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Yashow (Chinese: 雅秀; pinyin: yâ xiù) is a shopping center located in the Chaoyang District, of Beijing. Yashow has been opened since 2002. Yashow has five floors plus a basement and is famous for selling counterfeit clothing items ranging from nice dress shirts to the latest Barcelona FC jersey. Yashow also sells fabrics for clothes and toys for children. Yashow also provides many services within the market like a nail salons, electronic services and souvenirs. Many people go to Yashow to repair broken Iphones and repair other daily appliances. Yashow is open nearly everyday from 9:30am till 9pm. Yashow is 2800 square feet and throughout the market you find many foreigners. Yashow is major shopping hub for foreigners because it offers cheap counterfeits of international brands. Yashow also supports businesses like a poolhall, a coffee house, and an electronic store.



Yashow's Location
There are over 20 bus lines that stop at the Yashow market. However, most tourist are bused there by tour companies. The current GPS corrdiants of Yashow is Lat. 39.93309° Long. 116.44674°. The actual address of Yashow is Gongrentiyuchang Beilu 58 Chaoyang district (雅秀市场 朝阳区工人体育场北路58号) Yashow is also located in an area known as Sanlitun, which is famous for hosting the largest Adiddas store in the world, international brands such as Nike, and the infamous Sanlitun bar stre. Yashow is also located in an area known as Sanlitun, which is famous for hosting the largest Adiddas store in the world, international brands such as Nike, and the infamous Sanlitun bar street.

2008 Summer Olympics Controversy
During the 2008 Summer Olympics, China put a tighter grip on intellectual property. China added a tighter grip because of the mass amounts counterfeiting,this lead to the temporary closure of Yashow. Many of the typical Yashow products were put away in back rooms and under special request customers could go see the 8-10RMB DVDS.