With a listed 26,000 shops selling everything from velvet to rayon to fake fur, it is touted as one of the world's busiest fabric hubs. But customers were few and far between when AFP visited on a ...

Essentially, Chinese manufacturers were exporting top quality silica fabric, defined as above 90% silica, importing it as a lower quality material to avoid the tariffs, then selling it at a lower ...

The Xiabu fashion light show takes place in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. Photo: VCG . If you're looking for ways ...

People have been weaving silk, which is known as si in Chinese, into fabric for more than 5,000 years. ... Characterized by its openwork patterns, luo fabrics offer enhanced breathability.

Silk has always been interwoven with the nation's history, and the textiles that employ the fine material remain sought after the world over — arguably, none more so than hangluo gauze.

The material was born when Dutch tradesmen in the 1800s attempted to mechanically mass-produce the intricate, hand-made designs of Javanese batik prints native to the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia.

Chinese automakers get stern ‘price war’ warning after discount spree Its cheapest model, the smart-driving Seagull, now goes for a starting price of 55,800 yuan ($7,800), down from 69,800 ...

Chinese fabric exporters anxious for US trade patch-up. Emily WANG and Rebecca BAILEY . Thu, May 8, 2025, 8:15 PM 3 min read. Sales to the United States made up almost a fifth of China's textile ...

Chinese fabric exporters anxious for US trade patch-up. Shaoxing (China) (AFP) – Surrounded by samples of silk and glittering tweed in one of China's largest fabric markets, textiles exporter ...

The subsequent tit-for-tat means many Chinese goods entering the US now face duties of 145% – with some specific sectors even higher – while Beijing has hit back with 125% levies on most US goods.