Xmas Unwrapped
Short film by Toby Smith who joined the Unknown Fields expedition to follow the journey of Christmas goods manufactured in China and shipped to the UK – video embedded below:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Miou-6Aqg]
In August I travelled East with the Unknown Fields Division, to Vietnam, China and beyond. We traced the supply chain of the world’s consumer products across the South China Sea down cargo routes and inland to their production.
Yiwu in China is not only home to the world’s largest wholesale commodity market but also many of the “Just in Time” factories that produce seasonal or trending products. Christmas consumables are produced in summer ready for wholesale, packaging and shipping to principally western markets.
https://blog.rememberlenny.com/2014/12/23/prostheticknowledge-xmas-unwrapped-short-film-2/
