Zhong guan cun (Beijing Electronic Haven)
Zhongguancun is by far the busiest area I have gone to where it’s always jampacked with people wanting to buy new gadgets or shop at the newest mall there is ( 888 Mall) or buy groceries at Carrefour. Heavy traffic during the time I was there because of some pavement construction nearby.
Gadgets are not really my thing but you can get the cheapest electronics here at Zhongguancun. There are a lot of electronic malls in the area and if you plan to canvass for the cheapest, you need to set aside 2 days to get around all the places.
From digital cameras, laptops, electronic dictionaries, hard drives, printers, cellphones, flashdrives..they have it all. Take note that vendors in the area are really aggressive. They might grab you to their store or shout at your face to get your attention. So brace yourself for a beating
July 2nd, 2007 at 11:16 am
I soooooooooo miss Beijing!! Argh.. Super inggit with you!! Dammit! I can’t believe its been 5 years since I was there! I bet ang dami ng bago!! Hay…
Where are you studying?
July 2nd, 2007 at 11:17 am
BTW - I will DEFINITELY link you up.. Sorry kung feeling close ah.. Hahaha!! Bigla kong na-miss ang sort of naging Home town ko for half a year!
July 2nd, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Whaha ok lang, actually, I’m back na, only studied a term in BLCU, ikaw? sana nga may Cebupac nadin to beijing, would surely visit it yearly haha!
July 6th, 2007 at 8:17 am
BLCU din ako.. pero super old batch na.. Went there September 2002! Kung may Cebu Pacific - nako, thrice a year pupunta ako! I especially love Autumn - kasi that was the time I was there.. Ang ganda ganda ng Autumn sa school!!
July 6th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Grabe, me too! I love AUTUMN in Beijing! My favorite season apart from winter (just the snowing though haha)
Beijing is changing /improving fast, we should have a grand reunion of Fil-Chi Beijing groups haha! riot!
October 28th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
[...] (this is helpful and a good investment for a student anyways) so my friends and I all went to Zhong guan cun and canvass for the cheapest there is in the current market. Haggling was pretty tough even though [...]
December 22nd, 2007 at 5:17 pm
[...] walking along a shopping strip in Zhongguancun , we stumbled upon a buffet dining area which looks snobbish at first, but since we were facinated [...]
January 3rd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
what subway station for electronic heaven
January 4th, 2008 at 3:07 am
from what i remember, there’s no subway station near zhongguancun, the nearest one is woutaokou but you still have to take a bus from there (around 2-3 stops away)
February 14th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Do they sell any Wacom tablets there?
July 15th, 2009 at 2:44 am
not sure if they sell Wacom tablets.sorry