China holds its biggest trade fair
Wednesday, 17 October 2007
GUANGZHOU, China, Oct 16 (AP): China kicked off the Canton Fair - the country's biggest trade show - this week amid lingering concerns about a series of embarrassing product recalls that have raised questions about the "Made in China" label.
The biannual show in the southern city of Guangzhou, once commonly known as Canton, involved 32,005 booths - about 320 more than the last session, organisers said. About 15,000 companies were displaying everything from flip-flops and fur coats to garden shovels and black vinyl massage chairs equipped with flat-panel TVs showing gyrating go-go dancers.
The biannual show in the southern city of Guangzhou, once commonly known as Canton, involved 32,005 booths - about 320 more than the last session, organisers said. About 15,000 companies were displaying everything from flip-flops and fur coats to garden shovels and black vinyl massage chairs equipped with flat-panel TVs showing gyrating go-go dancers.