DK Travel : Beijing : Shopping

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China Art Seasons

A high-ceilinged space well suited to large-scale sculpture (see China Art Seasons).www.artseasons.com.sg
China World Shopping Mall

Beijing’s ritziest mall is attached to the equally luxurious China World Hotel. The mall, which is also known as Guomao, is home to elite international brands such as Moschino, Prada, Cartier, and Louis Vuitton. Prices are at least as expensive as back home (see also China World Shopping Mall).
China World Shopping Mall

The Silk Market and Yaxiu Market sell the counterfeits, but this is where you come for the originals (see China World Shopping Mall).
Contemporary art

Not just a striking souvenir but also a potential investment. Collecting Chinese art is big business and some names go for tens of thousands of dollars at international auction. However, there’s a lot of fine work exhibited in galleries all over Beijing that is far more affordable.
CourtYard Gallery

Basement gallery attached to classy restaurant (see CourtYard). www.courtyard-gallery.com
Designer clothing

Hottest souvenirs from Beijing are top-label international brands, sold here for a fraction of the cost back home. They are all, of course, fakes – almost passable copies but poorer quality. Those whose copyrights are being infringed have begun to take legal action and the days of the fakes may be numbered.
Dong Jiao Wholesale Market

In a series of hangar-like buildings southeast of SOHO, traders sell just about anything and everything. It is where restaurants and hotels buy pots and pans, schools come for classroom supplies, service staff buy uniforms, and small traders and cooks come for fresh fruit and vegetables. You may not need a carton of 1,000 chopsticks, but it is fascinating to browse, all the same.
Dong Jiao Wholesale Market

This is where the traders from Beijing’s other markets come to buy their stock (see Dong Jiao Wholesale Market).
Foreign Languages Bookstore

The whole of the top floor is devoted to English-language fiction and non-fiction. Staff are reliably surly.
Friendship Store

Once upon a time this was officially the only store tourists could visit. Now it’s the last place you’d want to shop; it’s overpriced and has notoriously unhelpful staff. Visit instead for a glimpse of how shopping in Beijing was in the good old bad old days.