Making Berlin home: How the ‘most- integrated’ immigrants keep their Asian culture alive
<p><strong>BERLIN</strong> — Red paper lanterns and blinking neon signs adorn the halls of Berlin’s Dong Xuan Center, a sprawling Vietnamese shopping market in eastern Berlin’s Lichtenberg neighborhood. Small children run past, shouting in a mix of German and Vietnamese. A hairstylist belts along to a Vietnamese ballad.</p>
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<p>A blinking sign advertises a hair and nail salon at the Dong Xuan Center, a Vietnamese market in Beriln’s Lichtenberg neighborhood. (Photo: Dana Dela Cruz)</p>
<p>Ho, who wished to withhold his first name, goes to the center for haircuts. Today, he and his brother carry grocery bags filled with greens and canned goods.</p>
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