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SUPERMARKETS and shopping malls are everywhere in China, but people still remember when they did their grocery shopping at neighborhood corner stores. The premises were always small, but parents who suddenly found themselves short of ingredients for dinner sent their children on an errand to these stalls without worry for their safety. Shops like these were predominantly associated with everyday necessities, food and sundries. For garments and regular household items, people visited state-owned department stores on major commercial streets. In the countryside, every village had a “co-op” that met the daily needs of locals. The time of the “corner store” was also a time of shortages, and people had to make do with whatever was rationed to them. Merely having enough food and clothing was cause enough for anyone’s happiness.
SUPERMARKETS and shopping malls are everywhere in China, but people still remember when they did their grocery shopping at neighborhood corner stores. The premises were always small, but parents who suddenly found themselves short of ingredients for dinner sent their children on an errand to these stalls Without worry for their safety. Shops like these were predominantly associated with everyday necessities, food and sundries. For garments and regular household items, people visited state-owned department stores on major commercial streets. In the countryside, every village had a “co -op” that met the daily needs of locals. The time of the “corner store” was also a time of shortages, and people had to make do with whatever was rationed to them. Merely having enough food and clothing was cause Enough for anyone’s happiness.