Xinran
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/ 3 August 2004

China is obsessed with the West

In city markets across China you will hear the following: ”Look at this beautiful silk shirt, made in America.” ”Look at these, real leather shoes made in Japan.” ”The very best chocolate, made in England!” On a publishers’ tour of China in April, my Western friends asked me what it was that people were shouting. I never knew what to say. If it says ”made in China” on the label, most Chinese don’t want to know.