost another cultural element. But why are it generally the Chinese who run this type of business? … premises? Why are they so commonly seen running bars?
The TikTok user spoke out on this subject @jiajunyin3a young Chinese who lives in Spain and who is dedicated to raising awareness of his community and his country on social networks. In one of the most recent videos on his account, the user explains why the Chinese who arrive in Spain invest in opening bars and bazaars.
At the start of the publication, the young man already suggests that the main reason is “that they have no choice”. He explains that the majority of Chinese when they arrive in Spain do not even have the basic notions of the language, so they have no other choice but to work in this type of service.
“If they started working for others, without the language they would only get very poorly paid jobs. And for that it is better to stay in China. In these conditions, they have no choice but to undertake, because opening a bar or a bazaar is something relatively viable,” comments @jiajunyin3.
Then, the young man explains that both businesses are relatively profitable, and that in the case of the bazaars, even more so, since the products arrive at very low prices from China. Regarding language, he says that in the hospitality industry you only need to know the names of four basic things, and in bazaars not even that: “Just point and say ‘bottom right'”, jokes the user.
But language is not the only deciding factor. @jiajunyin3 explains that another key is that the Chinese are willing to help each other by lending money, so it is common for the newcomer to receive a certain amount to open one of these businesses.
Reactions in the comments
The young Asian’s video has achieved a certain impact and to date, it has accumulated no less than 36,000 likes on TikTok. As usually happens in these cases, thousands of users took to the comments section to debate different aspects of the post.
“I’m Italian, the first thing I did was learn Spanish”, “I work in a Chinese bazaar and it’s the best job I’ve ever had”, “the bars are mostly in Catalonia and Valencia, elsewhere there will be very few” or “Yes, but now the Chinese sell you things at the price of a store in Spain”, are some of the most striking comments.
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