chinese business and trade center in central and southeastern europe huge amounts of capital were riam out for buildings apartments and schools that something went wrong. chinatown in the romanian capital bucharest it was to become a hub of trade in chinese goods in the balkans the egyptian merchants at aqua was there from the beginning. the halls are empty the project a complete failure the chinese market didn't have a chance against already existing markets and bucharest three thousand square meters of hall space has become utterly useless. because you've. got the opening there was the television the prime minister the chinese ambassador and a lot of fanfare. but the next day the tax collectors were there checking the traders they came almost every day to someone obviously had something against the market many traders felt intimidated and gave up. chinese cheap products were also gradually going out of fashion in romania almost ten thousand chinese retailers left the country often in the direction of poland. more successful is the chinese bicycle manufacturer d.h.s.s. in the city of