Patti Waldmeir, Royal replicas feed Beijing’s vision; Royal wedding replicas tell an important story about how China is haltingly moving away from a sweatshop past towards a more upmarket future. Financial Times, Dec. 10, 2010.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea670bf4-0481-11e0-a99c-00144feabdc0.html("these [replica] rings sell overseas for $30 to $40 * * * [but] he makes them for $2 each and sells them for $3-4 as part of a wholesale order – a profit margin of up to 100 per cent")
My comment:
(a) cubic zirconis (n): "a synthetic gemstone of zirconia resembling a diamond"
All definitions are from www.m-w.comm, except otherwiese noted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_zirconia
(i) zirconia (n): "a white crystalline compound ZrO2 used especially in refractories, in thermal and electric insulation, in abrasives, and in enamels and glazes —called also zirconium oxide"
(ii) An atom in the element table:
zirconium: symbol Zr; atomic number 40; atomic weight 91.224.
(b) International Trade City 国际商贸城
(c) hairband
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairband
(d) Yiwu Unnar 义乌 云娜
I cannot find the Chinese name of Fisher Sam.
(e) The adjective "tuppenny" is not in www.m-w.com, but in
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/tuppenny
(f) JIN Xufeng of Kingland International Transportation
义乌金隆国际货运代理有限公司 金旭峰 先生
"(a) cubic zirconis (n): "a synthetic gemstone of zirconia resembling a diamond"
All definitions are from www.m-w.comm, except otherwiese noted."
It should be "cubic zirconia" (the second word) and "otherwise" (the second word from the end of that sentence).
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: Patti Waldmeir, Royal replicas feed Beijing’s vision; Royal wedding replicas tell an important story about how China is haltingly moving away from a sweatshop past towards a more upmarket future. Financial Times, Dec. 10, 2010.
: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea670bf4-0481-11e0-a99c-00144feabdc0.html("these [replica] rings sell over
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