Colorful animals make it easy to identify the Tianyi wholesale market. Beijing is a great place to shop, and there are plenty of options, from high-end malls to the myriad of markets. I much prefer the latter, which always lead to an adventure of some kind. Below are 13 of my favorites from the time I […]
Shopping
Beijing’s Lamp Market: From AK-47s to horses
Lately I’ve been missing some of the quirkier aspects of living in Beijing, for example, the city’s vast lamp market, which was housed in three football-field-sized warehouses. There were lamps that I would buy for my home, to be sure, but of course the more interesting were those made depicting life-sized horses, AK-47s and human body parts. […]
The Gap comes to China
For expatriates in Beijing, life becomes easier by the month, if not the week. Change comes quickly here at a speed difficult to describe. New grocery stores with foods geared toward western taste – and other amenities targeted at foreigners – appear out of nowhere. I have to admit that I have more or less […]