The Mixc of Shenzhen City Crossing

This guide to the Mixc of Shenzhen City Crossing traces the mall's 2004 opening, when developers gave a subtropical city something unheard of: an Olympic-standard indoor ice rink on the fourth floor. It follows Shenzhen's own leap from a small border town to a metropolis of millions, and the direct subway link at Grand Theatre Station that let shoppers step out of the heat and straight inside. Locals still call it the ancestor of the city's malls, back when luxury shopping here was brand new.