CD underground…
I found the local IT hub and bought some kewl hardware. On the way back, we were approached by a woman asking if we wanted software. I want to get some of the local Linux distros so we went with her. After 1 minutes of walking, and going into a dodgy area that was like a dump in the middle of the city, she took us to a mud house, and ushered us inside, suitcases and boxes of cd’s were put in front of us, and of course we weren’t going to buy pirated software 
but it was a very strange experience.
The Chinese government has cracked down on piracy and the IT in Beijing is really going well. Looking forward to working here.