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Wangfujing
王府井 , wángfǔjǐng • Wangfujing subway (line 1)
Wangfujing Dajie ( 王府井大街 , wángfǔjǐng dàjiē) is where the capital gets down to the
business of shopping in earnest. The haunt of quality stores for over a century, it was called
Morrison Street before the communist takeover. There are some giant malls here, including
the OrientalPlaza , an upscale shopping mall which stretches east for nearly a kilometre - its
entrance has, of late, joined the Forbidden City area as a prime hotspot for Beijing's tearoom
scams.