From the exhibition: “Yiwu and Global Traders: Goods, Routes and Markets”

6th October 2017 – University of Cambridge, curated by by Dr Diana Ibañez Tirado (University of Sussex)

Kurdistan Restaurant: Previously an Afghan eatery in Yiwu, this building was turned into “Kurdistan Restaurant” by a trader from Baneh, Iran. Another restaurant in the city, “Shakhawan”, caters mainly to Kurdish traders from Iraq. (Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China)

Plush toys: Retail traders set up stalls on the roads from Baneh and sell a great range of Yiwu’s products to travellers. These toys are for sale on the Saqqez-Baneh road (Kurdistan Province, Iran).

A Chinese porter fills a container with underwear and cosmetics to be sent from Yiwu to Bandar Abbas, Iran. (Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China)

Asian Dynamics Initiative

From the exhibition: “Yiwu and Global Traders: Goods, Routes and Markets”