Now and then: Shopping through the ages in China
(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-02-02 06:58
 |
|
Customers shop at a supermarket on Jan 26, 2015. [Photo/IC] |
1990s: Supermarkets and department stores
From the 1990s, Chinese people first got familiar with supermarkets and started buying their daily necessities there. Unlike traditional stores, supermarkets allow customers to select from a dazzling array of commodities at cheaper prices in a better environment. Supermarkets, together with department stores, dominated the market of daily supplies for many years until online purchases took over.
 |
|
Seventy-six-year-old farmer Bi Cheng carefully checks the quality of a tape recorder before deciding to buy it in his village in Anqiu county of Shandong province. Photo taken on Jan 14, 1991. [Photo/China Daily] |
- Govt encourages people to work 4.5 days a week
- Action to be taken as HIV cases among students rise
- Debate grows over reproductive rights
- Country's first bishop ordained in 3 years
- China builds Tibetan Buddhism academy in Chengdu
- Authorities require reporting of HIV infections at schools
- Typhoon Soudelor kills 14 in East China
- Police crack down on overseas gambling site
- Debate over death penalty for child traffickers goes on
- Beijing to tighten mail security for war anniversary
Highlights
Hot Topics
Ground level Rule of law Panda China youths Anti-terror drive Family planning Smog Fox Hunt Beijing integrates with Tianjin, Hebei China cracks down on graft
