广州太古汇

This guide to Taikoo Hui in Guangzhou starts with the deal that put the Hong Kong trading house Swire Properties in charge of prime land the Guangzhou Daily newspaper once owned, and how Swire's stake quietly grew from fifty-five to ninety-seven percent within three years. It follows the mall's glassy 2011 opening amid fashion houses and jewelers, and the quiet first six months when Guangzhou already had no shortage of malls selling handbags. Some of the first restaurants to arrive were Hong Kong kitchens opening their very first mainland branches here.