Yiwu: the hotspot of the world

Yiwu: the hotspot of the world

The city that Palestine and other Arbs go most while coming to China is Yiwu which located in the east of Zhejing Province. Yiwu becomes the lively trade center because of the continuous demand of trade from the Middle East. Now Yiwu is the trade center of Arabian Products such as clothes and religional arts which are made in China. Every Friday, buyers from Lebanon, Yemen and Egypt, come to meet each other on their praying day. The temporary back seat of the market were piled with all kinds of things, from toothbrushes to ropes. Hebron businessman’s business card are printed both in Chinese and English, some even have Chinese names.

U.S. “Washington Post” also noted the phenomenon that the Arab people gathered in Yiwu. The newspaper article “chase” China Dream”,” reported that, for the sake of security, tolerance and business opportunities, more and more immigrants abandon Western countries and chose to come the Orient.

Over the past three years, Khaled Rasheed and his family are living under the fear of the bomb in Baghdad. Finally he found China— the place which has everthing he wants.

According to the report, to most of the increasing immigrants China not America is a place full of hope, enterprises return, and most people are very tolerant of religion. “We has a good life in China. It is the first time since such a long period that the whole family feels happy.” Sad by Khaled Rasheed, who had already picked his wife and 5 children to Yiwu. The re-emergence of foreign residents shows China’s open. And it also the phenomenon that haven’t appeared anymore since 1949 after the foundation of China.