Re:Inside The Fine Art Factories of Yiwu, China
by 3chelon on Monday November 21, 2016 @01:02PM
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It may well have been a village as recently as 20 years ago. Shenzhen is a huge conurbation that has swallowed countless towns and villages.
Re:Inside The Fine Art Factories of Yiwu, China
by mads on Monday November 21, 2016 @09:44PM
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Well, many Chinese neighborhoods or residential areas contain "village" (村) in their name.
And you are right, it is not actually a village. It is just an area and another metro station in Shenzhen.
Here is a picture of a luxury condominium right at the entrance of Dafen "village". https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1700930/unspecified.jpeg
Many other areas where replica paintings are manufactured include Yiwu, Xiamen, and Beijing.