Across China: Year of the Snake festive goods strike gold at "world's supermarket"
HANGZHOU, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- As the Chinese Year of the Snake approaches, Lu Qingrong, a toy store owner at an international trade market in east China's Zhejiang Province, is busy delivering festive goods for his customers.
His store in the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, a city in Zhejiang known as "the world's supermarket," has for months been packed with red, snake-themed soft toys that he designed