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Cathryn

Hi, I’m Cathryn, your personal shopping assistant in Beijing!

Shopping in Beijing is a adventure because I bring you to the best shops in town that have the most unique items you’ve ever seen.

I only take you to honest shops with high quality items, so you can be sure you're getting good stuff. And I always help you negotiate for the right price.

What’s more, you save time because I know exactly where to go and how to get to the shops that have the items you want.

So create your personal shopping wish list now, and I’ll see you soon!

Cloth Tiger is a Popular Folk Art in China.

2010 is the year of the tiger

Cloth tiger is a popular folk art in China. Tiger is regraded as a symbol to ward off evils and to protect wealth. People like to make cloth tigers or draw tiger pictures on the forehead, hoping to bring health, strength and braveness.

Chinese people believe that a Cloth Tiger in the house can bless the whole family, so it is  a good decoration for house and a good present to relatives and friends.

                                                                                        --by Cathryn, your tour guide in Beijing

The New Weapon of the Barbecue Kebab King

Gu Shengli, the famous Inner Mongolian "barbecue kebab king", won the competition again by offering a 234,000-yuan bid for a food stall on auction, held by Longtanhu Park for its temple fair.

Earlier this year, Gu's stall in 2009 Ditan Spring Festival Temple Fair brought in a profit of more than 300,000 yuan from selling 12,000 kebabs with 1.1 million visitors over the 8-day period.

Besides the popular 10-yuan Arabian-flavor kebabs, his "secret weapon" this year is 10,000 "Gift Bags of Do-It-Yourself Kebabs".

There will be uncooked kebabs in the bag, and a small refined oven as well, so that the visitors can not only eat the kebabs by coming to his stall but also enjoy the fun of doing barbecue themselves at home.

--by Cathryn, your tour guide in Beijing