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Imagine you are standing in a dingy souvenir shop in Amsterdam, browsing the handmade oil painting replicas of van Gogh’s masterpieces. Out of curiosity you ask the store employee where they are made, to which they reply gingerly, “in China”. The omnipresent tag ‘made in China’ springs to mind, bearing connotations of cheap labour andContinue reading “From painter to artist: “China’s van Goghs” challenges the Western perception of ‘Made in China’”