Check out these traders in china pictures:
Chinese Junk @ Hong Kong
Image by kevinpoh
This is a common junks built in Hong Kong 150 years ago – a reminder of Hong Kong’s origins when the taipans and opium traders settled on this "barren rock". The junk in the photo is recognized as Duk Ling.
Created IN CHINA 3
Image by christophercozier
"MADE IN CHINA" stamps have been so significantly a component of our lives developing up in Caribbean. In the past it was pencils and plastic pencil-sharpeners, yellow twelve-inch-rulers etc. Modest things with all the associations of creating nations and low level consumption. Right now, in the exact same places, for individuals with bigger budgets, it is now monolithic structures and narratives of progress.
I purchased this small stamp in a mall in Port of Spain. I began to see these small stamps more and far more more than the years. Apparently they are really generally utilised for labeling, on arrival, in tiny shops? Why are they getting labeled right here in Trinidad? What would the value of labeling my operate this way in narratives of improvement and progress? So far I have begun to label drawings of pedestals for politicians to stand upon. Within the narrative of "Development" this object can allow them to really feel taller and far more critical or they could use it to hang themselves.
A friend, Cecile, provided the following comment on my weblog:
"I’ve heard of "suitcase traders" using these stamps when importing goods that aren’t labelled with a country of manufacture. Such a label is necessary to bring these goods here "legally". So, traders take these stamps with them to wherever they go to get their goods and if there come about to be any things which are untagged, they spot a tiny "Made in China" stamp on to avoid any difficulty with Customs."