A Shanghai-based maker of “blind box” figurines made $1.8 billion last year—and continues to grow across the world.

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 ...

While we aren’t heavy-duty woodworkers, we occasionally make some sawdust as part of a project, and we admire people who know how to make wood and do what they want. We were surprised when ...