China’s attempt to pivot away from the U.S. starts with this trading hub

Three young boys eating lollipops joined me on the elevator inside the five-story Yiwu “International Trade Market,” which ships the majority of the world’s Christmas decorations. The kids ran out before I got off. There were more children than buyers when I visited what is one of the world’s largest wholesale markets in late August, just days before the end of summer vacation in China. Lego