My recommendation is to buy a lot.
We shopped and actually had to purchase an extra suitcase to bring our purchases home with us, but now, a few years on when all those cute little dresses and squeaky shoes are outgrown and my Louis Vuitton knockoffs are worn out, I wish I had brought more home.
I bought a few nice sets of pearls but I bought one set a really nice one, for more $, with the plan that I will put it away and give it to Faith, a treasure from her Pearl River Delta origins, when she gets married some day.
Things that seem that they may be too expensive while you are in China, once you get back home and see the prices here you think 'why didn't I buy that'
