Friendship store

Friendship store
Simplified Chinese友谊商店
Traditional Chinese友誼商店
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYǒuyì Shāngdiàn
Wade–GilesYu-i Shang-tian
Guangzhou Friendship Store in 1982
Guangzhou Friendship Store

A friendship store (Chinese: 友谊商店) is a state-run store in the People's Republic of China (PRC), which initially sold exclusively to foreign visitors and tourists, diplomats, and government officials, but now has no restrictions on customers.