When moving to a new Chinese city, a useful thing to immediately locate is your nearest hypermarket (American equivalents would be Target, Walmart, etc...). When living in Beijing in 2002, it was Carrefour; Nanjing had Jinrenfa; and the second day here in Hangzhou we found a nearby Century Mart. Not only are these the most convenient places to find a wide selection of clearly organized and sanitarily packaged products from yogurt to shampoo to electric fans to new bicycles, but I find them to be one the best examples of harmonious cohabitation of western and Chinese culture.
Where else will you find:
Chips and Chicken Feet
Hershey's and Haw Flakes
Flank Steak and Pig's Feet
Peaches wishing you prosperity and good fortune
Budweiser being marketed as a world-class, high quality beverage?
(and you can ask an attendant for a trial if you don't believe it)
1 comment:
Ohh, atherosclerosis porridge reminds us of how much we miss you guys...and Chiner! See you there soon! :) the CVs (the family, not the pharmacy)
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