Ran out of good reads? Looking for a good book to escape the innumerable number of frustrations that living abroad can dish out? Well, heading over to Hong Kong is one option, but just before you submit yourself to…
Western food is just as popular in Shenzhen as anywhere in China, perhaps even more so with the city’s close proximity to Hong Kong. Theres plenty of western restaurants, but what if you are living in Shenzhen and like to…
Being such a new city, in Chinese terms at least, Shenzhen doesn’t have the ancient historic sites that other cities do. Shenzhen is very modern, everything is new including the skill sets of the workers along with the sectors…
Even if you are not interested in luxury brand shopping, the MixC mall is a must visit destination on a Shenzhen Shopping trip. This massive mega-mall features Shenzhens largest movie cinema, an Olympic standard Ice Skating rink, cafes, food…
Bao’an District of Shenzhen is going through somewhat of a renewal with gleaming new residential hi-rises popping up along with shopping malls and more. At it’s heart is the 40,000 seat Bao’an Stadium adjacent to which is the 8000 seat gymnasium and swimming center which features an indoor competition and training pool plus outdoor pools. [...]
For many years Coco Park in Futian District has been a popular shopping, dining and leisure destination and now, located in Longgang District of Shenzhen, the 2nd Coco Park has opened. The new mall features a similar mix of brand name outlets, quick service restaurants, leisure and fine dining. Businesses at Longgang Coco Park include [...]
For many, Luohu is the first taste of Shenzhen, or maybe even China that many people get. It’s where the city’s major train station is based and it’s also the largest overland port for people moving between Hong Kong and Shenzhen/Mainland China. It’s also the base of some of the city’s great shopping destinations including [...]
Expected to open later this year, AllCity will offer Shekou/Nanshan residents a new shopping experience with over 100,000 sqm of retail space. The mall has five floors, three underground and two above ground on top of which is high-end residential apartments. The new mall is expected to feature a boutique supermarket, a 1200 seat ‘five [...]
Located in the prestigious Mangrove Bay area of Nanshan, Kingkey Banner Center provides nearby residents with 120,000 sqm of shopping, leisure and dining. The center features a Rainbow Department Store, a Fundoland and Teletubbies for kids, a Suning store for electronics, and lots of fashion stores. For dining there’s a small Shanghai cuisine restuarant, sushi [...]
Located in Shekou, a sub-district of Nanshan, Garden City Center features a floor area of 70,000 sqm and around 100 or so shops costing of fashion, dining and entertainment. There’s an MCL cinema here plus a gym. Lots of ladies fashion, beauty care and the like. For dining there’s McDonalds, KFC, Kung Fu, Ajisen Ramen [...]
The mall is conviently located right at the Convention and Exhibition Center Metro station (huizhanzhongxin) in Futaian and features three levels of shopping, entertainment and dining. The levels comprise of L1: cosmetics, shoes, handbag, boutique accessories, ladies clothing, gentleman suits, business casual, fine jewelry and watches, fashion accessories, business supplies UG: boutique pregnancy clothes, children’s [...]
Here’s a prime location in Shenzhen that has been seemingly dormant for sometime, but set to explode with the opening of Wongtee Plaza expected in late 2012. Located directly across from the from of the Shenzhen Convention center it’s actually in the magical center line that runs from Linhuashan Park, where the statue of Deng [...]
Haiya is a well known department store operator in China and are soon to open a massive new mall in Bao’an District. Haiya Mega Mall (the Chinese name, 海雅缤纷城, translates to Haiya Fun City) has a total construction area of nearly 300,000 square meters and an investment of 3.6 billion yuan making it, well, big! [...]
Located in the Excellence Century Center, the newly opened InTown Plaza offers 5 floors of food and fashion. The mall has Love as it’s central theme and is conveniently located near Shenzhens Convention and Exhibition center. For fashion, brand names include Vino, Dazzle, Marisfrolg, Lily, PSALTER, Oasis and many more. For dining, and snacking, the [...]
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Shenzhen is blessed when it comes to western style coffee shops, and even more so when it comes to free wi-fi. It makes Hong Kong look like a hotspot desert! If you can find a hot spot in HK you’ll usually have to pay or it’s time limited. For example, Starbucks in HK is time [...]
Ran out of good reads? Looking for a good book to escape the innumerable number of frustrations that living abroad can dish out? Well, heading over to Hong Kong is one option, but just before you submit yourself to border crossing blues here’s a couple of places to check out in SZ. Shenzhen Book City [...]
Western food is just as popular in Shenzhen as anywhere in China, perhaps even more so with the city’s close proximity to Hong Kong. Theres plenty of western restaurants, but what if you are living in Shenzhen and like to cook up your own feasts? Easy. Here’s a list of places in SZ to buy imported [...]
OCT Harbour/Bay is a new development that is set to become one of Shenzhens top destinations for leisure, dining and shopping. Actually, I think it probably has the potential to build a reputation well beyond Shenzhen considering the level of investment. It’s also on my list of must see places on a Shenzhen trip. OCT Bay [...]
If you have been to Holiday Plaza, MixC, KK Mall and Coco Park you be starting to think that Shenzhenians have a real penchant for luxury brands. You may well be right, particularly when you add Citic City Plaza to that list. Citic City Plaza, located in Futian, has 6 levels comprising of fashion boutiques, [...]
If you live in Nanshan or Shekou Districts of Shenzhen then here is a great alternative to heading all the way to Dongmen for discount and wholesale clothes shopping. Known mostly only to locals, this area contains several multi-floor buildings packed with clothes and fashion accessories. Many locals say the quality and styles on offer [...]
If you are looking to furnish your home in Shenzhen the here is an area well worth a visit. But not just that, if you are in Shenzhen for a while it’s also somewhere worthy of a visit to fill in a few hours, as there’s also a sports store, with outdoor half courts for [...]
Cheap reading glasses are not to hard to find, but where do you get quality prescription lenses? It turns out it couldn’t be easier in Shenzhen! Many pharmacy, markets and even street side stalls in Shenzhen sell reading glasses in varying degrees of magnification, but according to the All About Vision website these ‘off the shelf’ reading [...]
There’s is no shortage of places to buy womens shoes in Shenzhen, there’s far too many to mention here! So, lets take a look at some of the places where you can get a bargain and some places where you can get mens shoes in large sizes. Go to any major department style stores you’ll [...]
Being such a new city, in Chinese terms at least, Shenzhen doesn’t have the ancient historic sites that other cities do. Shenzhen is very modern, everything is new including the skill sets of the workers along with the sectors that industry and retailing are involved in. You could easily find a locally made fully featured [...]
