The blast that has annoyed millions can be traced to Chinese factories. Soccer fans in China said if they can't see their team play in the World Cup, at least they can hear the blare of Chinese-manufactured horns.
Reporting from Beijing —
If you need another reminder of China's manufacturing omnipresence, just turn on your TV for any World Cup match.
That incessant drone that sounds like a swarm of bees crossed with elephants? Made in China.
South Africans may have inspired the vuvuzela — the horn that, when sounded by hundreds of thousands of soccer fans, has irritated people the world over — but it's the Chinese who can make millions of them for about 30 cents apiece and have them shipped to your shores in weeks.
Industry officials said about 90% of the world's vuvuzelas are produced in two coastal provinces: Guangdong and Zhejiang.
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