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Yiwu? The location in the article is Dafen. The OP must have confused this city for another one mentioned in an earlier HN post. nevertheless, fascinating arti
by princeb 10y ago
Yiwu? The location in the article is Dafen. The OP must have confused this city for another one mentioned in an earlier HN post.
nevertheless, fascinating article. I saw these guys on reddit a while back and the way they described the city I guessed they'd have little problem with the production capacity - only quality control and delivery.
- chrischen 10y agoHi, one of the factories pictured and visited is in Yiwu. Contrary to popular belief, not all art factories are in Dafen China, and the reality is it became more of a tourist destination than an actual factory town. This is mostly because of the rising cost of rent as Shenzhen (Dafen is really a district of Shenzhen, not a remote "village") is also a Chinese tech hub headquartered by many startups and companies including Tencent. Here is a picture of a luxury condominium right at the entrance of Dafen "village". https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1700930/unspecified.jpeg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1700930/unspecified.jpeg Many other areas where replica paintings are manufactured include Yiwu, Xiamen, and Beijing.
- 3chelon 10y agoIt may well have been a village as recently as 20 years ago. Shenzhen is a huge conurbation that has swallowed countless towns and villages.
- mads 10y agoWell, many Chinese neighborhoods or residential areas contain "village" (村) in their name. And you are right, it is not actually a village. It is just an area and another metro station in Shenzhen.