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Baihui Market

百汇市场

Local youngsters shop here. It is one of those fake-brand markets. Sport shoes should be less than ¥150, pullovers and nice jeans sometimes less than ¥100, lots of cheap fashion accessories. This is also a great place for DVDs and CDs but understand these are mostly pirated copies.

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Getting there: In Xiaozhai (小寨), ¥10 by taxi from the city center

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