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Shopping
Beijing offers the widest choice of goods for shopping than anywhere
else in China. Clothes are relatively inexpensive, and the choice of
antiques and handicrafts is vast and enticing. Some recommendable
souvenirs are art materials like traditional brushes and blocks of ink, jade
items, kites and beautifully woven silk.
There are several main shopping districts in Beijing. For example,
Xidan which boasts giant department stores, Dongdan whose feature items include
brand-name clothes, Wangfujing which is very popular, and Liulichang
which is targeted at visitors with its abundance of souvenirs.
Jianguomenwai Dajie is also a good spot if it's clothes you're after.
Entertainment
A pletora of Chinese and Western movies are being offered in many luxurious and comfortable
movie theaters. The unique feature of Chinese movie theaters is that
they do sell alcoholic beverages.
For a night with
palatable dinner, a few good drinks and mellow jazz music, head to CD Cafe which
is just south of the Agriculture Exhibition Center. Another good place to
go for live jazz music with a blend-in of Asian flavor is Sunflower Jazz Cafe in Guanghua Lu.
Shows of Western contemporary, ballet, Chinese traditional and ethnic folk
dances can be found in the city if you are interested. The most popular
places that offer these shows include the Poly Plaza near the Dongsishitiao
subway station and Central Ballet of China in downtown. Classical
music buff may head to the Beijing Concert Hall where both Chinese and touring
international symphonies give concert frequently.
Night Life
Beijing offers
a neverending night life to those seeking for it. To begin with, most
major hotels downtown are usually equipped with quality musical shows, food and
drinks.
Singing karaoke has become an increasingly popular branch of entertainment
among the Chinese people, and in consequence karaoke bars spring up everywhere
throughout Beijing.
Beijing also has some excellent disco and rock 'n roll dance clubs in
downtown. Some of the famous places to visit are NASA Disco Club in
Xitucheng Lu, JJ Disco Square, Nightman Disco, V-One, and Dance Agogo.
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