Originally Posted by moondog
my strategy is to load up on socks and underwear, rely on blue jeans and khaki shorts to fill in the pants category, and buy shirts as i go along. of course, i bring a nice outfit or two as well, but for the most part, i can go anywhere in china for 3 weeks with an 18" rollaway.
clothes in china are cheap enough that you can pitch them after a few wearings and not feel guilty about it. but, i still try to keep my own supply of socks and underwear because finding quality product can be challenging.
Yeah, the odds of being comfy buying just any underwear you see are not high. But they're easy to handle in the hotel sink.
But travelling around Guangdong province a few years ago, we didn't find it particularly easy to buy adult clothing. Basically, unless you wear size medium or smaller back home, you're not going to fit into a lot of clothing geared for the domestic Chinese market! I recall buying some stuff in Hong Kong geared to foreigners and ex-pats, but would such a place be easy to find in the mainland?