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Hong Kong design and Sino-American trade negotiations.
  My article considers how ‘originality and imitation’ in design is perceived as an intrinsic quality, but may be better understood as a relative quality when viewed from the perspective of trade negotiations between developed and developing economies. Here, US National Archives / UK Public Record Office trade archives 1950-1960 are paralleled with more recent Sino-American trade tensions. The article concludes by arguing the circumstances under which formerly ‘imitative’ products are later perceived to be ‘original’.

  • Type:

    Book Chapter

  • Date:

    01 January 2004

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Oxford (Asia)

Citation

Turner, M. (2003). Hong Kong design and Sino-American trade negotiations. In K. Law, & K. Lee (Eds.), The Economy of Hong Kong in Non-Economic Perspectives, 130-141. Oxford (Asia)

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Keywords

trade archives; Sino-American trade; originality and imitation; US National Archives; UK Public Record Office; intrinsic quality;

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