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Less than three decades ago, when the Chinese bought cloth or clothes, they would have had to use a government-issued coupon. Today the Chinese fashion industry

A window into the fashion tribes of the young Chinese, who make up one in ten of the world's population.The pace at which China has caught up with western lifes