A: Yet another shopping mall has just opened in Taipei.
B: Do you mean the Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Nangang?
A: Yeah, the shopping mall run by Japanese Mitsui & Co. opened last week.
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B: I hear the mall features about 300 stores, Vieshow Cinemas and Japanese Lopia supermarket.
A: With the opening, a war is breaking out between Taipei’s department stores.
A: 台北又有新的購物商場可逛啦。
B: 你是說Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport 南港？
A: 對啊這家日本三井集團旗下的商場上週開幕。
B: 聽說商場有威秀影城、樂比亞日系超市，還有多達300家專櫃。
A: 新商場一開幕，看來又要掀起一場百貨大戰啦！
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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