“…In Vietnam, the braids and threads are now incorporated into cultural textile products such as refabricated hats, jackets, and bags that have become part of a widespread, global trade network since international tourism began again in 1993. 86 A number of Han Chinese textile traders living in Xiǎ o Bà zǐ, in the borderlands of Wénsh an prefecture, have learned excellent Hmong and now trade across the borderline on a weekly basis, visiting one or two periodic markets in Vietnam with a selection of commercially made fabrics, braids, and threads, as well as other items such as batteries and even pesticides, the latter being kept well out of the view of government officials. For instance, Míng, a male Han Chinese trader interviewed in Cá n Câ´u market, Vietnam, visited Cá n Câ´u and Si Ma Cai markets each week, one of fifteen Chinese Han traders operating as such.…”