Around China 2009-11-24 Legend of Yiwu 1

Intro:

Yiwu lies in the heart of Zhejiang Province, in China’s East. Not so very long ago, few people outside the region had ever heard of Yiwu. But that’s all changed now. The city has established itself as a major centre of the international trade in small commodities. Yiwu is a city of merchants, and many of them are doing extremely well for themselves. But success, as they say, doesn’t come easily. The wealth enjoyed today by some of Yiwu’s businesspeople, has been gained in the face of considerable adversity.