On the dragon's tail

Dror Hurvits likens his new home in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, to parts of San Francisco Bay Area where Silicon Valley is located. [Photo/China Daily]

An Israeli entrepreneur, who jokingly calls his new home 'the sea of Jews', tells Raymond Zhou about his passion for life.

In 2008, Dror Hurvits identified his two "criteria" for selecting Chinese cities that he deemed fit for a Westerner to settle down in.

One was the price of a foot massage, and the other, the availability of Starbucks outlets.

The price of the former has gone up considerably, he laments, but his favorite coffee is now available in a dozen shops across Zhuhai, Guangdong province.

Hurvits, an Israeli expatriate businessman, has a sense of humor his Chinese colleagues may have difficulty understanding. When asked if he gets the chance to meet other Israelis in China, he jokes: "Zhuhai means sea of Jews."

Zhu is the Chinese word for pearl or jewel, but reads like "Jew" and hai means sea.