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The Peculiar Market for Birds’ Nests

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A joke that I’ve heard several times in Asia goes something like this: An American lady walks into a Chinese restaurant.

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Backman, M. (2005). The Peculiar Market for Birds’ Nests. In: Inside Knowledge. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230522398_16

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