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North Jiangxi Road
This is another fun strip, always alive with action. Scooters push through the crowds
of pedestrians, while the street sides are lined with vendors selling fresh sugar-cane
juice, stinky tofu and other snacks. Note the distinctive old house at No 174, al-
legedly the residence of Lotus, a gangster-police inspector's concubine, with the tra-
ditional characters (Love Lotus Residence) above the door.
Clothing Market
Qipu Market
( 168 & 183 Qipu Rd; 7am-5pm)
is where the masses come shopping for
clothes and shoes. Consisting of two rabbit warren-like department stores surround-
ing the N Henan Rd intersection, it's one big 'everything must go now' sale. Haggle
hard.
Post Museum
It may sound like a yawner, but this is actually a pretty good
museum
(250 N Suzhou Rd;
9am-5pm Wed, Thu, Sat & Sun)
, where you can learn about postal history in imperial
China and view rare stamps (1888-1978). It's located in a magnificent 1924 post of-
fice, with views from the rooftop garden (closed at time of writing).
