Talk:Daigou

Yuan
According to Chinese currency,
 * The yuan (Chinese: 元, 圆; pinyin: yuán, [ɥæ̌n]) is the basic unit of the renminbi, but is also used to refer to the Chinese currency generally, especially in international contexts. The distinction between the terms renminbi and yuan is similar to that between sterling and pound, which respectively refer to the British currency and its primary unit.

Accordingly, I've replaced RMB with yuan as the name of the unit of currency. --Thnidu (talk) 02:48, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

No longer an orphan
I've added this article to. It is now no longer an orphan. --Thnidu (talk) 06:06, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Reworked article
I've just (and fairly quickly) reworked the article. The article was focused on POV pushing a claim that Daigou are smugglers who usually operate illegally and engage in hoarding, etc. The sources were largely tabloid, and in some cases clearly didn't support what was being claimed. This material is simply paranoid and economically illiterate and seems to be based around a lack of understanding of trade rules - buying stuff at retail and shipping it back to China is perfectly legal in most source countries, and isn't even a very sophisticated business practice (it would surely be better to be buying the stuff at wholesale). News coverage of this issue tends to note that a lack of trust in Chinese-made products is one of the main factors motivating Daigou activity, and it's usually conducted on a small scale. Nick-D (talk) 10:26, 27 August 2020 (UTC)