Rising competition from mass-produced toys, including cheap replicas made in China, has cast a shadow on the growth of the industry in the town -- but it has endured ...

The whirr of machines and smell of carved wood hangs in the air of the Indian toy workshop, a centuries-old art form still in ...

Abdur Rob is a popular name in Rajbari's Indranarayanpur village, especially among children who eagerly anticipate the arrival of his wooden toys. At 42, Rob has carved a niche for himself as a ...

Ma Dafei, born in 1974, is another Yunhe business owner who returned from studying abroad to join the wooden toy industry. "Wooden toys have a deep connection with me. My parents were among the ...

Students try to create wooden toys at a study tour base in Yunhe, a county in Zhejiang province, in 2023. [Photo provided to China Daily] In Yunhe, a mountainous county in Zhejiang province ...