Lately we became interested in Bamboo. The Chinese use bamboo and its products a lot and we became curiose about where all these bamboo poles come from. We ask Xiu Xiu, the receptionist girl from our hostel where can we find bamboo products and factories, and she, excited, answered - oh, I am from bamboo city! It is called Anji - 4 hours from Shanghai (not mentioned in the lonely planet), a hilly area full of Bamboo forests and bamboo industry. Actually some parts of the movie “Namer Drakon” (“Crouching tiger hidden dragon”) were pictured there. So we took an early morning bus to Anji. As we got there, we called a bamboo product factory which we found on the internet and ask to come for a visit. 20 minutes later the general manager came
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