Popular bookstore is very close by the Xinjiekou intersection on the Xinbai Mall quadrant. it’s right where zhongshan east road begins.
Walk further down this street and you’ll have Xinhua bookstore on your right.
Remember that the western stretch of Zhongshan East Road is called Bookstore Street. All the way to the Nanjing Library.
For those who are looking for foreign language books, this is the official (by name) place to go.
This is a picture of the second floor, where there are books (in chinese) to aid those who want to learn a foreign language using mandarin. Can life get any tougher than this?…
As mentioned by Scott in one of the comments,
At the Foreign Language bookstore it’s a lot of mainstream stuff. At the Xinhua bookstore, go to the second floor and look for the shelves in one corner that are labeled “English Source” materials. There’s an okay selection, though the books are very expensive, just as at [...]
Carrefour = 家乐福 [jia1le4fu2]
Carrefour has a new location! Since early 2006, people have started flocking to the Carrefour on Zhongshan East Road 中山东路 [zhong1shan1dong1lu4]. It’s right next to the newly-built National Library, and under a square where people come to do taichi and other exercises at dawn and at night.
What a place to be!
Yes, [...]
A convenience store is called 便利店 [bian4li4dian4] in Mandarin.
Below is Nanjing’s most ubiquituous convenience store. Everyone knows Suguo 苏果 [su1guo3]. SGBL stands for 苏果便利 [su1guo3bian4li4].
There are many other convenience stores around Nanjing, but for starters, just know that there’s the convenience store and there’s the SUPERSTORE. For example, Suguo has several large Suguo Superstores 苏果超市 [...]
There is also this place that sells international phonecards 电话卡 [dian4hua4ka3] and postage stamps. It’s located on the northern side of DafangAlley 大方巷 [da4fang1xiang4], which is just north of Yunnan Road 云南路 [yun2nan2lu4].
When you go in, you’ll see many stalls, either selling stamps (antique ones also) or telephone cards. This is where they sell it [...]
Below is a photo of a magazine kiosk. The people in there sell magazines, newspapers, maps and even phone calls. Some will also sell you e.g. 17968 phone cards, not for the usual 25kuai but maybe for 30 kuai.
Some people, like the lady below, can’t afford to rent a kiosk. As I walked past, it [...]
I read somewhere that Central Mall was one of the first malls at Xinjiekou.
It is interesting to check out the latest at Central Mall, which has since remade itself with the inclusion of hip brands.
Quoting Mary Schnack, “What is a brand? A brand is a name that stands for something in the mind of the [...]
Dayang 大洋百货 [da4yang2bai3huo4] has a different feel if compared against the other shopping centers across Zhongshan South Road 中山南路 [zhong1shan1nan2lu4].
Check it out for yourself. Apart from a spa in the upper reaches and nice things to shop for on all floors, there is a food court down in the basement, and that’s my topic for [...]
The Laidi Fashion Mall a.k.a. 莱迪 [lai2di2] can be easily recognized by its pyramidal roof…
Although its underground network is accessible via other shopping malls, try going down via the pyramid if it’s your first time…
This is a woman’s paradise. You’ll see many ladies busy with activities like doing their hair, shaving their armpit etc…
And loads [...]