wang fu jin street is a good place for modern people which like shopping as there is quite alot of shops which are selling branded stuff and lastest stuff . i have been there twice for my one week backpack trip there for food and shopping for gift . most likely i have been in the oriental plaza and have been to the food republic overthere which is ...

This is a 4 or 5 long block street near the center of Beijing. It's a lot like big shopping streets in the West - wide sidealks, tons of people walking around, big department stores. It's also got some little tables to sit down and watch the upper middle class locals (who are mostly probably tourists themselves) walk ...