Forget Silk Market for your Chinese tat and clothes. It's crowded and vendors are very pushy.
Go down the road instead. It's the same stuff, including great tailors, just as big but less crowded and therefore more fun.

Remember to haggle!

Yashow Market, 58 Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District

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I recently returned to the UK after a trip to Beijing.
I spent the time learning Chinese and doing an internship... you can get great experience and live in the centre of Beijing!

I would definitely recommend it for people looking to improve their CV and help them decide a career path.

www.hutong-school.com

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I saw a tip on this website about the Hutong School and was pleasantly suprised that someone else had experienced this gem of a place. I would definitely recommend you check it out!

www.hutong-school.com

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If you intend on staying in Beijing for a few months, try learning Mandarin at the Hutong School. It is situated in a beautiful courtyard in the middle of a hutong area. They give you all sorts of support, have apartments to stay in, organise trips, it's a great way to live in Beijing!

www.hutong-school.com

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