{"id":6716,"date":"2011-10-10T06:42:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T22:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xiaokang2020.com\/danweicom\/?p=99"},"modified":"2021-09-10T11:02:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T03:02:56","slug":"what-do-people-buy-from-corner-stores-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/consumer-culture\/what-do-people-buy-from-corner-stores-in-china.php","title":{"rendered":"What do people buy from corner stores in China?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent China\u2019s\u00a0October holiday<\/a>\u00a0traveling across the country on a work trip. In each city I visited, I went to a small corner store (known in China as\u00a0xiaomaibu<\/em>\u00a0\u5c0f\u5356\u90e8). Such stores sell a range of goods similar to convenience stores, but usually packed into a tiny space. Many\u00a0xiaomaibu<\/em>\u2018s are so small that you cannot walk into them, but have to ask the vendor for what you want through a window.<\/p>\n

I asked the person manning each store to tell me the most popular item they sold, and then took a portrait.<\/p>\n

\"Xiaomaibu<\/a><\/p>\n

Chengdu \u6210\u90fd<\/strong>
\nPopulation:<\/strong>\u00a014.05 Million
\nName:<\/strong>\u00a0Fan Wei \u8303\u4f1f
\nTop selling item:<\/strong>\u00a0Lottery tickets (\u5f69\u7968)
\nChina\u2019s has two major lotteries; one supports\u00a0sports teams and training<\/a>, the other funds\u00a0state welfare<\/a>systems. According to the Ministry of Finance, China\u2019s lottery sales\u00a0totaled 138.12 billion yuan<\/a>\u00a0($21.58 billion) during the first eight months of 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Xiaomaibu<\/a><\/p>\n

Shenyang \u6c88\u9633\u5e02<\/strong>
\nPopulation:\u00a0<\/strong>8.1 Million
\nName:\u00a0<\/strong>Gong Nanhua \u5bab\u534e\u5357
\nTop selling item:<\/strong>\u00a0Uni-President Iced Black Tea \u7edf\u4e00\u51b0\u7ea2\u8336<\/p>\n

\"Xiaomaibu<\/a><\/p>\n

Shanghai \u4e0a\u6d77\u5e02
\nPopulation:\u00a0<\/strong>23 Million
\nName:\u00a0<\/strong>Tang Zaihua \u5510\u4ed4\u534e\u00a0
\nTop selling item:\u00a0<\/strong>Mai Dong Energy Drink (Robust Group product) \u8109\u52a8
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Xiaomaibu<\/a><\/p>\n

Guangzhou \u5e7f\u5dde\u5e02
\nPopulation:\u00a0<\/strong>10.182 Million
\n<\/span>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Qiu Xinfu \u90b1\u5fc3\u5bcc
\nTop selling item:<\/strong>\u00a0Double Happiness Cigarettes \u7ea2\u53cc\u559c\u9999\u70df<\/p>\n

\"Xiaomaibu<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Xiaomaibu<\/a><\/p>\n

Zhengzhou \u90d1\u5dde<\/strong>
\nPopulation:<\/strong>\u00a08.63 Million
\n<\/span>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Zhao Xinzhi \u8d75\u65b0\u679d
\nTop selling item:<\/strong>\u00a0Golden Leaf Cigarette \u9ec4\u91d1\u53f6\u9999\u70df
\nMs. Zhao (top picture) requested a portrait of her grandson Feng Yi (\u51af\u6bc5 –\u00a0bottom picture) appear with the Golden Leaf Cigarettes with this article.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Xiaomaibu<\/a><\/p>\n

Beijing \u5317\u4eac<\/strong>
\nPopulation:\u00a0<\/strong>19.61 Million
\nName:<\/strong>\u00a0Dou Jiadong \u7aa6\u5bb6\u4e1c
\nTop selling item:<\/strong>\u00a0Huiyuan orange juice \u6c47\u6e90\u6a59\u6c41
\nNotes:<\/strong>\u00a0This store is in a Beijing neighborhood where many foreigners live.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Research for this report by Wang Miao \u738b\u6dfc .<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Further photos by Jonah Kessel from the October holiday are on Danwei\u00a0here<\/a>, or see\u00a0Jonah Kessel\u2019s website<\/a>\u00a0for more.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spent China\u2019s\u00a0October holiday\u00a0traveling across the country on a work trip. In each city I visited, I went to a small corner store (known in China as\u00a0xiaomaibu\u00a0\u5c0f\u5356\u90e8). Such stores sell a range of goods similar to convenience stores, but usually … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5028,5096],"tags":[4978,984,5368,1160,4981,3882,5109,5110],"class_list":["post-6716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumer-culture","category-urban-culture-and-cities","tag-beijing","tag-chengdu","tag-danweicom","tag-guangzhou","tag-shanghai","tag-shenyang","tag-xiaomaibu","tag-zhengzhou"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7382,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6716\/revisions\/7382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}