Investigate that $5 artisan tchotchke you just picked up from a street merchant in one of several tourist zones in The City, because a tag that says “Made in China” is one sign that it is a fake.Vendors who sell manufactured products as handmade not only compromise the dignity of those artisans who do make their own crafts, but they are breaking the vows they made to their peers when they became a city-certified street artist.
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