Yiwu: Christmas city
The Chinese city provides the world with more than half of its festive decorations, but trade tensions mean the cost of its products have gone up for many customers.
We're in Santa’s grotto – sort of - a Chinese city that some call the Christmas capital of the world.
With 75,000 traders, across 50,000 stores, Yiwu offers the world’s largest wholesale market across a labyrinth of arcades.
But at a time of growing trade tensions with the US, who’s actually buying the tinsel this year?
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Presenter: Ed Butler
Producer: David Cann
Additional production: Victoriya Holland
(Picture: Crowds of people walking through Yiwu wholesale market. Credit: BBC/Wang Xiqing)
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