Originally Posted by Pickles
Your powers of inference are rusty. How did you know they were tourists? And even if they were, the fact that they were carrying ST bags does not mean that there is any connection between shopping there and going to the China Club. Pretty much anybody can show up at the China Club, if you have a reason, for example, an event, dinner, or party to go to. No one is going to stop you at the door if you tell them where you are going.
Centurion card holders also have privileges at the China Club.
Yes, we all know David Tang is the owner of both. You can run into him pretty much every night at the China Club, smoking a stogie from his Cigar Divan at the MO, or from his Pacific Cigar store on Pedder Street.
you have many places (private or public; cheap or expensive) to choose for lunch or dinner in central. china club is quite a walk from shanghai tang. on the other hand it's too short a drive. so there may be a connection for shanghai tang shoppers showing up at china club. however i'm not saying that there must be a connection.
china club is supposed to be a place for members only. you can't just walk in and say "may i have a table for two?"
yes cent amex card holders have privileges there. but we must book through the cent amex concierge. you can't just flash your cent card and get admitted.