when to go? | Hangzhou | Jul 12, 2004 11:09
The Best Time for visit Hangzhou is the period during March to April, which is the peak season for tourism during the warmth of spring all the flowers bloom.
In fact, you will enjoy different beauty of Hangzhou in different season!

Shopping in Shanghai | Shanghai | Mar 30, 2004 16:57
The other type of shopping is the type responsible for the changing socio-economic make-up of Chinese consumerism; the open market. Think of a flea market gone awry and one can imagine the open market. Also known as the night market found in several smaller Chinese cities or "bazaar", one can find most simple items here as well as food, collectibles, antiques, household goods, clothes, DVDs, CDs, and small appliances. One can also usually find a purveyor for those extra-curricular non-discretions.
It was in the late 1970's that Deng Xiao Peng allowed for economic reform by forming the Special Economic Zones encouraging open market reforms and free enterprise. One prime and common example of this liberation were tourist junk and food hawkers openly selling their wares in Tianamen Square. The open markets of Shanghai are a testament to this continued liberalization and accounts for the rise in consumerism and Chinese wealth. Unfortunately the gap between the 20%of the city dwellers and 80% rural workers (percentage with regard to total population) has jumped from fourfold in 1985 to eighty times that amount in 2001.