Word: panjiayuan
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...Unlike the simple, machine-made playthings on display at Beijing's overrated Panjiayuan Market, Liang's creatures are expertly fashioned, intricate designs that are very much one-of-a-kind. "It used to be only foreigners who were interested in buying these toys," the former tailor says. "But I've had many more Chinese customers in recent years, such as young couples who want to celebrate the birth of a child." In what is fast becoming another Beijing tradition, Liang's shop will soon be cleared to make way for a new development. But after that happens, he will remain...
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