Unsurprisingly, the stench made the section south of the market a rather insalubrious place to live.

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Next to the garment district in an even more insalubrious part of the city, heavily populated with drunks is Toy-town, home to more than 100 businesses, most of them owned by Chinese immigrants who specialise in managing production chains that link Chinese capital and labour with western designers and marketers.

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