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In yet another dose of Shanghai street sign news, we spotted this gem near the junction of Wuding Road. Okay okay we all know Xizang Lu is supposed to be Tibet Road, but does anyone know why Jiaozhou Lu would translate as Jurong Road? Random English translation (we actually know of an actual road by the same name elsewhere in Asia) aside, we are also not sure why the letter "g" is switched to another font instead of Helvetica.
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It's possible that the Jurong name came about during a period when Singapore investors were actively involved with construction projects in the area. "Jurong" is a well-known district in Singapore.
lol. bizarre!
Jurong Lu (句容路) is located not too far from Jiaozhou Lu, beside Suzhou Creek. A glance at a map would've solved the mystery of the mis-printed street sign.
Interestingly, those wrongly printed signs still went up!
Much more interesting than the fact that a mis-printed sign was installed in China (?!) is the all the bizarre speculation that this is in any way related to Singapore.
Wee Ling happens to be from Singapore. Jurong happens to be a key industrial district in Singapore. I guess she's as surprised as any American would be to find "Alabama Road" or "Texas Road" here.
Thank you for solving the mystery anyway.
Actually, there is a Texas Rd in Pudong, just past Yaohua Lu station at the end of Line 8.
You serious?!
Well, there's a 德州路 ... although it's probably named after the Dezhou in Shandong province, not the US state. But maybe it's possible it was named when some Texan investors were developing the area.