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    A record-breaking flower market
    A record-breaking flower market
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    A record-breaking flower market

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    Zoe Chen
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    The Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, is the largest wholesale flower market in Asia.

    Last year. 6.5 billion flowers were traded in the market, with tens of thousands of blooms sold at breakneck speeds in auctions every year.

    China’s online flower market is set to hit $7.9 billion by 2021.

    We follow a flower trader through the market, as he gets caught up in the thrill of the auction action.

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    Zoe Chen
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    Zoe is a video journalist at Inkstone. Previously, she was a video journalist and producer for BBC Chinese and BBC News in Beijing.
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