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发帖数: 6973 | 1 (1) Dan Levin, China's Return To The Silk Road; China is reclaiming its
place as the world's megabazaar, with the city of Yiwu as its one-stop shop
for traders from the muslim world. Fast Company, July-August, 2011.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/157/yiwu-china-muslim-trade
Quote:
"If China is the world's factory, then Yiwu is its showroom.
"Last year, China surpassed the U.S. as the No. 1 exporter to the Middle
East
"Today, 200,000 Middle Eastern traders make the trek to Yiwu every year,
along with Pakistanis, Indonesians, and Malaysians. Chinese Muslims have, in
turn, settled in this city to work as translators and middlemen, sharing
prayer rugs and profits in a modern reenactment of the Silk Road, but with
cell phones instead of camels.
Note:
(a) International Trade Mart 国际商贸城国际商贸城
(b) Mall of America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mall_of_America
(also called MOA and the Megamall; located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a
suburb of the Twin Cities; Opened in 1992, the mall receives 40 million
visitors annually; In the United States, it is the largest mall in terms of
retail space, but is second largest in terms of total enclosed floor area)
(c) Pinghu 浙江省嘉兴市 平湖市
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaxing
(section 1 Administration)
(d) schlepp (vi; Yiddish shlepn, from Middle High German sleppen; First
Known Use: 1922):
"to proceed or move especially slowly, tediously, awkwardly, or carelessly"
www.m-w.com
Take notice that the author is Jewish. But the word "schlepp" (and other
Yidish words) seems commonly used in New York City where many Jews reside.
(e) scope (vt; perhaps from the noun scope as in microscope or telescope;
First Known Use: 1974):
"to look at especially for the purpose of evaluation —often used with out <
scoped her out from across the room — Timothy Allis>"
(f) The "suit" in "suits of armor" (n): "a group of things forming a unit :
suite —used chiefly of armor, sails, and counters in games"
(g) pleather (n): "a plastic fabric made to look like leather"
(h) night-light (n): "a light kept burning throughout the night"
(i) hijab
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijab
(The Arabic word literally means curtain or cover (noun))
Look at the photos, and you know what it means.
(j) Ben Simpfendorfer, The New Silk Road: How a Rising Arab World Is Turning
Away From the West and Rediscovering China. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
(k) China City Complex 泰中国际精品城
(l) Huzhou 浙江省 湖州市 (western neighbor of Jiaxin city).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhejiang
(section 3 Administrative divisions: map)
Incidentally 义乌市 is in 浙江省金华市.
(m) For kaffiyeh, see Keffiyeh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh
(n) haberdashery (n):
"1: goods sold by a haberdasher
2: a haberdasher's shop"
* haberdasher (n; from modification of Anglo-French hapertas kind of cloth):
"a dealer in men's clothing and accessories"
(o) thawb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawb
(The word thawb is the standard Arabic word for 'a garment'. It is the
traditional Arab dress for men)
(p) jallabiya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallabiya
(a traditional Egyptian garment native to the Egypt and the Sudan Nile
valley. Shalatin tribe Beja people wearing Gellabiya.It differs from the
Arabian Thobe [thawb] in that it has a wider cut, no collar (in some case on
buttons) and longer, wider sleeves.)
(q) The "flesh" in "The Arab Street is here in the flesh":
(r): "SUBSTANCE
>"
(s) For "shisha," see hookan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah
(also known as a waterpipe; needs coal or chorcoal to heat it; The tobacco
smoked is referred to as shisha (sheesha) in the United Kingdom, United
States and Canada)
(t) salwar kameez
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salwar_kameez
(the dress worn by both men and women; unisex; Traditionally, it has been
worn in Pakistan, and Bangladesh)
(u) ablution (n): "the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a
religious rite)"
Muslims wash their feet before entering the main room of the mosque.
(v) I hope Chinese do not mind. But the photographs in print (as opposed to
the
online version) has caption. One photo shows plastic prayer beads. Sure
China has economy of scale. But I wonder how long China can continue selling
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