The Xie Shui Jie market is a mainly clothing market which preys on new foreigners. The peddlers are very bad. Many grab you physically and pull you towards their booths. In my 30 minutes here I was grabbed and pulled 9 times. I hit two of their hands with my pop bottle to tell them no. This market targets newbies who don't know China shopping yet.

My girlfriend's mother bought a Gucci purse in Beijing. The peddler asked 800RMB initally and she got it for 30RMB.

When we first entered I asked the price on a small chess set. The man showed 350 on his calculator. My girlfriend said to him that he is cheating westerners to which he replied "I'm cheating them not you."

They've cheated ignorant buyers so much that they've developed a blood thirst for money.

I saw the same chinese shirt as I was wearing (30RMB) and asked how much. The man pulled out his calculator and said 300RMB! I said way to expensive and he started asking in a trance like state, What you low price, what you low price.'.

Most foreigners don't bargain too low because of inexperience or because they think they'll insult the peddler.

One western girl I was talking to had a peddler trying like crazy to sell her a Gap t-shirt. She kept saying she really didn't have the money. The peddler was chanting 'what you low price!!'and pushing the calculator on her (showing 220RMB). The western girl didn't even ask to buy the shirt, she only looked at it.

An English woman was looking at a thin sweater. The peddler showed her the fake price tag of $49.95 and said 'In USA it cost this, I give you deal.' then she did some calculator work and came out to 240RMB. My girlfriend told the lady 'Its only worth 30RMB.'. My girlfriend and the peddler ended up in a shouting match.

If you aren't surprised by how cheap the items in the market you are buying are then you're being cheated. Remember everything is fake. Its not real Nike, Gap, Adidas, Gucci, Versace, or Rolex.

If you end up at the cheat market on a tour of Beijing bring a calculator. The prices are on average 600-1200% higher than the actual price.

The Tianjin TV tower is the world's 6th or so biggest tower. It charges 50RMB per person to get thru the gate. The view from inside the tower isn't good (not clear - smog) and there isn't anything to do up there. There are some sofas and tables upstairs in the rotating floor. The only food for sale during the day is buns, you have to wait until 17:00 to buy dinner. Don't waste your time and money going, its as interesting as watching mold grow. The only way to appreciate it is by looking at it from outside.