Must-see shopping in Guangdong

  • Old Heaven Books

    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…

  • Huaqiang Electronics World

    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…

  • Huaqiang Bei Commercial St

    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…

  • Xīguān Rénjiā

    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…

  • 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.

  • Luohu Commercial City

    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,…

  • Fang Suo Commune

    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…

  • TIT Creative Industry Zone

    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…

  • Fangcun Tea Market

    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…

  • Tianhe Computer Markets

    Guangzhou

    You'll find hundreds of bargain-basement microelectronics retailers in shops and malls straddling this part of Tianhe Lu.

  • Kingglory Plaza

    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.

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