Shenzhen
A delicious bookshop specialising in cultural and academic titles, Old Heaven also doubles as a vinyl-music shop, cafe, live venue and community creative…
Must-see shopping in Guangdong
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Shenzhen
Miniscule spy cameras, jiving robots, e-skateboards and air-conditioned jackets (yep!) – for a sea of innovative, cut-price kidult toys, head to this…
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Shenzhen
A sizeable chunk of Shenzhen's prosperity can be traced to this vast cottage industry of tech that stretches across city blocks. Mall after mall selling…
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Guangzhou
The magpie owners here have accumulated all manner of treasures (OK, and plenty of tat), displayed in the grand surrounds of a former concession-era…
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Chaozhou Opera Costumes & Props
Guangdong
Diagonally across the road from Kaiyuan Temple is this tiny shop that makes gowns, headdresses, swords, sedans and shoes for the Chaozhou opera stage.
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Shenzhen
An old favourite of Hong Kong day trippers, this multistorey mall, right next to the Luohu border crossing, has hundreds of tiny shops selling handbags,…
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Guangzhou
Praised for its elegant design, this enticing bookstore has more than 90,000 (mostly Chinese) titles, wrapping around a central cafe. You can also find…
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Guangzhou
Inside the leafy compound of a communist-era textile factory are boutiques selling a variety of locally designed clothing, from office wear to lacy…
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Guangzhou
More for oolong aficionados than casual browsers, this is a wholesale area spanning block after block of tea shops, along with entire malls selling leaves…
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Guangzhou
You'll find hundreds of bargain-basement microelectronics retailers in shops and malls straddling this part of Tianhe Lu.
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Shenzhen
Though more upscale than the much older Luohu Commercial City one station away, this mall lacks the polish of those in Futian District such as Coco Park.
