Cigarette shop, tea shop, shoe shop, cigarette shop, tea shop, shoe shop, cigarette shop, tea shop, shoe shop. Walk down most streets in China, and you can’t help but be struck by déjà vu, over and over again. The sameness of products and lac... ...full story at Biz Cult
from Biz Cult on Sat, Jan 31 2009
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