Stores and Markets in Shenyang, China

This is the last post of a series reports on my visit to Shenyang, China in May this year.

My home city, Shenyang, like many other Chinese cities, has changed much.  There were more international branding stores residing in large department stores or shopping malls like the one below:



However, one could see something you might not encounter in the US, such as a customer bearing his chest to try on a shirt in public, in a Zara store:



There were also many clothes shops in underground tunnels, constructed during the time when China was preparing a showdown with the Soviets:



When I go to supermarkets in Shenyang, I liked to linger in food section, particularly the counters selling local specialties, such as pancakes and breads:









I also found it fascinating to see rows of Pepsi and Coca-Cola:



For fruits, the locals often frequented special fruit shops - less tidy but quite fresh, and a bear-chested salesperson fit here better than Zara:







What I really didn't like visiting was produce marketing - messy, dirty, and littered with dust and animal feeds around live-fowl vendors:













The image of those pensive caged birds really haunted me.


Label: Shenyang, Shenyang Trip 2012